
2025 AFLW Draft | Five mature-age prospects
AS THE AFL Women’s preseason fast approaches and the opening match set for August 14, clubs are taking stock of their lists to ensure a full bill of health for the upcoming season. In the past couple of weeks, players such as Poppy Stockwell (Fremantle), Maddison Torpey (Carlton), Tessa Boyd (North Melbourne) and Maggie MacLachlan […]

Roos rise to Anzac occasion
MAROOCHYDORE is on the board in the 2025 QAFL Women’s season following a 64-point belting of fellow winless side Yeronga South Brisbane, as the competition returned for Round 3 over the weekend. In one of two Anzac Day clashes, Maroochydore silenced the home crowd at Leyshon Park to have 26 scoring shots to two, albeit […]

Panthers on prowl in 2025 QAFLW season
MORNINGSIDE Panthers’ first season in the top flight Queensland women’s football has started brightly after the side knocked off Aspley Hornets to make it 2-0 in 2025. The Panthers rolled fellow QAFL Women’s newcomers Moreton Bay Lions in Round 1, and made it two from two with a low-scoring, hard-fought 4.0 (24) to 1.3 (9) […]

Sharks feast in 219-point QAFLW shellacking
SOUTHPORT has smashed all sorts of records in a phenomenal Round 1 performance to open the Sharks’ QAFL Women’s flag defence over the weekend. The Sharks produced a mindboggling 32.27 (219) to 0.0 (0) victory over Yeronga South Brisbane to send an ominous message to the rest of the competition. While Yeronga South Brisbane is […]

Reserves wrap: VFLW Round 1 2022
THE VFLW returned on the weekend, with a number of AFLW players playing across the league, hoping to make it back into their respective AFLW sides. With no AFLW listed players in either the Darebin vs Williamstown, the Essendon v Western Bulldogs game or the North Melbourne vs Hawthorn game, let’s take a look at […]

Draft Central AFLW Draft Power Rankings – Nationwide: July 2021
AFTER releasing the Draft Central AFLW Draft Power Rankings – Victorian Pool last month, we have gone one step further to include the entire nation. Not only will the Power Rankings feature the Victorians from last month, but the top stars from across the country to give an indication of where they might be rated […]

2021 AFLW Draft preview: Adelaide – Gold Coast
ONE more sleep remains until the 2021 AFL Women’s Draft and the 14 clubs are preparing to welcome a host of new players into the elite system. Draft Central has split its club-by-club draft previews into two parts, starting with the first seven clubs of Adelaide to Gold Coast in this edition, with the GWS […]

PODCAST EXPLAINER | 2021 AFLW Phantom Draft
IN a Final Siren Podcast and Draft Central first, the team ran a “live” Phantom Draft for the upcoming AFL Women’s Draft. Assuming the role of the 14 list managers/recruiters, Peter Williams, Michael Alvaro and Declan Reeve selected pick-by-pick each of the clubs through to the end of the draft, and named others in contention. […]

The Graduates: 2021 VFLW – Finals Week Two
A KNOCKOUT final eliminated the Southern Saints, whilst Geelong lived to fight another day and set up a preliminary final with an unlucky Essendon, as Collingwood advanced through to another Victorian Football League (VFL) Women’s Grand Final. As we have each week, Draft Central takes a look at some of the NAB League Girls graduates […]

The Graduates: 2021 VFLW – Finals Week One
FINALS time finally rolled around in the VFL Women’s, with three enthralling games played out over the weekend and even more intriguing matchups to look forward to. A raft of current and former NAB League talents continue to roll through the competition, we take a look at how they performed in the first round of finals. […]