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RMC MEDAL | Dominant Devil darts clear after eight rounds

COMPILING 14 of a possible 15 votes across her first five games, it might be a case of good luck stopping Matilda Lange. A pick one contender in next year’s AFLW Draft, Lange has taken over the reins from Priya Bowering in the midfield and been the most dominant player across the Talent League Girls […]

Giants duo stoked to join orange team

“STOKED” was a common word used between new Greater Western Sydney (GWS) recruits Scarlett Johnson and Kiera Yerbury in the immediate aftermath of being drafted. Selected with picks two and three respectively, the pair are both extremely keen to add to the club’s young talent. >> EVERY PICK: 2025 AFLW Draft Having previously been pegged […]

PREVIEW | 2025 AFLW: Round 4 – Saturday

A MUST-WIN clash between the two bottom AFL Women’s sides takes place tomorrow with the Gold Coast Suns hosting GWS Giants at People First Stadium. The Suns are reeling off a big loss to Port Adelaide where they lost three key players to injury and are the walking wounded. GWS has come close at different […]

GWS coach laments “poor” performance

A FRUSTRATED Cam Bernasconi conceded his side’s “poor” decision making and fundamental errors proved costly in the GWS Giants’ heavy defeat at the hands of Essendon. While the Bombers were brilliant and piled on a women’s club history high score of 85, the Giants were beaten around the contest and then turned the ball over […]

PREVIEW | 2025 AFLW: Round 1

AFTER a couple of big wins on Thursday night, the remaining AFL Women’s first round takes place starting tonight in Sydney. We focus on the massive contest between Geelong and North Melbourne tomorrow, with both sides boasting stacked midfields. AROUND THE GROUNDS Friday night football kicks off at North Sydney Oval from 6:15pm, with the […]

2025 AFLW Team Preview: GWS Giants

A HIGHER percentage compared to Gold Coast is all that kept the GWS Giants out of the bottom two, with the orange team still waiting on that breakthrough year. With a couple of young guns coming in through the draft and some experienced faces joining them, there is hope that 2025 might be the season […]

2025 CTLG RMC MEDAL | Ball magnets and huge goal hauls lead way

AFTER one round of Coates Talent League Girls action, the votes for the 2025 Rookie Me Central Medal have been cast with 30 players across the six games polling as part of our 5-4-3-2-1 system. From huge goal hauls to stat-stuffing ball-winning performances, there is a variety of players taking an early equal lead. >> […]

Effects of the nationalisation of the AFLW Draft: a case study ft. GWS

THE 2024 AFL Women’s Draft was a historic one for the competition, with the first truly national draft taking place. With the way that the draft has been run in the past and the varying strengths of the various state competitions across the country, this change to a truly national draft has obviously some clubs […]

Howley hopping up the seaboard to chase dream

LIKE dozens of her peers, this week saw the realisation of a dream for young star Sara Howley, who was drafted to the GWS Giants in Monday night’s AFL Women’s Draft. But, the realisation of that dream has meant having another kind of realisation – a big move away from home. But, the Geelong Falcon […]

2024 AFLW Draft review: GWS

IT WAS a relatively quiet evening for the GWS Giants, but they got to choose quality over quantity with their two selections. Thanks to it being a fully National Draft, the Giants got to pick a couple of young guns outside of NSW-ACT and add serious depth to its on-ball brigade. >> EVERY PICK: National […]

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