Roos roast Dees to bounce back big
AFTER the frustrations of last week’s draw, North Melbourne came out yesterday and made a statement yesterday against Melbourne, much to the absolute delight of Kangaroos coach Darren Crocker. “The first thing that stood out was just the response,” Crocker said post match. “Even though we got the draw last week and all credit to […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: North Melbourne
SEASON 2023 almost went perfectly to plan for North Melbourne. ‘Almost’ being the key word of that sentence. After going through the home and away season as one of the strongest sides of the competition once again, they made top four for the first time and won all the way through to the Grand Final, […]
AFLW 2023 Finals Preview: Second Preliminary Final
TODAY’s second AFL Women’s Preliminary Final is between the two sides who fell at this point last season, but who will vanquish their demons and progress through to the grand final? Today at 3:05pmIkon Park How They Got Here North Melbourne come into today refreshed after a week off, while the Crows bounced back from […]
Kangas hop into prelim after Dee-molition
NORTH Melbourne has had many impressive performances over the years, but few could argue that yesterday’s demolition of reigning premiers Melbourne to reach the 2023 AFL Women’s Preliminary Finals was not the finest of the lot. Consistently reminded externally of their inability to win big games – notably against the other top three sides – […]
AFLW 2023 Round 10 Preview: Saturday
THE AFLW finals puzzle continues to get written today as five matches are on the calendar, including a Grand Final rematch. 1:05pmWhitten Oval Recent Form The Kangaroos come into this game looking for a win to lock in a top fourth berth, while the Bulldogs will be looking for a win to finish a tough […]
Roos continue undefeated streak in second half comeback
AFTER being challenged in the first half by a red-hot Geelong, North Melbourne lifted in the second half to win by nine points at GMHBA Stadium and remain undefeated in the 2023 AFL Women’s season. Geelong had all the momentum in the first half with their ball use inside 50, kicking 3.2 to 0.3 and […]
Season 8 AFLW preview: North Melbourne
SEASON 7 was another season of ‘so close, yet so far’ for North Melbourne. Again they got so close to an elusive first Grand Final in making the Preliminary Final, but could not take that next step and make the big dance. But after a largely successful offseason in terms of list management, do they […]
Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 5: Nothing is for certain
IT is one month down in the VFL Women’s competition, and with 10 weeks left in the regular season nothing is for certain. In a rare Friday night clash, Port Melbourne play host to Box Hill under the lights in Port Melbourne. Box Hill come into this clash after having suffered its first loss of […]
AFLW Season 7 Glass Half Full/Empty: North Melbourne
IN a new approach to the AFL Women’s end of season reviews, Rookie Me Central casts both a glass half full and half empty lens over each side’s campaigns. Today’s team is North Melbourne, who had their best ever result in a season, knocked out in the Preliminary Final. GLASS HALF FULL Best ever result […]
AFLW stalwarts ready to lock horns again
MELBOURNE’s Karen Paxman and North Melbourne’s Emma Kearney are two stalwarts of the competition, and have seen a lot in their time. They also face each other tomorrow afternoon, as their sides do battle for the second spot in the Season 7 Grand Final. Paxman said she and the Dees were expecting a tough contest […]
