Scouting notes: TAC Cup – Round 4
AFTER a one-week hiatus due to the TAC Cup’s first development weekend of the season, the TAC Cup returned with some big individual bags of goals from the key forwards and a nail-biting draw between Gippsland Power and Northern Knights. We had scouts watching four of the games this weekend, with a narrowed focus on […]
TAC Cup Girls previews: Round 6
AFTER a week of no TAC Cup Girls football, the players would undoubtedly be keen to get back into a huge round six. There are plenty of matches that could go either way, including the highly anticipated clash between two top sides in the Geelong Falcons and Eastern Ranges. Meanwhile, Bendigo and Oakleigh will both […]
Story so far: TAC Cup Girls – Metro
THE Story so far continues on from the Country sides, with a review of the TAC Cup Girls Metro sides. There have been plenty of impressive players and team performances across the first five rounds, with one metro team sitting second on the ladder. If the first five rounds are anything to go by, the […]
Early look: Metro sides’ big ball winners
IT is the opening turn of the long TAC Cup season, but after three rounds, AFL Draft Central takes a look at those players who are already lighting up the stats sheet. From disposals and marks, to kicking efficiency and contested rate, there are a number of players already standing out. Today’s early look just […]
Player focus: Xavier O’Halloran
A fast finishing Western Jets line-up collected their second win of the season, defeating the Eastern Ranges by 32-points on Saturday Matt Balmer looks in depth at one of their important midfield cogs. Xavier O’Halloran is one of a handful of players on the 2018 Western Jets list that is well and truly capable of finding himself […]
Podcast: TAC Cup Girls – Episode 6
A NEW year marks all-new content and in 2018, AFL Draft Central will be producing a weekly podcast through the TAC Cup Girls season. Hosted by women’s football editor, Julia Montesano, the podcast will be posted each Wednesday night and will review the previous round’s games and look ahead to the following weekend. For the sixth […]
Team of the Week: TAC Cup Girls – Round 5
IT was a case of no AFLW Academy players, no worries for the TAC Cup Girls teams this round. Plenty of young players stood up and played marvellously across the weekend. The AFL Draft Central Team of the Week has many new faces this week in what was a memorable round of TAC Cup Girls action. The Geelong […]
Weekend Wash-up: TAC Cup Girls – Round 5
THE Geelong Falcons remain on top of the ladder, getting revenge against Murray after a close loss last season. The Northern Knights are the other undefeated team after a clinical performance at Preston. Gippsland moved closer to the top four with a win over Bendigo while the Western Jets created history at Williamstown. Round five […]
Fantastic Five: Memorable moments from the weekend
FROM a first win to some great individual performances and future talent on show, the weekend’s matches across the TAC Cup, TAC Cup Girls and AFL provided plenty of memorable moments. Western Jets first win Just the same as Oakleigh Chargers in round one and Gippsland Power in round two, the Western Jets were the […]
Scouting notes: TAC Cup Girls- Round 5
ONLY two teams remain undefeated after round five delivered some cracking contests. The Western Jets got their first ever TAC Cup Girls win while ending Eastern’s undefeated streak in the process. Over in Bendigo, the Falcons managed to get up over Murray despite missing five AFLW players. Although the Knights were given a scare by […]
