The future is now – AFLW Draft pool growing deeper
AS the AFL Women’s and female footballing pathways continues to develop, the overall quality continues to get stronger at a grassroots level. Not only the top-end talent, but also the depth within the draft pool, as players who five years ago would have been walk-up draftees are missing out purely due to the quality on […]
WAFLW Player Focus: Zippy Fish (East Fremantle)
ONE of the top AFLW Draft prospects for next year, East Fremantle bottom-ager Zippy Fish announced her big game potential with an incredible best on ground display in the WAFLW Grand Final. In arguably the best – or certainly most important – performance of her career, Fish was simply dominant through the midfield and all […]
2023 WAFLW State Scouting Notes: Grand Final
EAST Fremantle secured the 2023 WAFL Women’s premiership after taking down Claremont in the grand final on the weekend. We took note of the State Academy members and how they performed in the match, with all notes the opinion of the author.
Sharks Zip to WAFLW flag
EAST Fremantle is the toast of the town after the Sharks successfully sought revenge on Claremont 12 months after the Tigers toppled them in the 2022 WAFLW Grand Final, to win the 2023 edition by 12 points. Despite it being a neck-and-neck contest all game, a fourth quarter goal to the Sharks sealed the deal, […]
Preview | WAFLW Grand Final: Claremont vs. East Fremantle
TWELVE months ago, Claremont caused a boilover in the WAFL Women’s Grand Final, defeating a previously undefeated East Fremantle to snatch the 2022 premiership. Having lost a stack of players mid-season to injury and the AFLW Draft, coach Jack Schwarze and his players found a way to hunt and win against the odds. Fast forward […]
2023 WAFLW State Scouting Notes: Preliminary Final
EAST Fremantle got the win against South Fremantle in the 2023 WAFL Women’s Preliminary Final to book a spot in the decider against Claremont. In what will be the penultimate edition of WAFL Women’s State Scouting notes, we took a look at how each of the players from both the Bulldogs and Sharks performed in […]
Harken claims top WAFLW gong
CLAREMONT midfielder Jayme Harken is the latest Dhara Kerr Medallist, taking out the WAFL Women’s Best and Fairest award last night. The former Subiaco star who crossed to the Tigers over the off-season, polled 24 votes to become a runaway winner in the 2023 award. Harken polled five more than Swan Districts midfielder Ruby Mahony […]
Preview | WAFLW Preliminary Final: Sharks and Dogs do battle
A FREMANTLE Derby will determine which side meets Claremont in the 2023 WAFL Women’s Grand Final when the Bulldogs and Sharks clash today. South Fremantle finished second on the ladder but went down to the Tigers last week, while East Fremantle got past Swan Districts to make this penultimate match.
2023 Rookie Me Central WAFLW Team of the Year
SIX players from ladder leaders and premiership favourites Claremont have made it into the 2023 Rookie Me Central WAFL Women’s Team of the Year. The Tigers had two more than second placed South Fremantle (four), while East Fremantle, Swan Districts, Subiaco and West Perth all had three apiece. Peel Thunder recorded two players in the […]
2023 WAFLW State Scouting notes: Semi-finals
FINALS action began in the WAFL Women’s competition, and though four teams were eliminated after the end of the regular season, there were still some State Academy members running around. We took a look across the two games and noted down some of the standouts.
