{"id":218451,"date":"2026-07-08T06:18:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=218451"},"modified":"2026-07-08T06:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:19:01","slug":"2026-aflw-draft-qa-meyah-fursland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2026\/07\/08\/2026-aflw-draft-qa-meyah-fursland\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 AFLW Draft Q&A: Meyah Fursland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TOP-AGE defender Meyah Fursland<\/a> is shaping as one of the more versatile defensive prospects in this year’s draft pool, with the Geelong Falcons product also representing Vic Country. Fursland sat down to discuss her footballing journey, her strengths and areas for growth, and the goals she set herself during the preseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Q: Meyah, can you walk me through a bit of your footballing journey, how you got started to where you are now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MF:<\/strong> “My dad got me into Auskick when I was younger, but then there wasn’t many teams back then, so I kind of stopped playing footy, picked up netball again, and then came back to footy around under 14s.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: How far did you get with your netball as well? Was that a high level?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MF:<\/strong> “Not too high, but it was just more of an enjoyable thing. But yeah, I’ve always been playing netball.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: How’s was your pre-season and obviously in the Vic Country hub as well?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MF:<\/strong> “Yeah, definitely. It’s been really good actually. Vic Country was really good. It kind of was more character building, I’d say, like getting around everyone as well.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: In terms of your role and position this year, where do you think you’ll fit in?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MF:<\/strong> “Oh, that’s a hard one. I reckon probably I’m hoping high back, but I think hopefully a bit of mid as well, just get around the field.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What do you see as some of your strengths and improvements?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MF:<\/strong> “I’d say a strength at the moment is more like driving my legs through the contest. My marking, overhead marking is really good, I’d say. Something I’m working on right now is kicking under fatigue. And even just my types of kicking, like a snap and stuff, working on that as well. I’m also working on my running endurance so I can get around playing mid as well.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Do you tend to watch a lot of football when you’re not playing? Who do you go for?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MF:<\/strong> “Yeah, definitely. Essendon. My family have always gone for Essendon. My dad’s a big footy fan, so always been around that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Are there any players you currently sort of look up to, to mould your game on?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MF:<\/strong> “Emma O’Driscoll<\/strong>. She’s a really good defender for Fremantle. It’s Tom Stewart<\/strong> in the men’s. I think I’ve been told that I play like him, so just matching his vibe and his game.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: And have you set up any goals to sort of tick off this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MF:<\/strong> “Yeah, a big goal of mine is kind of balancing school and footy at the same time. Obviously the main goal is getting drafted, but we’ll see what happens.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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