Q&A: Ruby Ballard (West Adelaide)
SETTING her sights on following in the footsteps of her older sister, Abbie, West Adelaide’s Ruby Ballard is determined to forge her own journey, coming into 2024 as a top-age AFLW Draft prospect. We spoke to her at the South Australian Preseason Testing Day. Q: Ruby, tell us about your footy journey? RB: “I started […]
SANFLW 24 to Watch in 2024: Ruby Ballard
BACK for another year, Rookie Me Central’s 24 to Watch in 2024 returns and this time around, the focus is on underage players, being those who are yet to have an AFLW Draft chance. For the list of 2024, it will range between players who are predominantly 2006 (top-age) and 2007-born talents likely to take […]
In Case You Missed It: AFLW Round 7 2023
WITH a few key results over the weekend of AFLW action, the finals race is shaping up to truly be an exciting one. Adelaide (9.5.59) defeated Western Bulldogs (2.5.17) St Kilda (7.6.48) defeated GWS (5.5.35) Geelong (6.11.47) defeated Walyalup (3.5.23) Sydney (3.8.26) lost to Hawthorn (5.10.40) Gold Coast (3.3.21) lost to Brisbane (8.9.57) Richmond (5.6.36) […]
Season 8 AFLW preview: Adelaide
ALWAYS there at the pointy end of the season, Adelaide is a side that will never be too far away from premiership contention. Though the Crows fell short of defending their Season 6 title in Season 7, they were able to get games into a stack of first and second-season players to set up for […]
AFLW Season 7: Round 9 Talking Points – Finals picture becomes clearer
ROUND 9 of the latest AFLW season bounced down on Friday night, featuring a pair of fixtures with finals ramifications in the penultimate home-and-away weekend. Kicking off proceedings, Adelaide took out a thriller against fellow finals-bound fancy Geelong, while Gold Coast kept its top eight hopes alive while dashing that of Carlton.
AFLW Season 7: Round 6 Talking Points – Hawks and Crows swoop
IT was a mostly good night for the bird sides, as Hawthorn and Adelaide both picked up very different and impressive wins to kick-off Round 6 of the AFL Women’s. The Hawks won their second consecutive game by taking care of the bigger bird, West Coast Eagles in Frankston, while Adelaide thumped its second straight […]
Crows coach Clarke confident in comeback
AFTER describing his defence as “shabby” in the first half, Adelaide Crows AFLW coach Matthew Clarke said he still had the confidence that his side would get the job done against North Melbourne yesterday. The Crows conceded the first two goals of the game and were held goalless in the first term, but stepped up […]
AFLW Season 7: Round 3 Talking Points – Mixed bag of results
IT was a real mixed bag of results in Saturday’s action of Round 3 AFL Women’s action for Season 7, with a couple of tight ones, and some blowouts. Here are some of the talking points from the four games on show.
Season 7 AFLW: Round 2 Talking Points – Surprises galore
SATURDAY’S action in the AFL Women’s saw quite the variety of results. In the early game Adelaide fought back to pinch the win off Richmond, while in the afternoon Geelong made a statement with an upset win over Fremantle, and the Western Bulldogs spoiled Port Adelaide’s debut home game at Alberton by beating the Power. […]
Crows grab win, but Clarke concedes reigning premiers “not where we need to be just yet”
ADELAIDE coach Matthew Clarke conceded his chargers still need to improve a number of aspects of their game despite some heroics from Crows young gun Abbie Ballard. The 20-year-old booted two goals in three minutes in the final term, her first two goals in her six-game AFL Women’s career, to help Adelaide run over the […]
