AFLW Season 7: Round 4 Talking Points – Nail biters and undefeated records come to an end
SUNDAY’S action in the AFLW saw many of the top teams in action. After a strong start from their opponents, Adelaide and Brisbane ran over the top of Collingwood and Melbourne respectively, while Richmond hung on for a narrow win over Essendon.
Potential Best 21s – AFLW Season 7: Collingwood, Essendon, Fremantle
LATER this month the AFL Women’s Season 7 will kick off and there is plenty to get excited about. While preseasons are underway and coaches are trying to work out a Round 1 lineup, we delved into what each of the sides could look like next season. Over a six-part series, we will examine three […]
Season 7 Expansion Side list analysis: Essendon
SEASON Seven of the AFLW is not too far away, and season seven will see four new teams come into the competition to finally see the AFLW have all 18 teams. We are going to take a deep dive into each of the new clubs’ inaugural lists and see how they might stack up in […]
AFLW Season 7 Expansion Clubs’ list comparison
THE AFLW will see the final four expansion clubs come into the competition ahead of Season 7 – Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney. Although all four clubs had the same rules to work with when building their inaugural lists, they respectively went about doing so in very different ways. In light of this, let […]
2022 AFLW Draft team review: Essendon
NEWCOMERS Essendon had quite the large haul at the 2022 AFL Women’s Draft, picking up seven players, including two mature-agers to complete the Bombers list ahead of Season 7. The Bombers went for a mix of exciting forwards, natural leaders and club teammates, to cover all areas of the ground, but particularly looked at versatile […]
2022 AFLW Draft preview: Essendon
ONE of four fresh faces in the AFL Women’s landscape, Essendon has already made a splash since being announced as an expansion team. Recruiting a plethora of talented, readymade options from other clubs, the red and black side has its sights set on being competitive from day one. With a former league best and fairest […]
2021 AFL Draft: Night 1 – Pick-by-pick
THE first night of the 2021 AFL Draft has come to a close, with some eye-catching selections and draft bolters across the evening. In what was touted as an unpredictable draft year stacked with talent, clubs will be leaving happy with their respective hauls; in particular North Melbourne, who grabbed Jason Horne-Francis with the top […]
2021 VFLW team review: Essendon
IN summarising the 2021 Victorian Football League Women’s (VFLW) season, Draft Central will run through a team-by-team review of how each of the sides fared, and who some of the standout VFLW-listed performers throughout the clubs were. The next team in the firing line is Essendon. Position: 5th Wins: 8 Losses: 6 Draws: 0 Percentage: 155.7% Season […]
Stat leaders: 2021 VFL Women’s – Finals Week Two
THE second week of Victorian Football League (VFL) women’s finals action has come and gone, with plenty happening across the two rounds. This week Essendon’s Georgia Nanscawen was on fire out on the field when her side took on Collingwood. It is no surprise her name appears several times in the list. Overall, Nanscawen currently […]
Analysis | The importance of fitness testing in modern football recruiting
THERE has been plenty of debate when talking about potential AFL prospects pertaining to the differences between judging ‘athletes’ against ‘pure footballers’. There is an argument that fitness testing should be taken with a grain of salt and that the eye test is most important, but when it comes to players being drafted – especially […]
