Opinion: Could the AFL Women’s 2021 season be the most competitive yet?
IT is still just over two months until the first bounce of the 2021 AFL Women’s season, but the excitement is growing. The abrupt end to the 2020 season – with no premiership awarded and indeed no last two weeks of finals – left a mixture of disappointment and wondering of what could have been […]
2020 Top 10 AFLW matches: #4 – Fremantle hold on to top spot despite swooping Magpies
IN a new countdown, Draft Central recalls the Top 10 AFL Women’s games for season 2020, moving onto our number four which saw a scintillating top two clash between Fremantle and Collingwood that could have seen the season go far different if the Pies had managed the win. Round 3 saw a top of the […]
2020 AFL Women’s season review: Fremantle
FREMANTLE entered its fourth AFL Women’s campaign with little fanfare despite a six-win season in 2019, but backed it up with an unblemished 6-0 run to deliver what would have been a second straight preliminary final appearance. Having undergone a heavy list turnover in the wake of West Coast’s introduction to the league, the Dockers […]
Fremantle finishes AFL Women’s season undefeated after semi-final win
IT was a mammoth effort from the ladder leaders in Fremantle that led to a phenomenal 70-point win over expansion side, Gold Coast Suns. While the Dockers were undefeated coming into this match and the Suns with only two wins to their name, little could have expected the final margin, with Fremantle far too good […]
2020 AFLW Preview: Round 6 – Dees and Blues face off in conference-defining clash
ROUND 6 of AFL Women’s 2020 begins the race to finals with only two rounds to follow and still plenty of changes that could take place on both conference ladders. A few key wins are up for grabs with Richmond still hoping for an inaugural win while North Melbourne and Fremantle will both want to […]
2020 AFLW Stats: Breakdown of Fremantle’s winning ways
FREMANTLE is the only undefeated side in the AFL Women’s competition heading to Round 4 and the Dockers will be hoping to extend that winning streak. With a narrow win, last week against a rampaging Collingwood side, Fremantle somehow found a way to get over the line despite losing most of the key performance indicators […]
Top 5 questions after AFL Women’s Round 3
WITH three rounds of the AFL Women’s done and dusted we pose five questions surrounding yet another round of action filled with narrow losses and blowout wins. Are Fremantle the real deal? The Dockers showed their class last round with a narrow three-point win against the Magpies, sitting undefeated at the top of Pool B. […]
AFL Women’s Young Gun Watch: Round 3
IN our third edition of the Young Gun Watch, we take a look at some of the top young performers across the AFL Women’s competition in Round 3 focusing on those players born in the 21st century (2000 or 2001). We analyse match-by-match just how they performed and what they did well. St Kilda vs. […]
AFL Women’s Round 3 review: St Kilda makes history with first win
ROUND 3 of the AFL Women’s saw a number of history-making performances, especially St Kilda with the team from Moorabbin claiming their inaugural win while top of the table clashes lived up to the hype. These are the remaining six game reviews after our Match of the Round – selected prior to the weekend – […]
AFL Women’s preview: Round 3 – Make or break games set the scene for third round of action
IT is now or never for a number of teams who sit on a knifes-edge when it comes to their finals aspirations. While some sides will finish the round undefeated with three wins, other teams will head into Monday doing the maths as to how many wins they need to make finals. With many teams […]
