2021 AFL Women’s: Round 1 preview – Traditional rivals to open the show in Thursday night blockbuster
AFL Women’s makes its long awaited return tonight, with teams hungry to make up for lost time and rectify the ‘what-ifs’ left in 2020. Traditional rivals Carlton and Collingwood take the season-opening honours once again, with plenty of heat expected to come out of that clash at Princes Park. A fixture shake-up on the eve […]
AFL Women’s Draft preview: Carlton & Collingwood
THE AFL Women’s Draft is fast approaching and in the lead-up to the draft, we take a look at each of the AFL women’s sides in pairs and see what they might look for, and who might be available with the selections they have. Next up in our series are the two sides from Victoria, […]
Roos hold on in thriller against determined Magpies
A JASMINE Garner intercept mark in the last 15 seconds of the game at half-back has helped North Melbourne survive an epic fight from Collingwood to keep the Roos’ premiership hopes alive with a 5.4 (34) to 5.2 (32) semi-final win at Ikon Park. Both teams were hot early on, providing plenty of pressure on […]
AFL Women’s Round 1 preview: Four new teams begin elite journey
AFTER nine months of waiting, AFL Women’s 4.0 is here and four more teams enter the fray in a bid to take home the 2020 premiership. Adelaide won its second title in three years last season, with the Western Bulldogs the only other premiership winner in the competition. With the Crows wounded and plenty of […]
2019/20 AFLW off-season review: Collingwood
IT was a disappointing 2019 season for Collingwood, with a combination of rebuilding through youth and unlucky losses culminating in a Conference wooden spoon. The Magpies were competitive in all their cross-conference games and were unlucky not to potentially get an extra couple of wins, but ultimately could not match it with sides for the […]
Number crunching: AFLW – Round 7
IN the Round 7 edition of number crunching we reveal who fared best in each stat, including a nod to regular game breakers, Jenna Bruton and Erin Phillips, and a number of other players who managed to dominate multiple areas. Jenna Bruton tried her heart out for North Melbourne in a losing effort in their […]
Team of the Week: AFLW – Round 7
ROUND 7 sees the end of the 2019 AFL Women’s home and away season, and thus the end of the Draft Central Team of the Week for this year. This week saw four Crows make it into the squad after a magnificent win over Melbourne, while Geelong is the only side that doesn’t have a […]
Weekend wash-up: AFLW – Round 7
THE final round of the 2019 home and away season saw potential finals bound teams take each other on to determine which sides made finals. Major premiership contender, North Melbourne got knocked out by Fremantle, while Collingwood managed their first win of 2019 to ruin Brisbane’s finals chances. GWS GIANTS 6.5 (41) defeated Geelong (1.4) […]
Scoreboard Sweep 17/03: AFLW, NAB League Girls, SANFLW
IN this week’s Scoreboard Sweep, we look at the final round of AFL Women’s, the second round of the NAB League Girls and the fourth round of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition. AFLW: GWS GIANTS 6.5 (41) defeated Geelong 1.4 (10)Melbourne 1.2 (8) defeated by Adelaide 10.8 (68)Fremantle 7.10 (52) defeated […]
AFLW: Team Selection- Round 6
WITH North Melbourne suffering its first defeat for the season and Fremantle claiming a big scalp in the west, some minor changes have been made to both sides in hopes of keeping their finals hopes alive. Fremantle shone with Kiara Bowers and Dana Hooker accumulating plenty of the ball and will be hoping the duo […]
