The VFLW box of surprises keeps delivering
IN a season that has already delivered plenty of surprises, the VFL Women’s competition kept the surprises coming over the weekend. Also, with only two wins separating over half the teams on the ladder at the moment, the weekend’s results have made this season’s finalists no less set. The surprises began out at Trevor Barker […]
Last quarter fightbacks and surprise results the flavour of the weekend
THE unpredictable nature of the 2023 VFL Women’s season continued over the weekend, with a number of surprise results across the six games. In the first of Sunday’s two matches saw Collingwood ultimately ran away with a 59 point win over Darebin. It was not until the second half where things started to truly open […]
Late fightbacks the theme of the weekend in the VFLW
ON a weekend of late fightbacks, things are really tightening up when it comes to the VFLW. With one win separating first and sixth, and half a game separating sixth and seventh, there are still so many different ways the season could ultimately go. One of the late fightbacks over the weekend was on Saturday […]
Tough weekend sees ladder gaps tighten
ON a tough weekend where some teams found goals hard to come by, the VFLW marked the halfway point of its season with an interesting bunch of results. With only one win separating first from sixth on the ladder, it is still all to play for heading into the second half of the year. Sunday […]
Surprises are abundant as players leave it all on the park
ACROSS the VFLW over the weekend as players pushed hard to impress ahead of this week’s draft, some teams dished out quite the surprise results. In the opening game of the round Geelong came from behind to pinch a narrow one point win over Carlton. Carlton should have won the clash, but will rue missed […]
REVIEW | VFLW Round 1: A round that had it all
THE VFL Women’s competition returned over the weekend, with plenty of interesting results to kick off the season. In the game of the round, Essendon and Box Hill played out a thrilling draw out at The Hangar. In a match full of momentum swings, the teams ultimately could not be split at the final whistle. […]
2022 AFLW Draft: Others to Watch – Victoria
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Draft is next week and already Rookie Me Central has completed profiles on all those available AFLW Draft Combine invites. In separate articles this week, we will go state by state and look at some other contenders for the AFLW Draft outside those with the invites. Finishing up the series is […]
Cats too strong for winless Dogs in VFLW
IN this week’s match of the round in the VFLW, Geelong snapped a three game losing streak by defeating the Western Bulldogs by 38 points. It was tight, contested footy in the opening minutes, but eventually the Cats did get an inside 50 and were able to convert through Danielle Higgins. The Cats then spent […]
AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Top-agers return to bottom-age best
IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we hone in on those players to remember for the AFLW Draft, present and future. With four new AFLW clubs joining the competition, spots will heat up, and players will be looking to put their best foot forward. For this piece, we have looked at those […]
A Dee-molition one of many big VFLW results
After a weekend off, the VFLW was back on the weekend for Round 6, and there were some big results, not just on the scoreboard. In this week’s game of the round, Casey sent a brutal message to the rest of the competition, completely annihilating the Southern Saints. It was a very evening opening part […]