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I think it can only work if the AFLW makes the national draft compulsory. Maybe there'll be a few exemptions for dual-athletes like Georgie Cleaver, but you can't get one team having a huge boost because a particular star player decides to stay local. I mean, if the Eagles and Dockers by some...

We've got a chance, because despite improving our list a lot, it's going to be a struggle to get off the bottom of the ladder next year. Next year's draft is crazy strong, other teams might all rank Havana Harris, Ash Centra and India Rasheed more highly (they're taller, arguably more versatile)...

Zippy Fish vs West Perth, 39 disposals and a goal, absolutely dominated the match, set up half the forward thrusts from half-back, distributed the ball like a point guard. 18 years old and already comfortably the best player in the WAFLW.

So AFLW ballsed up the replay again, like they did for a WA U18s game last year, and we only get the last quarter and a half of the U18 nationals vs U23 all stars. But what we can is is a ridiculously high standard, this next draft is going to be massive. Looks like Havana Harris was best on...

Interview with Lily Paterson, who's having a seriously good season for Swan Districts. Apparently she's only been playing a few years, which would help explain her sudden form explosion. And she's a West Coast fan. https://central.rookieme.com/afl/2024/04/04/qa-lily-paterson-swan-districts/

Cool, thanks for the tip. Always good to see new kids coming through.

I liked what I saw of Kavanagh too, in the game last week. She's pretty fast but without Rentsch's explosiveness, but she's clever, level-headed and makes things happen.

Jess Rentsch dominating out of the stoppage from 14:27. She doesn't get a lot of the ball in these games because it's a new team, their skills aren't good, and they're not always playing her on the ball like they should, but she gets flashes like this that show what she can do...

That sucks. I was looking for a report on that game, couldn't find one. Seems like a great kid too, has lots of fun but also got a veteran's head on her shoulders. Leadership material. Could be. But she's good at stoppages, which is even more important in AFLW than AFL, because there's so damn...

I'd add Claudia Wright at Claremont, just had her first WAFLW game since 2022, bit rusty but next level athlete and reasonably tall. Should be a fairly high pick next draft. And Jorja Haines at Peel, only second game back after long injury layoff, is explosive out of packs, maybe a solid...

Saw some of the Swan Districts game from Round One -- keep an eye on Carys D'Addario, still two years away from the draft, one of the best midfield juniors I've ever seen. Clean hands in traffic like an AFLW veteran, and super strong.

That's a change if she's undecided, previously we were hearing she'd definitely nominate nationally. Come on Daisy, you've got 11 months to become Zippy's best buddy, get to work.

Good list of the huge depth coming in next year's draft. Listed from WA; Zippy Fish, Molly O'Hehir, Claudia Wright and Noa McNaughton. Missing but could have been included -- Taya Chambers (was coming off an ACL injury), Natasha Entwistle (is recently emerging, still under the radar) and Jorja...

Yep, she's on a different level to most. I've never seen an average-sized player cradle the ball one-handed like she does. Yeah, I used to think we'd have to play Ella a lot in the midfield to avoid getting spanked next year, now I think we'd do better to give those minutes to Rentsch and...

Looking over every other team's off-season, I reckon we still might struggle to get out of the bottom four next year. Number one priority next season will be to get games into Rentsch and Kavanagh in the middle, because our midfleld is weak by AFLW standards, and the more games they get early...