AS we gear up for the biggest AFLW Draft in history, we start off the New Year in style by hearing from some of the young guns in the South Australian State Academy. As per our annual tradition, we spoke to a host of players at the SANFL Women’s Preseason Testing Day to hear about their journey and goals for 2024.

Over the coming weeks in the lead-up to the SANFL Women’s season, Rookie Me Central will publish these stories to get an insight into the next young stars of South Australia. The 20 features that will be published include the following:

2024 SANFLW STATE ACADEMY INTERVIEWS:

– Shae Archbold (South Adelaide)
– Ruby Ballard (West Adelaide)
– Georgina Birchall (Norwood)
– Lucy Boyd (West Adelaide)
– Jemma Charity (North Adelaide)
– Emma Daley (Norwood)
– Asha Dufour (West Adelaide)
– Laela Ebert (North Adelaide)
– Jasmine Evans (Central District)
– Emma Kilpatrick (West Adelaide)
– Grace Martin (WWT Eagles)
– Coby Morgan (Norwood)
– Georgia McKee (Central District)
– Carly Milsom (South Adelaide)
– Klaudia O’Neill (WWT Eagles)
– Violet Patterson (Glenelg)
– Bianca Portaro (WWT Eagles)
– India Rasheed (Sturt)
– Charlotte Riggs (Central District)
– Esther Schirmer (South Adelaide)