Beltings galore across final NTFLW round
FINGERNAILS were left intact across the final round of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Women’s competition, with four one-sided results taking place. Of the four Round 18 matches, Nightcliff’s 57-point victory over Tiwi Bombers was the closest. The other three went up to 80, 114 and then a whopping 169 points the difference, in […]
SANFL Women’s Player Focus: Lucy Boyd (West Adelaide)
WEST Adelaide secured a drought-breaking win in the opening SANFL Women’s round on Saturday, with plenty of emerging talent on show for both Westies and Glenelg. One such talent was tall utility Lucy Boyd, a bottom-ager who showed her wares in defence against a couple of high-level opponents. She’s the subject of our Round 1 […]
2023 SANFLW R1 wrap: South stops Sturt
SOUTH Adelaide had the perfect start to its 2023 South Australian National Football League (SAFNL) Women’s season, winning a hard-fought, often scrappy contest against reigning runners-up Sturt. Still showing signs of rust in terms of efficiency, both sides were pressured all over the ground, forcing plenty of missed chances. In the end, though both would […]
SANFLW R1 MOTR: Roosters survive Redlegs fight
NORTH Adelaide kick-started its premiership defence with a nail-biting two-point win over Norwood under lights at The Parade to open the 2023 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s season. The game had many ebbs and flows with North looking to kick away early and then again in the third term, but with each advance, […]
Preview | SANFLW R1: Blockbusters galore in opening round
A NEW season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s kicks off tonight under the bright lights of The Parade. Reigning premiers North Adelaide travel to face Norwood there, before the remaining three games take place tomorrow in a Super Saturday, with the most north and south venues of Elizabeth and Noarlunga hosting […]
New-look Roosters remain a contender
NORTH Adelaide will be almost unrecognisable towards the back-end of the season, with half of its premiership team set to make way for new faces by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s finals series. Coach Krissie Steen is coming off a second flag in three seasons with the red and white, but will […]
PODCAST | Game Sense Ep 17 – 2023 SANFLW preview
ANOTHER year, and another season of Game Sense, the Rookie Me Central podcast dedicated to women’s football. In the first episode of 2023, host and AFLW Draft Editor Michael Alvaro, and Chief Editor Peter Williams take a deep dive into the SANFL Women’s competition which kicks off on Friday night. >> SCROLL TO LISTEN TO […]
Docker Staunton “just lucky” for GIANT opportunity
BOLTING out of relative obscurity into the AFL Women’s Academy, GWS GIANTS Academy member Melanie Staunton is one name to keep an eye on in 2023. Though she describes her rise from Ulladulla Dockers talent to AFLW Academy as “just lucky”, the 18-year-old is certainly not taking her incredible opportunity lightly. Tasting life as an […]
“Full circle moment” for Edwards as Bays set for 2023
YELLOW and black are colours that suit new Glenelg coach Lexia Edwards, with the former Yeronga South Brisbane mentor returning to the Bay where she played 15 games from 2018-19. Heading up to Queensland for a stint with the Devils where she would ultimately end up coaching, Edwards returned to Adelaide to go back to […]
Finals become clearer but not all is done and dusted
THE Northern Territory Football League Women’s (NTFLW)’s penultimate round of the saw the ladder settle a little ahead of finals, but it is not all set in stone as the season comes to a conclusion next week. In an enthralling top three clash it was St Mary’s who prevailed over Waratah by 13 points. It […]
