Courageous Rigter enjoying Sturt’s Sister Act
STEPPING into a senior team when your sister is the captain can have its perks and its disadvantages, but Abbey Rigter has enjoyed donning the Double Blues colours with older sibling, Maya. She came into Sturt’s South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s team last season, and was a key part of the previously league […]
Hickey’s Noarlunga return to “give back” to Pinktails
CHANGE is never something that has bothered South Adelaide recruit Jordann Hickey before, so it is unlikely to worry her when she runs out in the blue and white during the 2023 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s season. In fact, the change from Woodville-West Torrens to Noarlunga is one of the smallest changes […]
Schwerdt sets sights for on-ball role
AFTER being unlucky to miss out on being selected in this year’s AFL Women’s Draft, Norwood youngster Lana Schwerdt has set about improving herself to “get some looks” from elite level clubs. The midfielder spent time through the midfield and up forward across her campaigns with the Redlegs in the SANFL Women’s, then predominantly forward […]
Versatile Cox aiming to cement League spot
NORTH Adelaide tall Timeka Cox is hoping to cement her spot in the reigning premiers’ best 21 in season 2023, with the top-age AFL Women’s Draft hope dreaming of big things. Having represented her state at underage level including on the Adelaide Oval against Vic Country, the South Australian is hoping to take her game […]
Women’s Footy Rewind: 2022 Stats Central
WITH less women’s footy over the summer months than fans have become used to, we here at Rookie Me Central take you down memory lane and look back at key moments in women’s footy history from the past few years. In today’s edition, we focus on a stats comparison between the two AFLW seasons in […]
Forward thinking for former defender Sonneman
AFTER plying her trade as a defender in Central District’s side, Demi Sonneman was thrown forward under new coach Ben Hunt. With the loss of key forwards, Katelyn Rosenzweig and Chantel Reynolds, Sonneman was asked to utilise her positioning and reading of the play up the other end of the field. That move culminated in […]
Maher finds career-best form in 2022
NORWOOD youngster Tesharna Maher was a latecomer to Australian rules football, and though she came through the traditional pathway since crossing from soccer, it took until this year to find that consistent form. Always blessed with top line speed, Maher had a blistering finish to the 2022 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s season. […]
NTFL Round 12 | Crocs stay top, Peris-Chong debuts
SOUTHERN Districts will take top spot into the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Christmas break after downing the second placed Waratah by 28 points on Saturday. The Crocs led from the first goal, which came within just 20 seconds off the boot of Ronald Fejo, and maintained the ascendancy at Gardens Oval in an impressive […]
Important weekend sees vital results
On a key weekend in the NTFLW competition with the celebration of No More Round, Darwin picked up an crucial win in the context of their season, defeating the Tiwi Bombers by two goals. In at times treacherous conditions, Tiwi dominated a lot of early possession but just could not convert it into score. Darwin […]
Did a move to August work for the AFLW?
THE 2022 calendar year saw a massive change for the AFL Women’s competition, with the competition moved to an August start date for the first time in the competition’s history. It had seemed that the AFL had somewhat listened to the players and supporters and taken the competition out of the blistering summer heat. But […]
