Emily Smith ready for senior role
TEENAGE South Adelaide talent Emily Smith is ready to take the next step of her career and crack into the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s senior side. Having travelled through the South Australian pathways over the past five years to represent her state and earn a State Under 18s Academy spot for next […]
Falkenberg motivated to help lead Eagles
REIGNING Woodville-West Torrens Women’s best and fairest winner Annie Falkenberg is determined to change the league’s perception of the Eagles in 2022. The second-year leader had a career-best year in 2021 after being captain last year, and now she has her sights set on helping drive her side up the South Australian National Football League […]
Syme destined to step up in Redlegs midfield
FOLLOWING the departures of Leah Cutting (St Kilda AFLW), Jess Macolino (West Adelaide) and Elisha Gallagher (Queanbeyan Tigers), there is a stop or two available in Norwood‘s midfield. Teenage talent Sachi Syme is determined to fill it. The 165cm 17-year-old has had a taste for senior football, making her debut in Round 4 last season, […]
Persistent Winbanks still chasing dream
ALTHOUGH only relatively young at 21-years-old, Port Melbourne’s newest recruit Bridie Winbanks has had quite the journey. However, she is still determined to make it to the next level. Winbanks started off her career as a 16-year-old, playing locally in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. She then moved on to the NAB League Girls competition, initially playing […]
Humble Scutchings ready to “give it a crack”
THEY say that you are your own harshest critic, and that may well be the case with West Adelaide‘s Charlie Scutchings. The South Australian teenager by her own admission describes herself as “lazy” and was surprised to hear she was in the State Academy Under 18s squad. Though her humility underplays the fact she has […]
Christgoergl sets sights on ultimate dream
WESTERN Bulldogs’ VFLW skipper Riley Christgoergl‘s story is one of determination. After a year marred by concussion, she is coming back stronger than ever in 2022. She comes into 2022 with the hopes of being able to push on into the AFLW system and be drafted. “Absolutely. It’s the dream isn’t it? I’m working as […]
Besley enjoying first Academy experience
HAVING come from a multitude of different sporting backgrounds, South Adelaide Women’s Ella Besley is looking forward to her footy in 2022. The Panthers midfielder is a hard running midfielder who has been honing her craft in the juniors. Now that South Adelaide has a number of midfield opportunities for younger players, Besley is keen […]
Bays’ Boag harbours League ambition
“IT will be a good goal to push to play in the League team. That’s my aim at the moment, get a few games in there, it will be really exciting.” Glenelg Women’s teenager Ella Boag has her sights set on the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition. Returning for her second preseason […]
Hough overcomes “scary” debut to adapt to League footy
STEPPING onto the football field as a 15-year-old, Sturt Women’s Tiah Hough admitted it was “a bit scary”. Luckily for the 158cm teenager, the support of her Double Blues teammates helped get her through a tough initiation in 2020, and then return to play four more games late in the 2021 season. Her journey itself […]
Constant growth the key to Macolino move
CHANGING teams is something all too familiar across any Australian rules football league, with new West Adelaide Women’s recruit Jess Macolino seeing it as a “growth opportunity”. The former Norwood Women’s midfielder felt she had got a bit “stagnant” and “complacent” within herself at the Redlegs, and was looking for a new change. She linked […]
