Academy notes: 2023 SANFLW Round 1
SOUTH Australia’s top AFL Women’s draft prospects gained their first taste of action on the weekend with Round 1 of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s taking place. As always, we took a look at each of the state academy athletes running around in the League competition and made notes on their individual […]
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 […]
Sunday Scoreboard: Westies break drought
IN a new Sunday night feature on Rookie Me Central, we give an update on how each of the active football leagues across the country, with the scores, top performers and what to look forward to this week. SANFLW: Norwood 7.8 (50) defeated by North Adelaide 7.10 (52)West Adelaide 3.5 (23) defeated Glenelg 1.3 (9)Central […]
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 […]
2023 SANFLW Ask The Coach: Young Guns
TONIGHT a new season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s takes place with North Adelaide travelling to The Parade to face Norwood. In the past fortnight, we have chatted to all eight senior SANFL Women’s coaches and published team previews for the upcoming season. One question we asked of each of them, […]
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 […]
“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 […]
