SANFL U18s MOTR: Round 5 – Central District vs. South Adelaide
CENTRAL District flexed its muscles in the tall forward department, overpowering an inaccurate South Adelaide to run away 71-point winners. Spearheaded by bottom-age prospect Dyson Sharp, the Bulldogs were potent in transition and capitalised on uncontested leads inside forward 50. Both sides boasted some strong draft prospects who were able to impact across the ground. […]
2024 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 7
GLENELG and South Adelaide occupy the top two spots on the SANFL Women’s ladder, and shared 10 players in this week’s Team of the Week. The sides asserted their control at different points, and ended up with two more representatives than other winners Sturt and West Adelaide, while the remaining four teams finished with two […]
2024 SANFLW Player Focus: Grace Martin (WWT Eagles)
WOODVILLE-WEST Torrens midfielder Grace Martin is quietly flying under the radar in the 2024 SANFL Women’s season. The top-age Eagles midfielder was prominent playing on-ball in the loss to Glenelg, racking up seven clearances and seven inside 50s to go with her 10 tackles and 19 disposals. Not the largest accumulator and Martin can tend […]
2024 SANFLW R7 wrap: South sends ominous message
SOUTH Adelaide is back in a big way in the SANFL Women’s competition, winning its fifth straight match in the 2024 season, this time the grand final rematch. The Panthers proved too strong for Central District, booting the first five goals of the match and containing the Dogs to just two majors for the match […]
SANFL U18s Player Focus: Louie Montgomery (North Adelaide)
PORT Adelaide father-son prospect Louie Montgomery helped spark North Adelaide’s third win by under a goal on the SANFL Under 18s season, as the Roosters held on to beat Sturt by two points on Saturday. The defender’s pair of second half goals saw his side hit the front early in term four. Montgomery’s speed and […]
Bloods best Redlegs in frantic final term
PRESSURE, repeat stoppages and turnovers were the story of the first three quarters between Norwood and West Adelaide on Saturday night, before the previously dour struggle opened up and saw four goals kicked in the last term, including three in the final 10 minutes for the latter to secure a nine-point victory. No doubt there […]
2024 SANFLW Round 7: Saturday preview
A GRAND final rematch opens a massive day of Saturday action for the final three games of Round 7 in the SANFL Women’s competition. Both South Adelaide and Central District sit at 4-2, while the stakes are just as high for both 3-3 sides in Norwood and West Adelaide, as Sturt and North Adelaide both […]
2024 SANFLW Round 7: Friday preview
A HUGE contest under Friday night lights sees ladder leaders Glenelg face off against big improvers Woodville-West Torrens with the latter eyeing off a spot inside the top four with a win, while the Bays need victory to fend off last year’s grand finalists who are closing fast.
State Academy notes: 2024 SANFLW – Round 6
FOLLOWING a week off due to Gather Round and the SANFLW All-Stars match, South Australia’s top young prospects returned to action for Round 6. As always we took note of those players in the State Academy and how they performed, with notes the opinion of the individual author.
SANFL U18s MOTR: Round 4 – Sturt vs. South Adelaide
STURT got its revenge in Saturday’s SANFL Under 18s Grand Final rematch, as a dominant forward performance spearheaded a fourth-quarter breakaway. After the Panthers led heading into half time, the Double Blues lifted their intensity around the contest and started to punish the Panthers on turnover. Seven of the players who graced the field in […]
