SANFL U18s Player Focus: Billy Dowling (North Adelaide)
NORTH Adelaide midfielder Billy Dowling produced a monster performance on Saturday, as the Roosters went one step further to securing this year’s SANFL Under 18 minor premiership. The top-age state representative has been in sparkling touch this year, averaging over 31 disposals, seven marks, and four clearances per game in North Adelaide colours. Such production […]
2022 SANFL Under 18s: Round 16 wrap
SANFL Under 18 stars had days out in Round 16, as representative mainstays and prospects on the rise took hold of the competition. With just two regular season rounds left, the final top four spot remains up for grabs. Before that plays out, catch up on all the weekend’s action in our Round 16 wrap. […]
2022 AFLW 10 under 10 to watch: Jade De Melo
IN a unique series for the lead-up to the 2022 AFL Women’s Season 7, Rookie Me Central will look at 10 players to watch this year who have played under 10 games. Whilst it would be easy to pick those who finished high in last year’s Rising Star, or top picks this year, we have […]
AFL U18s Player Focus: Adam D’Aloia (South Australia)
FEW players could lay claim to having a consistent inside presence as South Australian onballer Adam D’Aloia. The Woodville-West Torrens midfielder thrives at the coalface and incredibly valuable at getting first hands to the ball and assisting in wining his side clearances, be it in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) or AFL Under […]
2022 SANFL Under 18s: Round 15 wrap
STATE representatives were scattered across the sides in Round 15 of the SANFL Under 18s, as the Croweaters turn out for their final match of this year’s National Championships. Three of the top four sides were defeated, as West Adelaide looks to shake up the finals spots with just three home-and-away rounds left. Central District […]
Sandgropers hold off magical Moir for first AFL U18s win
IN one of the most entertaining contests of the AFL Under 18 Championships, Western Australia finished on a high note, winning its first game of the 2022 carnival by defeating a determined South Australia by 20 points at Joondalup Stadium today. The Sandgropers did not have it all their own way and looked in trouble […]
South Australia’s reaps rewards of long-term development focus
IN the space of four years, South Australia went from battlers to a juggernaut in the female footballing pathway. It is almost incredible to think that in the 2018 AFLW Under 18 Championships, the Croweaters had to combine with Northern Territory to form the Central Allies, and even then, were smashed by the Eastern Allies […]
2022 SANFL Under 18s: Round 14 wrap
WHILE the state Under 18s squad travelled to Victoria to take on Metro on Sunday, the junior SANFL competition rolled on into Round 14. With top draft-age talent unavailable, there were a couple of upsets as the top two sides were knocked off in the same afternoon. We recap the results from around the grounds, […]
SANFL U18s MOTR – Round 13: Glenelg vs. South Adelaide
GLENELG bounced back onto the winners list with a seven-goal win over South Adelaide on Saturday, making for our SANFL Under 18s featured game in Round 13. The Bays piled on 11 goals to South’s two after half time, and closed to within a game of ladder leader North Adelaide. We noted some of the […]
SANFL Player Focus – Jakob Ryan (Glenelg)
GLENELG defender Jakob Ryan has been one of the stronger South Australian performers at representative level this year, and earned a SANFL Reserves berth on Saturday after a terrific start to his Under 18s campaign. Lauded for his booming kick and marking prowess, the powerful prospect certainly has desirable traits. The 17-year-old also debuted in […]
