2022 SANFLW Academy Watch: Round 8
THE South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s had some upsets, thrashings and thrillers in Round 6, and as per usual, we take a look at how the SANFL Women’s Academy members performed across the weekend. All notes are the opinion of the individual writer. RM CENTRAL SANFLW ACADEMY PLAYER OF THE YEAR ROUND 8 […]
2022 SANFLW Player Focus: India Rasheed
AT just 15-years-old, Sturt‘s India Rasheed is a player to watch. The talented medium-tall forward is athletic with some incredible upside and a deadly left boot. Not too dissimilar to State Academy teammate and fellow left-footed forward Shae Archbold, Rasheed is getting back into the swing of things again after missing seven weeks through injury. […]
2022 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 8
THREE South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s sides have four representatives in our Round 8 Team of the Week, in what was an even week for the league. Every side has multiple representatives, with winners North Adelaide, South Adelaide and Sturt all contributing four players, whilst Norwood and West Adelaide have three. Losing sides […]
SANFL Player Focus: Ashton Moir (Glenelg)
THERE are many mercurial types among the fledgling crop of 2023 draft-eligible talents, and one to consider is Glenelg utility Ashton Moir. The utility has kicked off his bottom-age SANFL Under 18 campaign in style, booting five goals in Round 1 and backing it up with another promising showing on Sunday afternoon. Moir only snared […]
SANFLW Round 8 wrap: Roosters survive scare
NORTH Adelaide has survived an almighty scare against Woodville-West Torrens Eagles in Round 8 of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s. The Roosters had the tightest win over the weekend, whilst Sturt bounced back from back-to-back losses to post a win over West Adelaide, whilst South Adelaide and Norwood kicked away in respective […]
AFL Draft | Caught the Eye – Week 1
IN a new weekly article, Rookie Me Central analyst Ed Pascoe casts an eye around the nation, collating all the attention-grabbing performances from AFL Draft prospects in the elite talent pathways. Week one is headlined by the commencement of the NAB League, and a few big starts to the SANFL Under 18 season. The SANFL […]
SANFL U18s MOTR: Round 2 – North Adelaide vs. WWT Eagles
PLAYERS from both sides stuffed the stats sheet as North Adelaide defeated Woodville-West Torrens (WWT) by 36 points at Prospect Oval on Sunday morning. The Roosters’ runaway win made for our Round 2 SANFL Under 18s match of the round; we note the top performers from that clash, before taking a look around the grounds […]
SANFL Player Focus: Kobe Ryan (West Adelaide)
PERHAPS one of the more unlucky players to miss out on this year’s AFL Academy intake, West Adelaide midfielder Kobe Ryan let his football do the talking in Round 1 of the SANFL Under 18s season. Having starred across various levels as a bottom-ager, the 18-year-old completed a full senior preseason with Westies and has […]
SANFLW Academy notes: Round 7
THE South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s continued for Round 7 and from this point on, we have trimmed the SANFLW Academy notes to those players who made the final 30-player squad for the upcoming 2022 AFLW Under 18 Championships. This includes the couple of over-agers who were added to the team and loom […]
AFLW Present & Future Draft Watch: Top-agers return to bottom-age best
IN a new weekly piece on Rookie Me Central, we hone in on those players to remember for the AFLW Draft, present and future. With four new AFLW clubs joining the competition, spots will heat up, and players will be looking to put their best foot forward. For this piece, we have looked at those […]
