2025 SANFLW Player Focus: Monique Bessen
STURT top-age talent Monique Bessen is a naturally gifted footballer with a stack of damaging traits that she has shown over the journey at SANFL Women’s level. Capable of playing midfield or forward, the National Academy member has incredible skill and decision making that are centred around a high footy IQ that helps her get […]
RECAP | 2025 SANFLW – Round 7
ALL TOP three SANFL Women’s team won over their lower ranked opponents to keep ahead of the rest of the competition with Woodville-West Torrens (7-0), South Adelaide (6-1) and North Adelaide (4-3) all continuing their great form. >> SANFLW Round 7 MOTR: Where there’s a Walsh there’s a way as Sturt sinks West OTHER ROUND […]
Where there’s a Walsh, there’s a way as Sturt sinks West
IN A GAME crying out for a match-winner to take control of an epic struggle, it was Sturt forward Zara Walsh who rose up to make a couple of clutch plays in the last 10 minutes to help her Double Blues side put away a fast-finishing West Adelaide side and return to the top four. […]
2025 SANFLW Round 7: Saturday preview
A REMATCH of the 2023 SANFLW Grand Final – that saw just one point separate the sides when they last played in Round 4 – as well as two teams keen to chase that fourth spot as part of a mid-table log-jam do battle when SANFLW action returns for Round 7 tomorrow.
Around the Grounds: Ali make Pies debut
EASTERN Ranges raw talent Rod Ali will make his VFL debut on the weekend when he dons the black and white stripes at Preston City Oval. The athletic defender is a rare Coates Talent League inclusion on a weekend where only the Jets have a bye. Ali has shown promise throughout his few matches both […]
Scouting Notes: Double Blues survive scare in epic
STURT has held on gamely against a fast-finishing South Adelaide in one of the most incredible first-against-late battles for Round 7 of the SANFL Under 18s competition. The Double Blues lead by 21 points at quarter time and 22 points at the final break, and even 20 points with six minutes on the clock before […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Macy Philpott
FROM doing cartwheels around the field having fun with an opponent to hoping to crack into South Australia’s state side, top-age Rooster Macy Philpott has enjoyed her journey through football. The North Adelaide prospect is a tall, developing talent who is yet to crack through for a League game but has set that as one […]
Trengove, Bessen among best in South Australian trial
SOUTH Australia’s top young stars went head-to-head in the first of two internal trials on Saturday for selectors to decide what the final 30-player squad for the 2025 AFLW Under 18 Championships will look like. While the result is essentially irrelevant, the Blue side toppled the Yellow team by eight points at Mount Barker. Just […]
2025 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 6
SOUTH Adelaide’s big win over Sturt earned the Panthers a league-high five representatives in our SANFL Women’s Team of the Week for Round 6, as they lead the likes of Central District and Woodville-West Torrens (four) while all eight sides had multiple representatives. It was Eagles’ ruck Leah Cutting who earned the captaincy for Round […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Tessa Davis
TALENTED dual-sport athlete Tessa Davis has reached elite junior levels of both Aussie rules football and cricket, and while the latter won her heart a few years back, the former has returned to be her main focus in 2025. The Glenelg defender has impressed since returning to the SANFLW this season, making her Bays’ League […]
