2021 Academy Watch: SANFL Women’s – Round 1
SOUTH Australia has plenty of young talent that is impressing at South Australian National Football League (SANFL) level. With four games played every weekend, we will cast our eyes over how the 2021 State Academy – including initial squad members – perform each week. In some cases, such as Lauren Young this week, there might […]
SANFL Women’s Round 1 wrap: Dogs and Bays impress as Roosters and Bloods knock off finals scalps again
FOR the first time in their history, Central District recorded the highest South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s score of the round, booting 8.5 (53) during a win against Woodville-West Torrens Eagles to wrap up a huge weekend of action. The Bulldogs showed why they will be a tough team to beat this season, […]
2021 SANFL Women’s Round 1 preview: Grand Final rematch opens season
AFTER a shorter-than-usual wait for the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition to restart due to the delayed 2020 season, the eight sides are ready to go in 2021 starting tonight. NORTH ADELAIDE vs. SOUTH ADELAIDE Friday, February 26 @ 6.30pm Coopers Stadium What better way is there to open a new SANFL […]
SANFLW season preview: Norwood
NEW Norwood women’s coach Mat Creeper will be eager to get his SANFLW career off to a bright start when his side kicks off their 2021 season later this month. The Redlegs have been a consistently strong outfit throughout the entirety of the competition’s existence, claiming the inaugural premiership in 2017 and qualifying for the […]
SANFLW Academy Ones to Watch: North Adelaide and Norwood
IN the second of four SANFL Women’s Ones to Watch, we take a look at those North Adelaide and Norwood players inside the South Australian Under-19 State Academy, and what they could offer to their club. NORTH ADELAIDE: Kate Case Forward | Top-ager A real lively player with plenty of upside, Case is a danger […]
Lishmund looks to the one-percenters
NORWOOD youngster Alana Lishmund hardly looked out of place last year in her debut SANFL Women’s season. In 2021, the exciting midfielder-forward is turning towards the one-percenters and focusing on her strengths as she strives to become one of South Australia’s next AFL Women’s products. “Personally, (my goal is) to just keep up the one-percenters,” […]
Out to impress: SANFL Grand finals
A HOST of teenaged and mature-aged draft prospects will be in action on grand final weekend of the 2020 SANFL season. At league level, the minor premiers, Woodville-West Torrens will be looking to win the clubs first Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy since 2011. But standing in their way are the 2018 premiers, North Adelaide, who […]
South Australian draftees double as AFL Women’s lists are finalised
FOUR more South Australians made their way onto AFL Women’s lists over the last 48 hours to round out the last of the players to enter the competition for 2021. Norwood’s Bella Smith, South Adelaide’s Tahlia Meyer and North Adelaide duo, Amber Ward and Lauren Gauci were all offered AFL Women’s contracts as part of […]
2020 AFLW Draft review: Collingwood Magpies
NOW the AFL Women’s Draft is over, we take a look at each club, who they picked and what they might offer to their team next year. We continue our countdown with Collingwood, a side that reached finals for the first time in its history last year and aimed to target height, as well as […]
Out to impress: SANFL Semi Finals
TEENAGE sensation Lachlan Jones will return to the Eagles senior side for their semi-final clash with North Adelaide. The Port Adelaide Next Generation Academy prospect rolled his ankle in Woodville-West Torrens’ round 13 victory over West Adelaide, preventing him from taking part in the final match of the minor round. Jones did not test in the South […]
