Q&A: Matty Roberts (South Adelaide/South Australia)
SOUTH Adelaide’s Matty Roberts is one of his state’s best draft prospects for 2021, and is ready to crack the Panthers’ League lineup having trained with the senior side during preseason. The AFL Academy member has been a key part of South’s Under 18 setup for a couple of years now and is also set […]
2021 SANFL Women’s Team of the Week: Round 1
NORTH Adelaide and Central District lead all-comers in terms of nominations for the Draft Central South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s Team of the Week for Round 1. The competition kicked off in style over the weekend, with the Roosters and Bulldogs both picking up impressive wins, whilst fellow Round 1 winners, Glenelg and […]
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 […]
South Adelaide looks to the future in 2021
SOUTH Adelaide have been the most successful team in the short history of the SANFL Women’s League. After winning the 2018 and 2019 premierships, they made the grand final again in 2020, but fell just short against North Adelaide. Due to the departures of multiple star players and premiership coach Rick Watts, it will be […]
SANFLW Academy Ones to Watch: South Adelaide and Sturt
IN the third of four SANFL Women’s Ones to Watch, we take a look at those South Adelaide and Sturt players inside the South Australian Under-19 State Academy, and what they could offer to their club. SOUTH ADELAIDE: Tahlita Buethke Midfielder | Over-ager Of the over-agers still in the Academy, Buethke could be one of […]
Exciting Schirmer strives for consistency in 2021
SOUTH Adelaide high-flyer Gypsy Schirmer is striving to become a more consistent player in 2021, with the exciting prospect now firmly on the draft radar after a breakthrough 2020 campaign. Schirmer’s X-factor and versatility helped her crack South’s senior lineup and her state’s Under 18 All-Star fixture last year, with inclusion in this year’s AFL […]
EXPLAINER | Pocket Podcast: Brayden Cook vs. Conor Stone
OVER the last week, Draft Central launched its brand new series of pocket podcasts, a collection of short-form discussions which narrow in on a range of topics heading into the 2020 AFL Draft. In the next edition, Chief Editor Peter Williams again sat down with AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro to compare two of the most exciting and similar medium-forward […]
2020 AFLW Draft review: St Kilda Saints
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 St Kilda, a team that showed promising signs in its inaugural season and will be on the rise in 2021 after being one […]
