
Marinoff inspires Jaslynne Smith to follow AFLW dream
South Australian (SA) defender, Jaslynne Smith was drawn to Australian Rules because of the sport’s physical aspect. “I think I just liked the physicality of the tackling and watching it on TV,” she said. “I’d always really enjoyed kicking with my Dad so I just thought it would be really fun to give it a […]

Straight into state; Madison Bennett’s incredible transition into football
JUST last year, Madison Bennett gave up a promising career in soccer and discovered her passion for Australian Rules football. She saw a link for the South Australia Under 18 trials and tried out, having never played competitive football before. Not only had she never played competitive football before, but Bennett was not even aware […]

Dream now within reach for Gore
A SENIOR premiership and a Rising Star award, South Australia’s Nikki Gore has already had a successful year on the field – and now she hopes she can capitalise off it when the AFL Women’s draft rolls around in a few months. The talented South Adelaide midfielder headed into the eight-game season without too many […]

Caleb Daniel, a young man with a big future
The final two games of the recent under-18 championships saw a young man in the number one guernsey for South Australia impress a lot of good judges, attracting an impressive amount of the football for the carnival-winning Croweaters. Caleb Daniel certainly garnered a lot of attention with both his lack of size and helmeted […]