2020 SANFL season preview: Can the Bays go back-to-back?
LAST year saw a drought-breaking year in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) with Glenelg taking home its first League premiership since 1986. The Tigers were able to bounce back from a loss earlier in the finals series to take out Port Adelaide in the grand final last year. The result also meant seven […]
2020 SANFL Club Preview: South Adelaide
AFTER narrowly missing out on finals in both senior grades for the second time in three years, South Adelaide will return to the well in 2020 led by senior coach Jarrad Wright, and aided by shrewd recruiting from around the nation to make up for some massive, experienced losses. >> CHECK OUT OUR SOUTH ADELAIDE […]
2020 AFL Draft Positional Analysis: Inside Midfielders
STRONG, big-bodied, and tall inside midfielders have been in vogue for quite a while, but this year’s crop of engine room operators comes in varied shapes and sizes. Though they may not currently have the opportunity to show their worth on the field, exposed form and long preseasons for most allow for a window into […]
Get to Know: Nicholas Kraemer (South Adelaide/South Australia)
SOUTH ADELAIDE boasts a handful of Under 18 products within this year’s State Academy hub, and one of the deeper overall lists for its junior age bracket. Among the Panthers’ top-age stars gunning for AFL Draft contention in 2020 is Nicholas Kraemer, a big-bodied inside midfielder who has been a mainstay in the South Australian […]
Squad predictions: 2020 South Australia Under 18s
THE annual Under 18 National Championships may be the only chance we get to catch a glimpse of the class of 2020 before draft day, with a decision on the recommencement of competition pushed back to at least September. In the meantime, Draft Central takes a look at how each regional squad may line up […]
AFLWU18s Ones to Watch: Indy Tahau (South Adelaide/South Australia)
IN a new series focusing on the up and coming AFL Women’s Draft hopefuls, we take a look at some names who would be among their respective states’ top draft prospects for the 2020 AFL Women’s Draft. Next under the microscope is South Adelaide’s Indy Tahau, a tall midfielder who can play through the ruck […]
Preseason testing analysis: Which State has the best endurance runners?
THE current sporting hiatus serves as somewhat of an extended preseason for the nation’s brightest AFL Draft prospects, who will be itching to get back on the field. Aside from a few scratch matches on the eve of Round 1, much of the 2020 class has had little in the way of competition thus far. […]
AFLW U18s Ones to Watch: Teah Charlton (South Adelaide/South Australia)
IN a new series focusing on the up and coming AFL Women’s Draft hopefuls, we take a look at some names who would be among their respective states top draft prospects for the 2020 AFL Women’s Draft. Teah Charlton (South Adelaide) Height: 169cm Position: Midfielder/Forward Strengths: Aerial ability, defensive pressure, clean hands, X-factor Charlton is […]
Draft Central’s 2020 Under 22 SANFL Women’s side
A POPULAR trend in recent years with the AFL has been the traditional 22Under22 team. With so much young talent coming through the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition, Draft Central decided to have a crack at a similar team for the league. The challenge would be based on the 2020 season and […]
2020 SANFL Women’s team summary: South Adelaide
WITH no football on given the current COVID-19 global pandemic, the Draft Central team takes a look at where the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s left off, and will examine each of the eight teams from reverse ladder order. Today’s team summary is South Adelaide. RECORD: 2nd (3-1) RESULTS: R1: defeated WWT Eagles […]
