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 […]
Dual All-Australian McKinnon determined to reach the elite level
SOUTH Australia-born Montana McKinnon has plenty to be happy about in her sporting career so far, only 18-years-old but playing in representative teams from a young age. Like many other young Aussies, McKinnon started her footy journey as a five-year-old in Auskick before making the switch to netball at a young age. “I started when […]
Fast learner Munyard takes success in her stride
BACK-to-back South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s premiership player Hannah Munyard has had quite the rise over the past two years. It is hard to believe that barring a very short stint as a child, Munyard had only really taken football seriously in her later teen years. “I started football about two years ago,” […]
Prepare to get Gore’d
SHE’S been a favourite from the south for a while now, but Nikki Gore is still excited after being taken with Adelaide’s first pick in the 2018 AFLW draft. “It’s an awesome experience,” she said. “I can’t wait to get started for the Crows.” Like most up and coming players, Gore played in the local […]
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 […]
