2025 SANFLW team preview: Norwood
REIGNING SANFL Women’s runner-up Norwood has not spent much time talking about last year’s heartache, and is instead fully focused on getting back to the last game of the season. The Redlegs secured a finals spot after missing out the year before, and came from fourth to reach the decider – only to lose to […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Chloe Baker-West
HIGH volume dynamo Chloe Baker-West is ready to go in 2025 after injury interruptions curtailed her bottom-age season. She showed prior to injury that she is more than capable of matching it with the best of her peers, and has an incredible CV that includes two Under 16s Vic Metro MVPs along the way. A […]
Saints stamp on Queen Ants to reach decider
AN INCREDIBLE performance from St Mary’s turned the tables on the reigning back-to-back premiers PINT in the semi-final for the Saints to become the first side through to the NTFL Women’s Premier League Grand Final. In the third grand final rematch between the sides for the 2024/25 season, St Mary’s shook off some early cobwebs […]
2025 SANFLW team preview: WWT Eagles
OFFENCE and scoring is the main target for a hungry Woodville-West Torrens outfit keen to shake the moniker of being the only side without a SANFL Women’s finals record. Senior coach Narelle Smith spoke about the group’s determination to improve on not only last season, but the club’s history in the competition. “We think we’ve […]
WAFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #15 Sunni-Quay Peters
WHILE yet to debut at WAFL Women’s level, top-ager Sunni-Quay Peters kicks off our 15 WAFL Women’s top-agers to watch in 2025, with the Subiaco prospect one who has impressed at junior level. Highly regarded internally after an impressive Under 16s carnival, Peters has great upside for the future and will likely cement her spot […]
SANFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #1 Monique Bessen
IN TERMS of sheer impact last year from a bottom-age cohort, Sturt midfielder/forward Monique Bessen stood clearly on top from a SANFLW production perspective. The talented National Academy member already looked liked a veteran in the way she went about it, and now entering her top-age season as a readymade midfielder who can drift forward, […]
SANFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #2 Eloise Mackereth
GLENELG forward Eloise Mackereth had a memorable bottom-age AFLW Under 18 Championships, earning All-Australian honours in a stacked South Australian forwardline, backing up her equivalent achievement at Under 16s level where she rotated between attack and the wing. ELOISE MACKERETH PROFILE DOB: 27/07/2007Height: 173cmPosition: Tall Forward/WingClub: Glenelg SUMMARY Boasting one of the highest upsides in the AFLW Draft, Mackereth […]
SANFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #3 Sophie Eaton
WINNING an MVP at Under 16s level a couple of years ago, Central District young gun Sophie Eaton has remained a top prospect in the 2025 AFLW Draft having impressed as a bottom-ager for South Australia last season, and earning a spot in the National Academy. She kicks off a podium of stars who could […]
2025 Player Focus: Marika Carlton (Palmerston)
EXCITING midfielder/forward Marika Carlton produced a best on ground performance in Palmerston Magpies’ crucial 43-point win over Tiwi Bombers on the weekend justifying the hype ahead of her top-age AFLW Draft season. Carlton represented both the Northern Territory Academy and Allies largely as a wing who could rotate forward given her light frame and speed […]
Magpies swoop into NTFLW semis
PALMERSTON Magpies have stormed into the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) Women’s Premier Division semi-finals with a dominant 43-point victory over Tiwi Bombers at TIO Stadium. The Magpies made use of the breeze in the second and fourth terms to kick nine of their 10 goals in a 10.7 (67) to 3.6 (24) victory. Leading […]
