2024 SANFLW Player Focus: Esther Schirmer (South Adelaide)
USUALLY a lockdown defender or a player who is able to play a negating role rather than an offensive one, South Adelaide top-ager Esther Schirmer produced a huge effort in the Panthers’ win over Glenelg on the weekend. The draft-eligible defender clunked an incredible 12 marks – three contested – from 17 touches to be […]
2024 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 5
ALL four winners shared in a equal league-high four representatives in the Round 5 SANFL Women’s Team of the Week. Central District, Norwood, South Adelaide and Woodville-West Torrens combined for two thirds of this week’s Team of the Week, with Glenelg (three) the best of the losers ahead of North and West Adelaide (two apiece) […]
2024 SANFLW R5 wrap: South strikes as ladder tightens
JUST four points stands between first and seventh in a massive logjam of a SANFL Women’s ladder following South Adelaide’s impressive 22-point win over Glenelg. The Panthers won their third straight game to rise up to second, while victories to Central District and Norwood moved them up to an identical 3-2 record, while Woodville-West Torrens […]
SANFLW MOTR: Dogs dig deep to deny Roosters
CENTRAL District has snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in a see-sawing entertaining contest against North Adelaide on Good Friday. It was a nail-biting finish but the visitors managed to be in front at the right time to win, 8.4 (52) to 6.6 (42). In a classic SANFL Women’s match, the reigning premiers looked […]
2024 SANFLW Round 5: Friday preview | Part II
IN the second of a split Good Friday preview for the SANFL Women’s Round 5 matches, we take a look at the last two games between Woodville-West Torrens and West Adelaide, and Glenelg and South Adelaide which take place over the next few hours. >> 2024 SANFLW Round 4: Friday preview | Part I
2024 SANFLW Round 5: Friday preview | Part I
IN the first of a split Good Friday preview for the SANFL Women’s Round 5 matches, we take a look at the first two games up between North Adelaide and Central District, and Sturt and Norwood. In tomorrow’s preview, we will focus on the remaining two matches.
Sturt coach “really pleased” with Double Blues’ Dogs defeat
FOR the neutral onlooker, an 18-point quarter time deficit might have sent alarm bells through the trailing Double Blues camp, but for coach Michael O’Connor, he knew his side was winning his fair share of the ball, it was just a case of capitalising. “It was really pleasing the way we played for the four […]
PODCAST | Game Sense: Season 3, Episode 5
GAME Sense Podcast is back for episode five of season three, with state leagues in South Australia, Western Australia, and Victoria all now underway. Plus, the Coates Talent League Girls season is set to kick off this week. Join host Michael Alvaro and resident women’s football experts Peter Williams and Alyce Collett as they discuss […]
State Academy notes: 2024 SANFLW – Round 4
A MASSIVE performance from a top AFLW Draft prospect highlighted Round 4 of the SANFL Women’s, where there were plenty of other impressive contributors across the weekend. As always, we took a look at those State Academy members and how they performed, with all notes the opinion of the individual author. Note: The replay of […]
2024 SANFLW Player Focus: India Rasheed (Sturt)
TOP-AGE young gun and reigning South Australian MVP at last year’s AFLW Under 18 Championships, India Rasheed had herself some sort of game during Sturt’s impressive win over Central District at The Ponderosa. The midfielder/forward racked up 36 disposals and kicked three goals, of which 13 and two respectively came in the last term, helping […]
