Dogs at the death; Central survives Sturt surge
THREE separate match-winning moments from Central District defender Madison Lane in the last four minutes saved the Bulldogs from an almighty last quarter Sturt surge with the Double Blues having numerous chances on goal but unable to get over the line in a contest for the ages. The Bulldogs came away with the relieving 6.7 […]
2025 SANFLW Round 2: Sunday preview
LAST year’s top against bottom go head-to-head in a standalone Sunday clash tomorrow with South Adelaide playing host to North Adelaide. The Panthers won first up in the grand final rematch and hope to extend that to two by the end of Sunday, while the Roosters are searching for their first senior coach win under […]
2025 SANFLW Round 2: Saturday preview
A TRIPLE treat of Saturday matches takes place tomorrow as Round 2 of the SANFL Women’s kicks off in what should ideally be much better conditions than the extreme heat that day one of the season offered a week ago. We take a look at the six teams going head-to-head across the matches tomorrow in […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Lily Smart
REIGNING Sturt Development League Best and Fairest winner Lily Smart made her senior debut last weekend, with the talented athlete getting a taste for the SANFLW. Playing off a wing, the teenager who won silver for Australia in the Under 18s Women’s Long Jump at the Oceania Athletic Championships showed she can compete at a […]
State Academy notes: 2025 SANFLW – Round 1
AFTER a long preseason, South Australia’s State Academy members were back in action as the first round of the SANFL Women’s competition took place over the weekend. For another year, each week we take a look at how each of the State Academy members performed across the four games.
2025 SANFLW Player Focus: Sophie Eaton
STEPPING up in the absence of some quality departed teammates, top-age AFLW Draft prospect Sophie Eaton wasted no time showing why she is one of the classiest players in this year’s draft class. Eaton took the opportunity to go inside for Central District in the opening round of the SANFL Women’s, successfully making her progression […]
2025 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 1
A NEW SANFL Women’s season opened with some terrific individual performances and each of the eight teams has between two and four representatives in our Round 1 Team of the Week. In the case of comfortable winners South Adelaide, Central District and Woodville-West Torrens there were a quartet of representatives with West Adelaide and Glenelg […]
RECAP | 2025 SANFLW – Round 1
THERE was a theme to three of the Round 1 SANFL Women’s winners, with almost identical scores for Woodville-West Torrens, South Adelaide and Central District. While each of the teams put up a total score of 52 or 53, they also kept their opponents to under five goals in comfortable victories to kick off their […]
SANFLW R1 MOTR: Lishmund draws first Blood for West
NEW West Adelaide recruit Alana Lishmund showed exactly why the Bloods recruited her, with the 2022 SANFL Women’s leading goalkicker booting two last quarter goals to seal her side’s come-from-behind win over North Adelaide yesterday. Lishmund finished with the last three goals for her side in the 5.7 (37) to 4.8 (32) victory. The Bloods […]
2025 SANFLW Round 1: Sunday preview
AFTER the first day of SANFL Women’s action took place today, we cast our eye across the final two games of Round 1 tomorrow which sees a couple of finalists go head-to-head, as well as a couple of teams keen to crack back into the postseason series.
