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SQUADS | South Australia U18 vs. U20
THE SANFL has finalised squads for Friday night’s showcase game between South Australia’s Under 18 and Under 20 sides. Set to be played under lights at Thebarton Oval, the fixture acts as a trial for the more junior team ahead of this year’s National Championships. >> Initial squad: 2023 SA U18s West Adelaide defender Will […]
Suns in the spotlight: Academy guns cause conundrum
BOASTING three National Academy members this year, the Gold Coast Suns’ academy talent has been highly touted from a long way out. Though, the question of just how good the Suns’ crop would be is only now being answered, and good is far from an apt descriptor. Leading prospects Jed Walter, Ethan Read, and Jake […]
Preview | SANFLW R11: Final fortnight begins
JUST two rounds remain in the 2023 SANFL Women’s season, with two sides qualified for finals, and the remaining four battling for the last two spots. It shapes as a massive fortnight in South Australian football, with reigning premiers North Adelaide needing to win both matches, while Sturt has a tough challenge retaining its spot […]
State Academy notes: 2023 SANFLW Round 10
SOUTH Australia’s top draft prospects returned for Round 10 of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s season on the weekend. As always, we took a look at each of the state academy athletes running around in the League competition, and made notes on their individual performances.
2023 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 10
REIGNING premiers North Adelaide kept its finals hopes alive with an upset over ladder leaders South Adelaide in the SANFL Women’s, and recorded an equal league-high four players in our Team of the Week for Round 10. Along with the Roosters, fifth placed Glenelg had a vital win and picked up four players, as did […]
SANFL Women’s Player Focus: Monique Bessen (Sturt)
COMING off a national carnival for South Australia, double bottom-ager Monique Bessen produced her best SANFL Women’s performance to-date during Sturt’s one-point win over West Adelaide. The Double Blues youngster was top three in her side for disposals, marks, tackles, clearances, inside 50s and rebound 50s, as well as taking three of her team’s eight […]
SANFL U18s MOTR: Round 7 – Sturt vs. Eagles
A 10-goal rampage in the second half has seen Woodville-West Torrens secure its third consecutive SANFL Under 18s victory, downing Sturt by 73 points on Saturday. Conditions were hardly ideal at Wigan Oval, but the Eagles peppered the sticks and eventually broke through after half time, kicking away to an emphatic 17.14 (116) to 6.7 […]
Sturt survives slog in one-point thriller
STURT has survived a scare against last placed West Adelaide to come away with the four points in Round 10 of the SANFL Women’s competition. The Double Blues needed every minute of the match to get it done, as the Bloods continued to charge, but a Lauren Young set shot after the siren fell short […]
2023 AFLW Draft Watch: April
A NUMBER of top-age, over-age and mature-age prospects have put their names on the AFLW Draft radar across the country to start 2023, and we highlight a few players who have stood out throughout the month of April in their respective states. NSW-ACT: Ella Parker (UTS Bats) has made a very impressive start to the […]
Scouting Notes: 2023 AFLW U18s – Western Australia vs. South Australia
SOUTH Australia won the first match of the 2023 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships, defeating Western Australia by 35 points at Joondalup. There were plenty of impressive individual contributors for their respective states, and we took note of the ones that stood out the most. All notes are the opinion of the individual author. WESTERN […]