SANFLW Round 5 wrap: Double Blues, Roosters storm home in second half
IN what has ultimately been a close South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s season, Round 5 proved to be an outlier, with three games being 50-plus point blowouts. Sturt continued its unbeaten streak with a big win over third placed Norwood, allowing North Adelaide to snatch that position courtesy of victory over Woodville-West Torrens. […]
SANFLW Round 5 preview: Norwood and Sturt to face-off in huge clash
NORWOOD will try and become the first side to knock off Sturt as the sides take part in the annual Ellen Maple Memorial match, as Round 5 of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition gets underway tomorrow. Across the board, the likes of Woodville-West Torrens and Central District will challenge contenders North […]
SANFLW Round 4 wrap: Double Blues’ record-breaking day
IT was a record-breaking day for Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition, as the Double Blues produced a huge win over West Adelaide. In other results, reigning premiers Glenelg, and Norwood both moved to 3-1 records, as North Adelaide grabbed outright fourth spot.
SANFLW Round 3 wrap: Dogs on the board
CENTRAL District has won its first game of the 2022 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s season, upsetting West Adelaide in a thriller at Hisense Stadium. The win meant all sides have at least one victory, with Sturt the only team to be undefeated heading into Round 4, holding off North Adelaide in a […]
SANFLW Round 2 wrap: Eagles soar, Double Blues upset reigning premiers
WINS to the bottom two sides from last year against the reigning premiers emphasised just how even the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s is in 2022. In a couple of shock results, the youth of Woodville-West Torrens and Sturt upset West Adelaide and Glenelg respectively. In the other two matches, Norwood and North […]
SANFLW Round 2 preview: Sturt set for Bays’ challenge
ANOTHER round of South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s action kicks off tonight, and completes tomorrow. In the standalone Friday night clash, West Adelaide hosts Woodville-West Torrens in a bid to remain undefeated, whilst opposite ends of the town clash on Saturday, with the bottom two sides also going head-to-head. Meanwhile, Sturt is the […]
Lishmund one of the Valley’s great hopes
WATCHING her brother play local football at Hope Valley spawned a thought for Alana Lishmund – “I can play that.” She certainly can play, with the Norwood prospect utilised in a number of roles at SANFL Women’s and state Under 19s level throughout her draft-eligible season. The 17-year-old was part of the Redlegs’ side which […]
2021 SANFLW team review: Norwood
IN summarising the 2021 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s season, Draft Central will run through a team-by-team review of how each of the sides fared, and who some of the standout performers throughout the clubs were. The next team in the firing line is Norwood. Position: 1st (lost in Preliminary Final) Wins: 9 […]
SANFLW mature-age talent continues to flourish
READYMADE mature-age talent is something AFL Women’s clubs are often searching for in order to fill needs, or potentially top up areas of depth that they can exploit at the elite level. Last year the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s contribution to the AFL Women’s Draft might have flown under the radar a […]
2021 Academy Watch: SANFL Women’s Preliminary Final
IN the second week of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s finals series, West Adelaide secured its place in the 2021 Grand Final, bundling out Norwood in straight sets. We took a look at the State Academy players running out for the four sides, with all notes the opinion of the individual writer. […]
