2024 SANFLW Round 1: Friday preview
TWO matches kick off a brand new season of SANFL Women’s football tonight with reigning premiers Central District travelling to The Parade to take on Norwood, while grand finalists South Adelaide will face off against West Adelaide at Thebarton Oval. Both matches take place at 7:40pm local time tonight.
“Anything’s possible” for young Westies
IT was not all doom and gloom for West Adelaide last season despite receiving the wooden spoon, with Bloods coach Bruce Dawes taking away plenty of positives from 2023. In his first year at the helm, the former Sturt mentor led the side to two straight wins to start the season, but after injuries struck, […]
Trial matches to kick off as seasons edge closer
FOOTBALL season is edging closer with teams across the state ready to put their off-season theory into practice as trial matches take place across the SANFL Women’s, as well as WAFL Women’s and Colts competitions. In South Australia, the season is just three weeks away with the opening round kicking off on March 1. In […]
2023 Talent League Girls team reviews: Preliminary finalists
ANOTHER season has come to a close in the Coates Talent League Girls and we take a look at how 2023 panned out for each of the 13 sides. In the next of these team reviews articles, we take a look at the two preliminary finals losers, diving into their season, draft prospects and some […]
Season 8 AFLW preview: Adelaide
ALWAYS there at the pointy end of the season, Adelaide is a side that will never be too far away from premiership contention. Though the Crows fell short of defending their Season 6 title in Season 7, they were able to get games into a stack of first and second-season players to set up for […]
Draftee in Focus: Brooke Smith (Adelaide)
ADELAIDE Crows made an injury replacement signing today, picking up Dandenong Stingrays utility Brooke Smith to replace McKenzie Dowrick. The Crows pounced on the 19-year-old Victorian following a strong outing with the Under 23 All-Stars, where she was awarded the MVP from her side in the narrow win. In this article, we will take a […]
July AFLW Draft Power Rankings – State-by-State
ON MONDAY the second edition of the 2023 AFLW Draft Power Rankings were released, with the list extended out to 25 players from across the nation. In the women’s draft, as it currently stands, players nominate a state or as was the case with Supplementary Draft, nationally. That means that a player who is ranked […]
AFLW Draft Power Rankings teaser: July 2023
NEXT week the monthly AFLW Draft Power Rankings drop for the second time in 2023, with the list going out to 25 for July. Ahead of the release – which will be on Monday night at 8pm – we drop a few teasers of what could happen. LAST MONTH The last AFLW Draft Power Rankings […]
Talent League Girls Round 11 preview: Murray Bushrangers vs Western Jets
TWO full-time Coates Talent League Girls sides remain winless, but that will change in Round 11 when Murray Bushrangers host Western Jets up at Wangaratta Showgrounds tomorrow. As part of a six-game fixture, the two sides will battle for their first points of the season with seven rounds remaining in the competition. AROUND THE GROUNDS […]
AFLW Academy Player Focus: Lauren Young
THE consensus top prospect in this year’s AFLW Draft pool is West Adelaide utility Lauren Young, and that has been the case from a long way out. Throughout a junior career littered with accolades, and senior seasons of the same ilk, she has set herself apart as the brightest talent in women’s football. Young turned […]