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2024 SANFLW R8 wrap: Norwood stifles South

NORWOOD did its best impression of its opponent South Adelaide, to shut down the Panthers’ scoring and hold the visitors to their lowest score in SANFL Women’s history on Saturday night. Coming into the Round 8 match, South Adelaide was on a five-game winning streak and coach Rick Watts was one victory off equalling Krissie […]

PREVIEW | 2024 SANFLW All-Stars match

FORTY six of the SANFL Women’s best players will go head-to-head in an All-Stars match tomorrow to help with the final selection for the state’s clash with the WAFL Women’s on May 4. The two sides of 23 will be coached by current SANFLW coaches Ben Hunt (Central District) and Michael O’Connor (Sturt) who take […]

AFLW Draft | 10 mature-age SANFLW prospects

EACH year, over-age and mature-age players stand up and impress to earn a place on an AFL Women’s list. Be it via a train-on spot, as an injury replacement or at the end of the year draft, history says there will always be a handful of players who for one reason or another were not […]

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.

2024 SANFLW Round 3: Sunday preview

JUST the one match takes place tomorrow to complete Round 3 of the SANFL Women’s competition as Woodville-West Torrens hosts Norwood at Thebarton Oval. A familiar face returns to the Eagles nest as they search for their first win against an in-form Redlegs outfit.,

2024 SANFLW Round 2: Full preview

PREPARE for some scorching heat tomorrow as the SANFL Women’s Round 2 matches all run simultaneously starting at 9am. The matches have been pushed forward to begin at the earliest possible timeslot and the Development League postponed to beat temperatures which are tipped to hit as high as 40 degrees Celcius tomorrow. Here is a […]

Redlegs raise offensive focus in 2024

NEW Norwood coach Brad Ferrall will look to unleash his side’s scoring potential in 2024, with a greater focus on offensive ball movement in 2024. Working closely with his predecessor Brad Snell last season as opposition analyst, Ferrall is set to follow on from Norwood’s finals appearance with a touch of his own flair. “Snelly’s […]

2023 AFLW Draft preview: Adelaide

MINOR premiers Adelaide could not quite get it done in November, bowing out in the preliminary stage after losses to grand finalists, Brisbane and North Melbourne. Despite missing out on yet another flag, Matthew Clarke and his troops remain a huge contender in the 2024 AFL Women’s flag race as the Crows approach another draft. […]

Bartsch breakout year surprises Redleg defender

A LEAGUE spot in Norwood’s team was not on Emily Bartsch‘s agenda, let alone the AFL Women’s Draft, but after some coaxing from her coach and teammates, the young defender opted to nominate for Monday night’s event. “I actually never really thought about it,” Bartsch said. “My old head coach Brad Snell sent me a […]

2023 AFLW Draft State-by-State analysis: South Australia

SOUTH Australia has been the dominant state for on-field success over the last couple of years, and the Croweaters have plenty of talent ready to step up to the elite level. While many of their young AFLW Draft hopefuls have nominated nationally, or have been pre-listed, there are still some exclusive names available to Adelaide […]

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