2023 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 11
FOR the first time in the 2023 SANFL Women’s season, a losing side headlines the most representatives in our Team of the Week. In Round 11, Sturt went down by a point, but its top-end talent did all it could to get back into the contest against South Adelaide, earning five representatives. All four winning […]
South survives Sturt scare
IT was billed as one of the matches of the round and it did not disappoint, with the ladder-leading South Adelaide surviving a last quarter fightback from Sturt to post a one-point win at Wigan Oval. After both sides went toe-for-toe for three quarters in an armwrestle, before the Double Blues kicked three consecutive goals […]
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 […]
Preview | SANFLW R10: Young talent returns
WITH the AFL Women’s Under 16s Championships done and dusted and the Under 18s equivalent standalone match also complete, the top young talent returns to the SANFL Women’s this weekend. Just three rounds remain in the competition, but the weekend also marks the departure of AFL Women’s listed players with the eight teams focusing on […]
2023 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 9
IN the most even SANFL Women’s Team of the Week yet, six of the eight sides recorded three representatives in Round 9. While impressive winners and ladder leaders South Adelaide had four, and Woodville-West Torrens – who drew with West Adelaide – had two, the remaining teams had three players apiece in the 24-player squad. […]
Dogs do it again, stun Roosters in remarkable comeback
CENTRAL District just keeps finding a way to win, and for the second time this season, came back from a large deficit against reigning premiers North Adelaide, this time to win by a solitary point. After trailing by as much as 19 points with 15 minutes on the clock, the Bulldogs dug deep and kicked […]
Preview | SANFLW R9: Depth tested during national carnival
ALL eight SANFL Women’s clubs depth will be tested across Round 9 of the season, with the state’s best talent from the Under 16s and Under 18s departing due to the National Championships in Perth. With just four rounds remaining, finals spots are on the line, with a mid-table logjam keeping a number of sides […]
Preview | SANFLW R8: Finals-defining action
FINALS spots are up for grabs in Round 8 of the SANFL Women’s competition with the top five on the verge of breaking away from the bottom three. If Norwood, Sturt and Glenelg all win their respective matches on the weekend, then the gap between fifth and sixth would be three games with four rounds […]
2023 SANFLW R7 wrap: Panthers grind out win in tough conditions
IT was far from pretty, but South Adelaide will be relieved to come away with the four points against Woodville-West Torrens after a two-point battle at a rain and windswept Maughan Thiem Kia Oval on Thursday night. Though the scores indicate just the two goals were kicked for the night, it was a far more […]
Preview | SANFLW R7: Dogs and Bloods to round out weekend
THREE of the four SANFL Women’s clashes for Round 7 are done and dusted, but there is still one more to be completed in a standalone Saturday match with West Adelaide hosting Central District tomorrow from midday.