South Australia names U18 and U16 Girls Academies
SOUTH Australia announced its Summer squads at Under 18s and Under 16s level, with the former looking to return to its winning ways for a third title in four years, while the latter is searching for back-to-back trophies. A total of 94 players were named across the two Academies with 45 Under 18s and 49 […]
Out of the Wilderness: School wins maiden IGSSA football shield
FOR the first time in history, the Wilderness School has claimed an Independent Girls Schools Sports Association (IGSSA) Australian rules football shield, defeating Seymour College by three goals in a thrilling upset win in the grand final last Tuesday. Seymour College had gone through the season undefeated, and in their previous two matches had accounted […]
PREVIEW | 2024 AFLW U18s: South Australia vs. Western Australia
CLOSING out the 2024 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships, reigning back-to-back titleholders South Australia – defeated for the first time in three carnivals by Vic Metro – will look to bounce back against a visiting West Australian side that is hungry for its first win of the championships.
Scouting notes: 2024 AFLW U18s – Vic Metro vs. South Australia
VIC Metro walked away with the bragging rights and 2024 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships title yesterday, having overcome powerhouse state South Australia. The Croweaters had won the past two trophies, but suffered their first loss since 2019, when Vic Metro go up by 21 points. In a highly-entertaining contest, both sides had some eye-catching […]
Metro takes Croweaters’ crown with eye-catching win
VIC METRO has snapped South Australia’s stranglehold on the AFL Women’s Under 18s titles, winning the state’s first trophy since 2019. The Croweaters had won back-to-back flags in 2022 and 2023 with no tournament held in 2020 and 2021, but Metro proved the better side at RSEA Park today coming away with a 21-point victory, […]
PREVIEW | 2024 AFLW U18s: Vic Metro vs. South Australia
THE REIGNING champions against the biggest threat to the throne, South Australia and Vic Metro go head-to-head on Sunday in what promises to be a must-watch AFL Women’s Under 18s showdown. The Croweaters easily dispatched the Allies in game one back home, as did Metro in the opening game of the championships. Now given Western […]
AFLW Draft: 25 in 2025 – An early look
EACH year in our AFLW Draft Guide we name the top prospects to look at for the following year’s draft. Now midway through the 2024 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships – and four and a half months until the AFLW Draft – we highlight some names to remember for 2025. The list is not exhaustive […]
Scouting notes: 2024 SA U18s vs. SA U23s
SOUTH Australia’s best young mature-age talent took home the win against the reigning back-to-back AFLW Under 18s side yesterday in a nail-biting two-point win. The Under 23s side made up of the most draftable players aged under 23 and led by Eagles coach Narelle Smith, fought back from a deficit midway through the final term […]
Croweaters set for SANFLW U23s test
SOUTH Australia will keep match fit ahead of its huge AFLW Under 18 Championships clash against Vic Metro in a fortnight when the Croweaters face a SANFL Women’s Under 23s side tomorrow. Streamed live via KommunityTV, the contest kicks off at 11am local time with the best Under 23s from the SANFLW getting a chance […]
State Academy notes: 2024 SANFLW – Round 14
FOUR teams remain in the SANFL Women’s competition after four club campaigns officially wrapped up over the weekend. We took note of the State Academy members and how they performed in the last round of the SANFLW season. As always notes are the opinion of the individual author.
