State Academy notes: 2024 SANFLW – Round 5
IN the final round before the first SANFL Women’s league-wide bye, State Academy members got one last chance to test themselves against AFLW-listed players before the elite level talents head back to Adelaide and Port Adelaide for the remainder of the season.
2024 SANFLW R5 wrap: South strikes as ladder tightens
JUST four points stands between first and seventh in a massive logjam of a SANFL Women’s ladder following South Adelaide’s impressive 22-point win over Glenelg. The Panthers won their third straight game to rise up to second, while victories to Central District and Norwood moved them up to an identical 3-2 record, while Woodville-West Torrens […]
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.
Sturt coach “really pleased” with Double Blues’ Dogs defeat
FOR the neutral onlooker, an 18-point quarter time deficit might have sent alarm bells through the trailing Double Blues camp, but for coach Michael O’Connor, he knew his side was winning his fair share of the ball, it was just a case of capitalising. “It was really pleasing the way we played for the four […]
State Academy notes: 2024 SANFLW – Round 4
A MASSIVE performance from a top AFLW Draft prospect highlighted Round 4 of the SANFL Women’s, where there were plenty of other impressive contributors across the weekend. As always, we took a look at those State Academy members and how they performed, with all notes the opinion of the individual author. Note: The replay of […]
2024 SANFLW Player Focus: India Rasheed (Sturt)
TOP-AGE young gun and reigning South Australian MVP at last year’s AFLW Under 18 Championships, India Rasheed had herself some sort of game during Sturt’s impressive win over Central District at The Ponderosa. The midfielder/forward racked up 36 disposals and kicked three goals, of which 13 and two respectively came in the last term, helping […]
2024 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 4
GLENELG once again found itself topping the Rookie Me Central SANFL Women’s Team of the Week representatives following a fourth straight victory in the competition. The Bays topped the league with five players in the squad, while fellow winners South Adelaide and Sturt had four, just ahead of Norwood and West Adelaide, the latter being […]
2024 SANFLW R4 wrap: Sturt stuns Dogs with final term blitz
THREE sides picked up their second wins of the 2024 SANFL Women’s season, with Sturt storming home against Central District, South making it back-to-back victories with a win over Eagles, and Norwood proving too good for North Adelaide in the second half of their Round 4 match. >>> MOTR: Glenelg 2.12 (24) defeated West Adelaide […]
2024 SANFLW Round 4: Sunday preview
A STANDALONE game up at Elizabeth sees two sides looking to bounce back after Round 3 losses. Reigning premiers Central District went down to a red-hot Glenelg to move to 2-1 for the season, while Sturt lost to the other unbeaten side in West Adelaide. We preview the contest between the clubs.
State Academy notes: 2024 SANFLW – Round 3
WHILE some AFLW Academy members were missing in Round 3 of the SANFL Women’s, there were plenty of talented State Academy members stepping up to the plate. We took note of each of those players in the Academy with all notes the opinion of the individual author.
