SANFLW 23 Under 23 in 2023: #1 Lauren Young
AS PART of a new countdown series leading into the 2023 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s season, we will name 23 players to watch who are under 23. We are only looking at those players who were born January 1, 2000 or later, have played a SANFL Women’s senior match and have never […]
West strikes first Blood in opening trial match
AFTER a long off-season, the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition kicked off with a series of trial games over the weekend as the first of two practice matches ahead of the official first bounce on February 17. WEST ADELAIDE vs. GLENELG In the first match of the round played under lights, 2022 […]
Brooksby keen for on-ball role in 2023
NORWOOD midfielder Molly Brooksby admitted she was a “bit awkward at times” on the wing last season, but few could hardly tell, as the bottom-age talent had a breakout year for the Redlegs. Her form in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition cemented her place in the Croweaters’ side for the 2022 […]
SANFLW 23 Under 23 in 2023: #8 Lucy Boyd
AS PART of a new countdown series leading into the 2023 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s season, we will name 23 players to watch who are under 23. We are only looking at those players who were born January 1, 2000 or later, have played a SANFL Women’s senior match and have never […]
Lockyer lauds “high ambition” in AFLW Academy crop
THIS past weekend saw the 2023 AFL Women’s Academy intake come together for their first training camp, held across multiple venues in Victoria. The 30-player cohort, comprised exclusively of draft eligible prospects born in 2005, is representative of the nation’s next generation of footballing talent and seeks to prepare each player for entry to the […]
Venning positive Westies will bounce back
A NEW year, a new-look West Adelaide side will enter the 2022 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition, but one thing that has not changed according to youngster Zoe Venning is the playing group’s positivity. The Westies inside midfielder is one of many experiencing the first year of massive change with new and […]
Young primed to return after ACL “stitch up”
IT takes a heck of a character to put an ACL tear down to a “stitch up”. Having swept the SANFLW awards as a 15-year-old in her first year of senior football, 2023 AFLW Draft prospect Lauren Young missed out on her entire bottom-age campaign with the long-term knee injury. She’d be excused for feeling […]
Hard work puts Shineah in Good’ stead
FOR a player with such plentiful individual honours, you would be hard pressed to find a more team oriented person than Shineah Goody. The Woodville-West Torrens talent shapes as one of, if not the top prospect in next year’s AFLW Draft crop, having taken out the Under 18 National Championship MVP as a bottom-ager. Now, […]
Powerful inclusions for SANFLW clubs
PORT Adelaide’s inclusion into the AFL Women’s has brought about beefing up the top state league with even more talent, as the Power’s non South Australian contingent was assigned clubs this week. In an announcement from the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the eight interstate players who have contracts with Port Adelaide for next […]
Ross hoping to add experience to young Westies
BRINGING a truckload of experience to Hisense Stadium, former AFL Women’s Tiger and Pie, Iilish Ross will be a much welcome addition to the reigning wooden spooners. Not much went right for the Bloods last season, with a number of unforeseen circumstances derailing the 2021 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s grand finalists’ season. […]
