Over-age AFLW Draft Watch: SANFLW kicks off
EACH week leading up to the unique Over-age AFL Women’s Draft, Rookie Me Central will highlight some of the eligible players around the country who are impressing in the respective state leagues. In the first edition, the article will focus on the opening SANFL Women’s round and some of the players who impressed that clubs […]
2023 SANFLW R1 wrap: South stops Sturt
SOUTH Adelaide had the perfect start to its 2023 South Australian National Football League (SAFNL) Women’s season, winning a hard-fought, often scrappy contest against reigning runners-up Sturt. Still showing signs of rust in terms of efficiency, both sides were pressured all over the ground, forcing plenty of missed chances. In the end, though both would […]
SANFLW 23 Under 23 in 2023: #17 Madisyn Freeman
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 […]
Freeman eyes Overage Draft; Glenelg flag
GLENELG utility Madisyn Freeman has not lost the burning desire to compete at the elite level. The 21-year-old has had quite the journey over the years, putting in the work to compete at both South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s level, as well as the AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships for South Australia. Now […]
2022 AFLW Draft: Others to Watch – South Australia
THE 2022 AFL Women’s Draft is next week and already Rookie Me Central has completed profiles on all those available AFLW Draft Combine invites. In separate articles this week, we will go state by state and look at some other contenders for the AFLW Draft outside those with the invites. Next up in the series […]
SANFLW Preliminary Final preview: Double Chance Blues face reigning premiers
JUST one of Sturt or Glenelg will reach the last Sunday in May, with the 2022 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s Preliminary Final to take place to decide North Adelaide’s grand final opponent. The Roosters earned their place after defeating Sturt in the second semi-final last week, with the Double Blues enacting their […]
SANFLW Semi-Finals wrap: Roosters crow as Bays survive
THE last two South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s premiers had good days out at Prospect Oval yesterday, with North Adelaide and Glenelg picking up impressive wins. The Roosters booked their place in the 2022 decider with a comprehensive victory over first-time finalists Sturt, whilst the Bays kept their hopes of going back-to-back alive […]
SANFLW Semi-Finals preview: Four remain in title hunt
AFTER 12 hard-fought rounds of action, eight South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s contenders have been halved to four, with a massive double-header of action taking place at Prospect Oval on Sunday. Minor premier North Adelaide is gunning for its second flag in three years, having missed the finals altogether last year, whilst the […]
2022 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 11
CENTRAL District and North Adelaide have an equal league-high five players in our South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s Team of the Week for Round 11. The Bulldogs and Roosters both had important wins and recorded the five players, whilst fellow winners Glenelg and Sturt had three players apiece in the side. South Adelaide […]
SANFLW Round 11 wrap: Dogs stay alive
CENTRAL District has remained alive in the hunt for the 2022 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s finals, defeating Woodville-West Torrens Eagles in a come-from-behind Round 11 thriller. Both Norwood and South Adelaide suffered defeats at the hands of top three sides Sturt and Glenelg, meaning the Bulldogs must win comfortably over the Double […]