2025 SANFLW Round 2: Saturday preview
A TRIPLE treat of Saturday matches takes place tomorrow as Round 2 of the SANFL Women’s kicks off in what should ideally be much better conditions than the extreme heat that day one of the season offered a week ago. We take a look at the six teams going head-to-head across the matches tomorrow in […]
State Academy notes: 2025 SANFLW – Round 1
AFTER a long preseason, South Australia’s State Academy members were back in action as the first round of the SANFL Women’s competition took place over the weekend. For another year, each week we take a look at how each of the State Academy members performed across the four games.
2025 SANFLW Round 1: Saturday preview
ANOTHER season of SANFL Women’s action is about to get underway with two matches taking place across tomorrow. While the grand final rematch between South Adelaide and Norwood will garner plenty of interest, both Woodville-West Torrens and Sturt want to get off on the right track as well.
2025 SANFLW team preview: Sturt
FINALS are firmly in the sights of Sturt coach Michael O’Connor for the 2025 SANFL Women’s season, with the Double Blues mentoring understanding the tough nature of the tight competition since reaching the 2022 decider three years ago. Since then, the Double Blues were eliminated in the first week in 2023, then missed out last […]
SANFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #1 Monique Bessen
IN TERMS of sheer impact last year from a bottom-age cohort, Sturt midfielder/forward Monique Bessen stood clearly on top from a SANFLW production perspective. The talented National Academy member already looked liked a veteran in the way she went about it, and now entering her top-age season as a readymade midfielder who can drift forward, […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Monique Bessen
ONE OF the top prospects in this year’s AFLW Draft is smooth-moving South Australian midfielder-forward Monique Bessen. A Sturt talent who has followed in the footsteps of recently drafted India Rasheed, Bessen is an equally talented utility who oozes class and smarts across the ground. We spoke to the National Academy member at the recent […]
AFLW Draft: 25 to Watch in 2025
AS SEEN exclusively in the 2024 AFLW Draft Guide, Rookie Me Central published our 25 Players to Watch in 2025 as the attention turns to next year’s draft. The Gold Coast Suns Academy will be a key talking point next year with as many as half a dozen prospects in the top 30, while athletic […]
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 […]
REVIEW | 2024 AFLW U18s: South Australia
AS each AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships state completes its national carnival, we take a look at how the three-game carnival went, some of the impressive players, and those to keep an eye on next year. Up next is South Australia, who fell short of a third consecutive title, but still impressed across the three […]
Key forwards star in Under 17 Futures showcase
DESPITE conditions that would be adverse to key forwards having an impact, it was the work of both Dekota Baron and Olivia Wolmarans that caught the eye during a blustery Under 17 Futures clash at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday afternoon. In a momentum-swinging match with a strong breeze blowing down the south end of the […]
