State Academy notes: 2025 SANFLW – Round 2
A NORWOOD debutant and fellow Redlegs returning young star headlined some fresh faces in our State Academy notes this week, while a host of players who were quieter in Round 1 contributed to their respective SANFL Women’s teams’ performances in Round 2.
2025 SANFLW Round 2: Sunday preview
LAST year’s top against bottom go head-to-head in a standalone Sunday clash tomorrow with South Adelaide playing host to North Adelaide. The Panthers won first up in the grand final rematch and hope to extend that to two by the end of Sunday, while the Roosters are searching for their first senior coach win under […]
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 Team of the Week: Round 1
A NEW SANFL Women’s season opened with some terrific individual performances and each of the eight teams has between two and four representatives in our Round 1 Team of the Week. In the case of comfortable winners South Adelaide, Central District and Woodville-West Torrens there were a quartet of representatives with West Adelaide and Glenelg […]
SANFLW R1 MOTR: Lishmund draws first Blood for West
NEW West Adelaide recruit Alana Lishmund showed exactly why the Bloods recruited her, with the 2022 SANFL Women’s leading goalkicker booting two last quarter goals to seal her side’s come-from-behind win over North Adelaide yesterday. Lishmund finished with the last three goals for her side in the 5.7 (37) to 4.8 (32) victory. The Bloods […]
2025 SANFLW Round 1: Sunday preview
AFTER the first day of SANFL Women’s action took place today, we cast our eye across the final two games of Round 1 tomorrow which sees a couple of finalists go head-to-head, as well as a couple of teams keen to crack back into the postseason series.
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 […]
2024 AFLW Under 16s All-Australian team announced
CHAMPIONS South Australia have topped the 2024 AFL Women’s Under 16s All-Australian team nominations with with seven players, four more than any other state or Academy. Behind the Croweaters was the likes of Brisbane Lions Academy, Vic Country and Western Australia who all had three, making up 16 of the 23 players. GWS Giants Academy […]
Sandgropers storm to win over Suns at AFLW U16s
WESTERN Australia kick-started its 2024 AFL Women’s Under 16 Championships on a high, coming back from a slow start to boot the last 10 goals of the match and run away with a commanding 12.8 (80) to 3.0 (18) victory over Gold Coast Suns Academy. Four players kicked multiple goals in the win as the […]
