Overage AFLW Draft Positional Watch: Rucks
KEY position players always take longer to develop, and while many top-age talents might be long-term options, there are a few top chances to keep in mind for Tuesday’s Overage AFLW Draft. For the first of our AFLW Draft Positional Watch pieces, we take a look at some rucks with a focus on those who […]
2023 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 5
SOUTH Adelaide and Woodville-West Torrens lead the way for Round 5 in the SANFL Women’s Team of the Week, both having four representatives. In what was an even spread across the eight teams, the Panthers and Eagles were one ahead of fellow winners, Glenelg and Norwood, while Round 5 losers West Adelaide and Central District […]
2023 SANFLW R5 wrap: Eagles take flight
AFTER battling away across the first month of the season, Woodville-West Torrens Eagles finally gained reward for effort with an impressive win over West Adelaide in Round 5 of the SANFL Women’s season. Though the Bloods were missing a number of key personnel, the Eagles put the foot down early to blow the game wide […]
Preview | SANFLW R2: Double-header out West
A DOUBLE-HEADER at Hisense Stadium highlights a Super Saturday of action in the SANFL Women’s with all four games taking place in the space of eight hours. Two winning sides from Round 1 – West Adelaide and North Adelaide face-off – while Glenelg and Woodville-West Torrens meet in the second match of the double-header to […]
2023 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 1
NORTH Adelaide and Central District shared a round-high of five representatives in the first Rookie Me Central SANFL Women’s Team of the Week for 2023. After a fascinating Round 1 of action, all eight teams are represented across the 24-player squad, with the four winners making up 17 of those players. The reigning premiers and […]
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 […]
Preview | SANFLW R1: Blockbusters galore in opening round
A NEW season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s kicks off tonight under the bright lights of The Parade. Reigning premiers North Adelaide travel to face Norwood there, before the remaining three games take place tomorrow in a Super Saturday, with the most north and south venues of Elizabeth and Noarlunga hosting […]
Panthers prepare to “push top two”
AFTER a surprise finals berth in 2022, the South Adelaide coach Rick Watts is optimistic about his side going deeper in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s this year. Twelve months ago Watts said he had low expectations based on a high turnover of players – and multiple anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries […]
2021 SANFL Women’s Round 9 preview: Panthers load up for clash with red-hot Redlegs
TWO late morning games and two evening games mark a huge Round 9 of action in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s competition. WOODVILLE-WEST TORRENS vs. STURT Saturday, May 1 @ 11:30am Maughan Thiem Kia Oval Opening the round is unfairly a bottom two clash, with both Woodville-West Torrens and Sturt both playing […]
