{"id":219614,"date":"2026-08-05T17:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=219614"},"modified":"2026-08-05T17:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:21:34","slug":"2026-sanflw-player-focus-lucy-moore-woodville-west-torrens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2026\/08\/05\/2026-sanflw-player-focus-lucy-moore-woodville-west-torrens\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 SANFLW Player Focus: Lucy Moore (Woodville-West Torrens)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ENJOYING a wonderfully consistent top-age season, Woodville-West Torrens’ Lucy Moore<\/a> was again the engine room presence Woodville-West Torrens needed as the Eagles accounted for Glenelg 5.7 (37) to 2.5 (17) at Maughan Thiem Kia Oval in Round 13, locking away top spot and a home final. Moore was our SANFLW Player Focus for Round 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

>> 2026 AFLW Draft Q&A: <\/spo><\/strong>Lucy Moore<\/a><\/spo><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Club:<\/strong> Woodville-West Torrens
Height:<\/strong> 165cm
Date of Birth:<\/strong> 30\/04\/2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STRENGTHS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ Stoppage craft
+ Clean hands
+ Two-way running
+ Defensive pressure
+ Speed
+ Strength in tackles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMPROVEMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Kicking under pressure
– Opposite foot
– Aerial contests<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROUND 13: vs. Glenelg<\/strong>
Statistics:<\/strong> 22 disposals, 2 marks, 6 tackles, 9 clearances, 5 inside 50s, 1 behind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIRST QUARTER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moore started on-ball with Georgie Fielder<\/strong> for company, and the two top-age midfielders went at each other from the outset. She found space smartly to mark in the middle at the two-and-a-half minute mark, then hit Leah Cutting<\/strong> with a neat short pass and kept pushing forward rather than admiring it – a small detail, but one that recurred all afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick hands at half-forward kept another chain alive, before Fielder got the better of her in a one-on-one, tackling her as she tried to gather and forcing Moore into a chasing role. There were mixed results with ball in hand: a gather off a bounce and a kick to centre half-forward was intercepted, but a checkside at seven-and-a-half minutes down the wing came off exactly as intended. She capped the term running hard and delivering another checkside into the pocket, where the contest was a one-versus-two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECOND QUARTER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting back on-ball, and straight into the contest – an early tackle, then a holding free won in the middle inside the opening 30 seconds, which she converted into a lovely inside 50 to Brianna Walling<\/strong>. Back-to-back tackles inside forward 50 at the eight-minute mark showed the pressure game that made her the equal-highest tackler at the Under 18 Championships, and she was unlucky to be pinged for a throw during a stint forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it was a quieter quarter for Moore compared to the other three, she produced a clean pickup late in the term at half-forward and went deep to the hotspot, only for the ball to be intercepted off hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THIRD QUARTER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting on-ball again, Moore won a holding free at the opening stoppage and delivered well going forward. She broke clear from a forward stoppage at the two-minute mark but went to the checkside again from 30 metres when her body was leaning left – opting against the opposite foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the fourth minute she stood up in a tackle and got clean hands away to Ruby Lynch<\/strong>, a repeat of the composure she showed all day when the ball was pinned to her. Running hard, she kicked to a one-on-one on the wing that did not come off, then produced arguably her best defensive act of the game – a great tackle at half-back to stop a Glenelg transition, winning holding the ball and putting the kick to the hotspot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was beaten in the air at half-back midfield through the term, one of the few times she was genuinely out-positioned. In the 16th minute came the full package: winning the clearance off the tap, bursting away, kicking to half-forward, following up to win the loose ball again and going wider to a one-on-one. She marked just before the three-quarter time siren, which sounded before she could dispose. Moore ended the third term with 15 disposals to her name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOURTH QUARTER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matched up on Ellie Kellock<\/strong> to start the term, Moore won the first centre clearance and got it to half-forward while being tackled, then won a handball in another tackle – clean, decisive work. Running hard at half-back in the fourth minute, she went long to a wing contest that worked out for the Eagles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not everything landed though. A rushed kick from a defensive stoppage did not travel and was intercepted going forward, and she was unlucky to be pinged holding the ball at half-forward midway through the term while trying to get it inside 50. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most telling passage came in the last few minutes, gathering superbly from a wing stoppage, bursting away and going long to the pocket to set up Kayla Ilett<\/strong> for a shot on goal. She finished the way she started, tracking the ball at ground level in the forward 50 and firing out a handball under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SUMMARY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moore did what she has done all season – nine clearances is elite production at this level, and the fact that she generated them while also laying six tackles and providing five inside 50s speaks to the two-way capacity that earned her All-Australian selection at the Under 18 Championships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her strength standing up in tackles is a genuine draft trait: on at least four occasions she was pinned and still got clean hands or a foot to the ball away to advantage, and the burst from stoppage remains among the best in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The kicking is still the area to sharpen. Several entries were intercepted, and the 30-metre checkside in the third term when her body was set up for the opposite foot is the kind of decision that gets punished at AFLW level. It is a technical fix rather than a fundamental one, and it is worth remembering that Moore is only 18 despite this being her fourth SANFLW season – she has been playing senior football since she was 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Eagles into finals as minor premiers and Moore central to how they get the ball moving, there is no better stage to close out a draft year. AFLW recruiters looking for a ready-made inside midfielder who can defend will find plenty to like in this performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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