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2020 SANFL Club Preview: West Adelaide

AFTER a tough 2019 season where injuries and the mid-season losses of John Noble and Will Snelling hampered their campaign, the West Adelaide Bloods will look to scrape themselves off the bottom of the SANFL ladder as state football returns. The road to redemption begins against last year’s ninth-placed side, North Adelaide, a team which […]

South Australia weekly wrap: Strong Under 15 Championships; Under 18s star across SANFL

THERE was plenty happening across all levels of footy across SA, with young talent on show in the U15 Championships, plus some League debuts for some U18 talent and a host of top end players returning to their school College football commitments . National Under 15 Championships – Boys and Girls Last week the U15 National […]

South Australia weekly wrap: SA Under 18s chalk up another win

SOUTH Australia’s perfect form in the Under 18s continued with a good win over the WWT Eagles without a number of stars including Jack Lukosius and Izak Rankine. Meanwhile there was plenty of top-age and over-age talent performing across all levels of SANFL on the weekend.   South Australia Under 18s South Australia 9.20 (74) […]

Scouting notes: 2017 SANFL U18 Grand Final

LAST week the ‘Double Blues’ won the SANFL Torrens Uni Under 18 Cup with a 43-point win over Woodville-West Torrens Eagles at Adelaide Oval. Matt Balmer’s scouting notes: Eagles: #1 James Rowe – Won plenty of football on the inside and registered a stack of inside 50s. Rowe has a burst of speed going forward […]

SANFL Finals – Week 2 Draft Prospects Update

AFL Draft Central South Australian correspondent David Chapman cast his eyes over the top young prospects in South Australia. With SANFL Finals commencing, a number of draft propsects have now finished their footy season. We look at the second round of finals and we look at the top performances across the weekend. Reserves: There were two games this […]

SANFL Finals – Week 1 Draft Prospects Update

AFL Draft Central South Australian correspondent David Chapman cast his eyes over the top young prospects in South Australia. With the end of school footy, and SANFL Finals commencing, a number of draft propsects have now finished their footy season. We look at the first round of finals and we look at the top performances across the weekend. […]

SANFL Round 15 Draft Prospects update

AFL Draft Central South Australian correspondent David Chapman cast his eyes over the top young prospects coming up through the SANFL, Reserves, Under 18s and local school football competitions. On the weekend, round 15 of the SANFL took place with the return of school football. We look at the top performances from the weekend: League: Sturt’s Mitch […]

SANFL Round 10 Draft Prospects update

A NUMBER of South Australian teenagers pushed their case for a call-up to the state under 18s team for the final rounds of the National Under 18s Championships when players returned to club and school football. David Chapman takes a look across the grades to see who stood out. Reserves: This weekend saw byes to […]

SANFL Round 9 draft prospects update

Round nine of the SANFL was completed over the weekend, with 2017 South Australia draft talent on show at multiple levels. The state Under 18 South Australian team went down by a point to Western Australia in the opening game of the NAB AFL Under 18 Championships. We take a look at the top performers […]

SANFL Round 8 draft prospects update

With the SANFL completing round eight over the weekend, 2017 South Australian draft talent was on show at Reserves and Under 18s Level. Players selected in the South Australia Under 18 squad for Round one didn’t play over the weekend, while the Div 1 School Competition continued. We take a look at who the top performers were […]