Horne-Francis named South Australian captain for upcoming championships
POTENTIAL top pick Jason Horne-Francis has been named captain of South Australia for the upcoming 2021 AFL Under 19 Championships. The talented onballer will look to lead the group into battle against Western Australia on Sunday, August 29 at Lathlain Park in Western Australia. Coach Tony Bamford will again take the reins, with Sturt top-ager […]
Draper more than the third wheel in promising Panthers trio
THE South Adelaide Panthers boast the most promising junior footballing trio in South Australia in 2021. Pick one candidate Jason Horne has spent the past couple of seasons matching it with the SANFL’s best at League level and ball-magnet Matthew Roberts appears a strong chance to join him in the first round of the National Draft. […]
Sprinting ace Grubb takes a tough year in his stride
KEEN South Australian draft watchers may remember him as the winner of last year’s SANFL Grand Final sprint, but Central Districts speedster Lachlan Grubb has more in his locker than pure straight-line speed. Sprinting and football run through the 17-year-old’s veins, with his father a former Reserves player at Norwood, while his uncle took out […]
Get to Know: Nicholas Kraemer (South Adelaide/South Australia)
SOUTH ADELAIDE boasts a handful of Under 18 products within this year’s State Academy hub, and one of the deeper overall lists for its junior age bracket. Among the Panthers’ top-age stars gunning for AFL Draft contention in 2020 is Nicholas Kraemer, a big-bodied inside midfielder who has been a mainstay in the South Australian […]
The Debate: Should the AFL Draft age be lifted?
IT is an age-old debate that has carried on long before the COVID-19 global pandemic brought pathway programs to a halt, but in the past month, the arguments for and against have begun flowing for lifting the minimum draft age. With the realisation that at the very least, the top-age group will have limited exposure […]
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) […]
