Five years ago, Hamley Bridge won an A-grade premiership. Now the club is on a 40-game losing streak and has just suffered a 301-point loss — the biggest in SA footy this year — but it is trying to remain positive.
Rostrevor and Sacred Heart remain college football’s only unbeaten teams after three rounds this season. The fierce rivals will face off this Saturday but both are expected to be without key players.
A northern suburbs soccer club plans to check its record books after romping to a 21-0 win. The winning team’s coach reckons his players could have scored more but has praised the opponents for “sticking at it” until the final whistle.
Central Districts stakes its claim for a men’s playoff berth after ending a seven-year drought against ladder leader Norwood, while North Adelaide’s women continue their slide. Here’s our round 11 wrap.
Twenty years ago, SMOSH West Lakes kicked a goal with 20 seconds left to win a grand final against Mitcham by three points. On Saturday, it was like deja vu in the Adelaide Footy League.
It would have been understandable if scouts at Prince Alfred’s 10-goal win over St Peter’s focused their attention on SA under-18 duo Kysaiah Pickett and Karl Finlay. But 2020 and 2021 draft prospects Isaiah Dudley and James Borlase also caught the eye.
There is another footy “showdown” in Adelaide on Saturday – Prince Alfred’s college match against fierce rival St Peter’s. Saints are hoping to beat PAC for the first time since 2013, when a host of current AFL players featured for both teams in a “bog”.
Michael Zaluski came out of retirement this year to help out the Morphett Vale Emus in ex-teammate Braden Bayly’s first season as coach. Now Zaluski, 37, is set to break another Emus record.
Premiership mentor Trevor Mitton begins his stint as Aldinga coach with a hefty loss to Port Noarlunga, while Christies and Noarlunga remain unbeaten. Here is our Southern Football League wrap for round four.
A 659-day winless drought was broken when Greenacres kicked a point after the siren to win and spark wild scenes of celebration. That and more in this week’s quirky Adelaide Footy League wrap, One-Percenters.
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