One of South Australian football’s most dynamic players, Mark Naley, has died aged 59 after a long battle with illness. Tributes have poured in for the former South Adelaide and Carlton star who was ‘hard as Nales’.
Teenage sensation Luke Parks looked set on joining South Adelaide to kickstart his SANFL career. But all it took was a phone call from retired Glenelg premiership star Jesse White to change his mind.
With the SANFL kicking off this weekend, South Australia’s most-talented teenagers will finally get to show AFL recruiters what they’ve got. Here are the state’s top prospects and where they will be playing in Round 1.
Two SANFL stars will commute to play this season – one from interstate and the other from regional SA – after rejoining their respective clubs on the eve of the season.
NORWOOD continued its charge up the SANFL ladder with a win over Port Adelaide. But it would be unwise to write off the Magpies. Plus Jake Sutcliffe’s return for Sturt, the Crows’ woes grow with injuries to two young talents and the latest highlights.
POOR form on the SANFL field has forced the Crows off free-to-air television coverage with Channel 7 to protect the state league’s reputation as a competitive series.
JAMES Watt has left Sturt seeking more opportunities, Max Thring continues to lead from the front and John Butcher has a day out. It has been another big weekend of SANFL action.
EXECUTION matters and Glenelg was taken to school in the art of it by Woodville-West Torrens on Saturday as the Eagles won at Glenelg Oval.
THE abundance of on-ball talent in the SANFL makes life tough naming a mid-season team of the year. Warren Partland has had a crack. See his selections and tell us who was lucky, unlucky and who you think will win this year’s Magarey Medal in our poll.
GLENELG has regained some experience for the battle against Woodville-West Torrens, hoping to end an 11-game losing streak to the Eagles. See all the teams for this weekend’s Round 12 split-round games here.
AFL talent ambassador Kevin Sheehan says he cannot wait for the day South Australian excitement machine Izak Rankine puts together a “complete’’ game of football.
PORT Adelaide poised to pounce on a top five spot, Sturt’s attack has the Blues without Kory Beard and Norwood being driven by an AFL influence. This and more in the Round 11 Monday Recovery.
NORWOOD continued its push for top spot on the SANFL ladder when it beat Glenelg for a sixth successive win.
NORWOOD has received a massive boost for the clash against Glenelg with the return of an important member of the midfield. See all the teams for Round 11 here.
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