State league clubs brace for draft agony
There is so much mystery hanging over the mid-season draft, but the SANFL clubs are worried about the impact of losing key players. See who is in contention and the players your club can’t afford to lose.
There is so much mystery hanging over the mid-season draft, but the SANFL clubs are worried about the impact of losing key players. See who is in contention and the players your club can’t afford to lose.
Grand finalists South Adelaide has dominated the SANFLW Team of the Year with five players selected. Minor premier Norwood and fellow grand finalists North Adelaide have four players each who earned selection.
Norwood gun Matthew Nunn is one of six SANFL players booked in for a medical for AFL mid-season draft. Plus ex-Dogs ruckman fires for Cats, Redlegs’ costly loss, and Tigers’ height hurts opponents. This and more in our weekly SANFL wrap.
STURT’S mid-season revival has continued as it edged out West Adelaide by 19 points in a scrappy contest to record its third-straight win and move to the verge of the SANFL top five.
STURT’S lofty position on the premiership ladder is a reflection of the stability at Unley this year. The club has used only 29 players all year.
PORT Adelaide regained its two-game cushion at the head of the SANFL premiership ladder after overcoming a gritty Sturt by 20 points at Unley on Saturday.
STURT coach Seamus Maloney lauded his side’s third quarter against Woodville-West Torrens at Woodville, claiming it was as ”good” as the side has played this season.
NORWOOD has rediscovered the lockdown football which made it so tough to score against in a 21-point win over Sturt at Unley on Sunday.
NORWOOD has rediscovered the lockdown football which made it so tough to score against in a 21-point win over Sturt at Unley on Sunday.
STURT veteran James McLeay, who plays his 150th match on Sunday, has been told by his grandmother that he overdoes handball and should kick more.
STURT veteran James McLeay, who plays his 150th match on Sunday, has been told by his grandmother that he overdoes handball and should kick more.
IT took the experience of Richard Tambling and Michael Coad to haul Sturt over the line in a thriller against South Adelaide at Unley Oval on Saturday.
RICHARD Tambling can’t stop smiling. Nine months removed from his last AFL game, the former Crow is in a happy place.
RICHARD Tambling can’t stop smiling. Nine months removed from his last AFL game, the former Crow is in a happy place.
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