Calls for salary cap cut to help keep clubs alive
As community football aims to get back to its feet over the next few months, the Adelaide Footy League is leading the charge for a statewide cut on player payments this season.
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SFL clubs stick tight in coronavirus battle
Uncertainty surrounds whether any sporting associations will see action on the field this year, including the SFL. Club officials outline how they will cope with football closures for the next few months.
Roosters’ ruck stocks suffer blow ahead of SANFL season
North Adelaide has announced two new signings but three players – including a young ruckman – have left Prospect Oval. Plus more player movement in Local Footy SA’s Off-Season Central.
Flaggies name new coach after walk out
Its coach left just months after winning a flag, and now SA footy’s four-time reigning premiership powerhouse Flagstaff Hill has appointed a replacement who originally applied for and won its B-grade job.
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Your guide to local footy’s biggest Anzac Day games
Local footy as become a staple on Anzac Day and there is no shortage of matches across the city and around state to get to on Thursday. Here is your bumper guide to the biggest matches.
Shoes belt reigning premier, Wineflies edge Emus
Reigning premier Flagstaff Hill suffers its first loss, Port Noarlunga fires after its round-one bye and Reynella fights to win a nailbiter. All that and more in Messenger Community News’ wrap of the Southern Football League’s round two.
Noarlunga, Flagstaff Hill start with big wins
Noarlunga’s recruits impressed and Flagstaff Hill picked up where it left off as the new Southern Football League season began at the weekend. Read Messenger Community News’ wrap of the opening round.
Five of the best local footy matches this weekend
Local footy gets underway this Saturday and here are five of the best matches to watch around the suburbs and country. From ex-AFL players debuting to $10 million ground openings.
Can another SFL club knock Falcons off their perch?
Can Flagstaff Hill win four flags in a row? How big a boost can Terry Milera and Josh Thewlis give Noarlunga? Will Morphett Vale bounce back? Messenger Community News has spoken to coaches from all nine Southern Football League clubs ahead of the competition’s opening round this weekend.
Czenya Cavouras runs riot for Panthers
Three years after first picking up a footy and two seasons after winning the SFL women’s best and fairest, South Adelaide’s Czenya Cavouras is the SANFLW Player of the Week.
Best afield and a flag … weeks after tearing ACL
Flagstaff Hill star Michael Shearer has revealed he played in last year’s Southern Football League grand final and won the best-on-ground medal with an ACL injury he’d suffered a month earlier.
Wineflies to face Shoes in big opening round
Reynella will kick off its quest for redemption, after losing last season’s SFL grand final, with a clash against Noarlunga at home on Saturday April 6. See the full fixture.
Club great becomes Emus coach
Morphett Vale has named a club great as its new coach for the 2019 Southern Football League season.
Top 10 local footy signings for 2019
An All-Australian and former AFL captain, a 200-game goalsneak and a series of SANFL stars – Messenger Community News ranks SA’s top 10 biggest off-season amateur and country footy signings.
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