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Re: SANFLW Season 2023

Postby Bluedemon » Thu Jul 06, 2023 4:47 pm

SA U18 Girls Team – Game 2


The SA U18 Girls team resumes its AFL National Championship campaign when it confronts Victoria Metro in Melbourne on Sunday.

Banking a comfortable 35-point win against Western Australia in Perth in Game 1 on April 30, the Croweaters will field a strong line-up boasting plenty of star players from the Hostplus SANFLW League.

Captain Piper Window is coming off her richly-deserved SANFLW best-and-fairest crown while she was also joined by fellow Croweaters Lauren Young, Elaine Grigg, Esther Schirmer and Poppy Scholz in The Advertiser SANFLW Team of the Year.

Coached by Jason Rivett, SA will have another match against Queensland on Saturday July 15 at Adelaide Oval at 4.20pm, a curtain-raiser for the Adelaide v GWS AFL match.


Sunday July 9
Game 2 – AFL U18 Girls National Championships
South Australia v Victoria Metro
Avalon Airport Oval, Melbourne from 12pm (SA time)


SOUTH AUSTRALIA

F: Violet Patterson, Lucy Boyd, Lauren Young
HF: Zara Walsh, India Rasheed, Piper Window
C: Jasmine Evans, Brooke Boileau, Holly Ifould
HB: Jemma Charity, Poppy Scholz, Molly Brooksby
B: Alissa Brook, Charlotte Riggs, Lily Whitcombe

R: Jacinda Schunselaar, Shineah Goody, Elaine Grigg
INT: Laela Ebert, Ruby Ballard, Sophie Eaton, Melissa Anderson, Esther Schirme
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Re: SANFLW Season 2023

Postby Bluedemon » Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:28 pm

2023 Club Best and Fairest Winners

Central District - Shelby Smith
South Adelaide -
Norwood - Tahlita Buethke
Sturt -
Glenelg - Piper Window
North Adelaide - Jess Edwards
Eagles -
West Adelaide - Zoe Venning
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Re: SANFLW Season 2023

Postby Bluedemon » Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:43 am

SA U18 Girls defeat Victoria Metro


The SA U18 Girls team flexed its muscle in ominous fashion against Victoria Metro, eclipsing its arch-rival by 58 points in Game 2 of the AFL National Championships in Melbourne.

Now boasting a 2-0 win-loss record after defeating Western Australia by 35 points in Game 1, the Croweaters were untroubled throughout the contest as they displayed their superior skill and strength at Werribee’s Avalon Airport Oval.

South Australia’s star forward Lauren Young set the tone early by booting the first two goals of the game, en route to a standout performance which resulted in her registering five goals from her 17 disposals, nine marks, three inside 50s and and two goal assists.

SA forward India Rasheed roamed the half-forward line to damaging affect to finish with 26 disposals and two goals while also regularly searching for her teammates.

Captain Piper Window (20 disposals) and her band of fellow midfielders did plenty of the heavy lifting as Holly Ifould (19 disposals), Shineah Goody (18 disposals), Elaine Grigg (18 disposals) and Brooke Boileau (15 disposals) used the ball effectively.

Key defenders Charlotte Riggs and Poppy Scholz not only intercepted in fine fashion but also provided plenty of rebound as Victoria was kept to just four goals for the game.

SA will now prepare for its third and final match against Queensland next Saturday at Adelaide Oval from 4.20pm, a curtain-raiser for the Adelaide v GWS AFL match.


Sunday July 9
Game 2 – AFL U18 Girls National Championships
Avalon Airport Oval, Melbourne


South Australia 2.2 6.4 9.6 13.8 (86)
Victoria Metro 1.2 1.3 2.4 4.4 (28)

BEST – SA: India Rasheed, Holly Ifould, Lauren Young, Piper Window, Jemma Whittington-Charity, Charlotte Riggs
GOALS – SA: Lauren Young 5, India Rasheed 2, Violet Patterson, Melissa Anderson, Ruby Ballard, Piper Window, Jasmine Evans, Sophie Eaton
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Re: SANFLW Season 2023

Postby Bluedemon » Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:58 am

A Window into the next generation
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Piper Window reckoned her grandpa might have been lost for words.

For SA footy fans who know Gary Window, that seemed unlikely. But they had just achieved something even less likely, something never done before.

Piper has emulated the feat of her grandfather in winning a SANFL league fairest and most brilliant medal. The dynamic 17-year-old Glenelg midfielder won the Hostplus SANFLW best and fairest 58 years after Gary had snared the Magarey Medal.

There’s already plenty of history in the Window family, spanning four generations of SANFL league footballers. Gary’s father, Clarrie, was an outstanding Glenelg defender who represented SA.
Central District great Gary needs little introduction. He was captain in the club’s first league game, in 1964. He was its first Magarey winner and a Bulldogs best-and-fairest.

The SA Football Hall of Famer coached the Dogs and as a highly-popular, wonderfully passionate commentator continued to be known to generations of SANFL fans. Gary’s son Peter – Piper’s dad – played league footy with West Adelaide and Central. And Piper’s brother Hunter is a member of the Bays’ senior squad.

But it was Piper who was in the spotlight in the Magarey Room at Adelaide Oval as she made a stunning clean sweep of this year’s SANFLW awards. The quicksilver on-baller polled 19 votes to finish two ahead of West Adelaide’s Zoe Venning.

“This is incredible. I love playing footy. I love going to training with the girls – sometimes you have a bad day but when you go to training it makes it all better,” said Window, who was adjudged best-afield in five games.

Piper also won the Kia Coaches Award, polling 59 votes, Norwood’s Tahlita Buethke second on 44 and, not surprisingly, earned the Powerade Breakthrough Player award as most promising under-21 player.

And she was selected as ruck-rover in The Advertiser SANFLW Team of the Year. She spent more time out on the stage collecting awards than at her table having dinner.

Gary couldn’t have been more excited. “It was unbelievable. We’re all so proud of her,” he said.

Piper, who has played 33 SANFLW games and is destined to soon make her mark at the highest level, is already one-up on the rest of her remarkable family. She is a league premiership player. In just her 11th game and despite being just 15, she was one of Glenelg’s best players in its 23-point grand final win against West in 2021.

While Bulldogs great Gary was cheering Piper’s Tigers on, barracking for Glenelg had been a weekly occurrence in the late 1940s up to 1950.

Clarrie Window played 72 games for the Tigers in a War-interrupted career between 1940-50. A rugged half-back, he would trek down from Gawler to play for the Bays and in the last few years of his career Gary would join him on the train trip to the city, followed by catching the tram to Glenelg.

Young Gary loved carrying his dad’s kit bag on game day, even though “the boots were heavy … they were great big clodhoppers”, and it was a long day by the time they had trekked from Gawler to the Bay and back.

“Stan Wickham was a conductor on the tram when we came down here,” Gary recalled and, as a youngster, he was immersed in Glenelg. “I loved it – I thought they were the bees’ knees.” His heroes were Ted Robjent, Allan Crabb, Colin Churchett and the Taylor brothers. And his dad, of course.

Clarrie had started making a name for himself as a footballer with Willaston – as an 18-year-old he starred with brothers Cyril and Dave in the club’s 1939 Gawler Football Association grand final win. There was no league team in the area in those days, two decades before Central District made its first appearance in the B grade, when Gary was its most promising youngster.

When Glenelg showed interest in Clarrie, he was undaunted by the thought of travelling down without a car. He was super fit and always willing to throw his bike onto a train at Gawler and when he reached the city, cycle wherever he needed to go. Clarrie played his first three league games for Glenelg late in the 1940 season but was posted to Brisbane with the Army in World War II and didn’t play for the Bays again until 1946.

“It would take a couple of hours (to get from Gawler to Glenelg for a game),” Gary said. “Dad wouldn’t worry about that. He was very dedicated.” Clarrie was such a strong mark he was dubbed ‘Sticky Fingers’ by his team-mates.

It’s a trait Piper has inherited. Clarrie’s good hands combined with his straight-ahead attack on the footy made him an outstanding player in the wet and it helped him shine in muddy conditions at the 1950 national championship in Brisbane. Window was at the peak of his powers when he played his last game for the Tigers. It also happened to be the biggest game he had played in, the 1950 grand final.

He formed a powerful half-back line with Don Taylor and Brian Wright but they could not stop Norwood snaring the flag. Clarrie, aged 30, then accepted an offer to captain-coach West Whyalla. Clarrie, with brother Les, Russell Stopp and Jimmy Banks, in 1954 established Salisbury North Football Club and, as an outstanding junior, Gary played here with his dad.

When Central District was formed, Gary was disappointed he had to play reserves footy for five seasons before he belatedly played at league level – he won the reserves Magarey Medal in 1963 before winning the league Medal in 1965 – as the Bulldogs served a long apprenticeship.

“I should have been playing league football in 1958-59 when I was about 18 but all of a sudden it was karma because I ended up getting all these firsts – first captain, first State player, first Magarey Medal,” he said.

Gary’s son Peter also played at Central, in five league games, while also playing five with Westies. And he spent some time at Glenelg as under-19s coach and league runner. When Piper started with Glenelg, Gary was delighted, and not because her debut was on Elizabeth Oval.

“It felt great – because of dad,” he said of her playing with the Tigers. “He would be so amazed by what she has done. She’s terrific, she’s done so well … I would never have dreamt of it.”

Piper is writing her own history. While adding to the Window legend.
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Re: SANFLW Season 2023

Postby Bluedemon » Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:52 pm

SA U18 Girls Team – Game 3


Selectors have named an unchanged line-up for the SA U18 Girls final contest of the AFL National Championships against Queensland at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.

Having banked comfortable wins against Western Australia and Victoria Metro, the Croweaters will look to maintain their unbeaten record with a third win in succession from 4.15pm in the curtain-raiser for the Adelaide v GWS AFL match.

SA had a multitude of strong contributors in Game 2 as it kept the Vics to just four goals after leading at every change.

Key forward Lauren Young booted five goals while India Rasheed kicked two to go with her 26 disposals as she regularly created opportunities for teammates.

Captain Piper Window was everywhere through the midfield as she received great assistance from Holly Ifould and Brooke Boileau.

In defence, Charlotte Riggs was a master at the intercept marks, something she will be aiming to replicate in Game 3.


Saturday July 15
Game 3 – AFL U18 Girls National Championships
South Australia v Queensland
Adelaide Oval from 4.15pm (SA time)
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
F: Violet Patterson, Lucy Boyd, Lauren Young
HF: Zara Walsh, India Rasheed, Piper Window
C: Jasmine Evans, Brooke Boileau, Holly Ifould
HB: Jemma Charity, Poppy Scholz, Molly Brooksby
B: Alissa Brook, Charlotte Riggs, Lily Whitcombe

R: Jacinda Schunselaar, Shineah Goody, Elaine Grigg
INT: Laela Ebert, Ruby Ballard, Sophie Eaton, Melissa Anderson, Esther Schirmer
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Re: SANFLW Season 2023

Postby Bluedemon » Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:37 am

Undefeated SA U18 Girls eclipse Queensland

The SA U18 Girls team has banked a second successive undefeated AFL National Championships campaign after toppling Queensland by 20 points in Game 3 at Adelaide Oval.

Defeating Western Australia (35 points) and Victoria Metro (58 points) in their opening two matches, the Croweaters backed up their flawless run last year by holding-off the fast-finishing Maroons in a hard-fought affair.

Constructing the victory with a strong second and third term, SA was forced to weather a four-goal final term from the visitors, who were playing their first match of the Championships.

Illustrating SA’s even spread of contributors across the campaign, defenders Jemma Whittington-Charity (19 disposals) and Lily Whitcombe were highly-rated by the coaches for their efforts in thwarting the Queenslanders.

India Rasheed (20 disposals, nine tackles) was her ever creative self before putting the finishing touches on the performance with a goal on the final siren, snapped from 20m.

Croweaters Captain Piper Window, Shineah Goody (27 disposals) and Elaine Grigg were also influential in the victory as Lucy Boyd and Zara Walsh booted two goals each for the hosts.


Saturday July 15
Game 3 – AFL U18 Girls National Championships
Adelaide Oval


South Australia 1.1 4.3 7.5 9.5 (59)
Queensland 0.1 1.2 2.2 6.3 (39)

BEST – SA: Jemma Whittington-Charity, Lily Whitcombe, India Rasheed, Piper Window, Elaine Grigg, Shineah Goody
GOALS – SA: Lucy Boyd, Zara Walsh 2, Sophie Eaton, India Rasheed, Elaine Grigg, Lauren Young, Melissa Anderson
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Re: SANFLW Season 2023

Postby Bluedemon » Wed Aug 16, 2023 11:54 am

SA U18 Girls Awards
Best Player Award
AFL National Championships
Game 1 v Western Australia

Shineah Goody (Woodville-West Torrens)

Best Player Award
SA U18 v SA U23

Holly Ifould (South Adelaide)

Best Player Award
AFL National Championships
Game 2 v Victoria Metro

India Rasheed (Sturt)

Best Player Award
AFL National Championships
Game 3 v Queensland

Jemma Whitington-Charity (Woodville-West Torrens)

South Australia MVP
India Rasheed (Sturt)

Coaches Award
Charlotte Riggs (Central District)

Players’ Player
Charlotte Riggs (Central District)
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Re: SANFLW Season 2023

Postby Bluedemon » Wed Aug 16, 2023 11:55 am

SA U16 Girls Awards
Best Player Award
AFL National Championships
Game 1 v Victoria Metro

Charli Hazelhurst (Norwood)

Best Player Award
AFL National Championships
Game 2 v Western Australia

Sophie Eaton (Central District)

South Australia MVP
Sophie Eaton (Central District)

Coaches Award
Holly Tralaggan (Central District)

Players Player
Lily Baxter (South Adelaide)
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