RPRTP pathway SANFLW 2022 Grand Final
RPRTP Pinktails selected for SANFLW Grand Final - North Adelaide FC v Sturt – 28.05.2022
Incredible, positive and powerful is a short way of summarising the SANFLW 2022 season that our Pinktails have experienced.
What a journey and an incredible achievement from two of our amazing women, Sarah Steele-Park and Doreena Hansen, in their first season in the SANFLW with the North Adelaide Football Club.
42 women will play in tomorrow’s SANFLW Grand Final. 21 from North Adelaide Football Club and two of these women are from the Redtails Pinktails Right Tracks Program living and working in Alice Springs.
It is not easy to explain just how huge this achievement is, training up to 5 times a week in preseason, proving themselves through trial matches and then flying in each weekend on a 3000km return trip whilst holding down a full-time job, just to name a few hurdles.
Make no mistake these two are deadly but all of those who have trained with them are just as awesome themselves.
A good Culture is everything and the support and encouragement that you all show for each is priceless and what makes this program so special and unique.
Our community needs these values in spades and the participants in our programs are leading the way, watching, you all do this is incredibly special.
The game tomorrow is at Norwood Oval North Adelaide Football Club v Sturt at 1:45pm. We understand it is on live TV Chanel 7 Adelaide or The SANFL Now app.
We wish Doreena Hansen & Sarah Steele-Park all the very best.
Thanks KD’s Footy Photos, you’re a champion.
Special thanks to the RPRTP coaches:Ian McAdam, Darren Talbot, Fred Campbell and Rob Clarke.
Thank you also to Kylie Campbell for her amazing brother Sy at The Oxford Hotel and all his amazing meals pre and post games.
A massive thank you to all the North Adelaide Footy Club’s Staff including Coaches, Admin and all the Rooster crew. You mob are awesome.
What a journey.
RPRTP – Sarah Steele-Park and Doreena Hansen selected in the SANFLW Grand Final playing for North Adelaide FC against Sturt – 28.05.2022
NORTH ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB - 2022 WOMEN'S LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP write up
Background
After the ecstasy of the 2020 premiership, North had a forgettable 2021 finishing outside of the four in fifth place. There had been quite a turnover in players at the end of both the 2020 and 2021 seasons but with some astute recruiting and juniors coming through the club was quietly confident that the Women’s team could be a contender in 2022.
A change to the rules saw the number of players allowed on the field at any time to 16 instead of 18. North started the season slowly, they lost the opening game of the year to the previous year’s wooden spooner, West, and after defeating 2020 Grand Final opponent South in Round 2, North lost to early season pacesetters, Sturt in a remarkably low scoring game, the score being Sturt 1 goal 4 behinds to North 7 points.
From there North found form and went on a seven-game winning streak with some very impressive winning margins. Despite losing to wooden spooner, West, in the last Minor Round game, North entered the finals as minor premier.
North marched straight to the Grand Final with an emphatic 57-point win over Sturt. Sturt then bounced back to comfortably beat Glenelg thus setting up the Grand Final between the teams that had finished first and second on the table at the end of the Minor Round.
The Grand Final – A great finish
With a good crowd in attendance at Norwood Oval, the Double Blues jumped North and had 1 goal 3 behinds on the board before Megan Ryan posted North’s first goal at the 8-minute mark of the first quarter. It was all Sturt as they scored another 2 goals to lead by 15 points at quarter time and things were looking dire for North when Sturt scored the first goal of the second quarter. But slowly North clawed their way back into the game, with Erica Greet dominating on a wing and young gun Hannah Ewings becoming influential up forward, but North still trailed at the main break by 8 points. Doreena Hansen and Ewings contributed the two goals for the term.
The third quarter turned into an arm wrestle with the vastly experienced Jade De Melo starting to look dangerous for North. At the 11-minute mark she scored the only goal of the quarter, Thus the stage was set for an epic battle in the last quarter with Sturt turning for home with a 2-point margin.
46 seconds into the last quarter, North hit the front for the first time with a goal to Jaimi Tabb, but then neither side could make much impression on the scoreboard for the next 13 minutes. Then the wily Jade De Melo gave North some breathing space with her second goal of the quarter. De Melo then iced the game with 2 minutes to go when she scored her third goal for the quarter.
At the final siren the margin was 18 points and there was much jubilation as dual Premiership captain, Kristi Harvey and coach Kristi Steen lifted the premiership cup.
The old adage of “all played well” could have applied to the North team, but Erica Greet, Jade De Melo, Hannah Ewings, Megan Ryan and Katelyn Pope featured highly in the best players listed in the media.
Premiership Team
Forwards
J.V. de Melo E.M. Grigg
Half-forwards
H.L. Ewings J.M. Tabb K. Pope
Centres
M. Ryan
E.J. Greet J.A. Edwards B.N. Arthur
S.E. Steele-Park J.C. Clark
Half-backs
L.K. Gauci A.T. Borg E.M. Quinn
Backs
K.C. Harvey J. Parish
Interchange
D.M. Hansen, E.R. Metcalfe, J.D. Norup, R. Plummer, K.L. Rothwell
(Coach: K. Steen ; Captain: K. Harvey & E. Sundstrom)
Scores
First Second Third Final
North 1.1 (7) 3.2 (20) 4.4 (28) 7.6 (48)
Sturt 3.4 (22) 4.4 (28) 4.6 (30) 4.6 (30)
Goals: De Melo 3.0, Ryan 1.2, Ewings 1.1, Tabb 1.1, Hansen 1.0, Rushed 0.2
Attendance: 2248
RPRTP – Doreena Hansen, Coach Krissie Steen and Sarah Steele-Park - North Adelaide FC Premiers 2022
Incredible, positive and powerful is a short way of summarising the SANFLW 2022 season that our Pinktails have experienced.
What a journey and an incredible achievement from two of our amazing women, Sarah Steele-Park and Doreena Hansen, in their first season in the SANFLW with the North Adelaide Football Club.
42 women will play in tomorrow’s SANFLW Grand Final. 21 from North Adelaide Football Club and two of these women are from the Redtails Pinktails Right Tracks Program living and working in Alice Springs.
It is not easy to explain just how huge this achievement is, training up to 5 times a week in preseason, proving themselves through trial matches and then flying in each weekend on a 3000km return trip whilst holding down a full-time job, just to name a few hurdles.
Make no mistake these two are deadly but all of those who have trained with them are just as awesome themselves.
A good Culture is everything and the support and encouragement that you all show for each is priceless and what makes this program so special and unique.
Our community needs these values in spades and the participants in our programs are leading the way, watching, you all do this is incredibly special.
The game tomorrow is at Norwood Oval North Adelaide Football Club v Sturt at 1:45pm. We understand it is on live TV Chanel 7 Adelaide or The SANFL Now app.
We wish Doreena Hansen & Sarah Steele-Park all the very best.
Thanks KD’s Footy Photos, you’re a champion.
Special thanks to the RPRTP coaches:Ian McAdam, Darren Talbot, Fred Campbell and Rob Clarke.
Thank you also to Kylie Campbell for her amazing brother Sy at The Oxford Hotel and all his amazing meals pre and post games.
A massive thank you to all the North Adelaide Footy Club’s Staff including Coaches, Admin and all the Rooster crew. You mob are awesome.
What a journey.
RPRTP – Sarah Steele-Park and Doreena Hansen selected in the SANFLW Grand Final playing for North Adelaide FC against Sturt – 28.05.2022
NORTH ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB - 2022 WOMEN'S LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP write up
Background
After the ecstasy of the 2020 premiership, North had a forgettable 2021 finishing outside of the four in fifth place. There had been quite a turnover in players at the end of both the 2020 and 2021 seasons but with some astute recruiting and juniors coming through the club was quietly confident that the Women’s team could be a contender in 2022.
A change to the rules saw the number of players allowed on the field at any time to 16 instead of 18. North started the season slowly, they lost the opening game of the year to the previous year’s wooden spooner, West, and after defeating 2020 Grand Final opponent South in Round 2, North lost to early season pacesetters, Sturt in a remarkably low scoring game, the score being Sturt 1 goal 4 behinds to North 7 points.
From there North found form and went on a seven-game winning streak with some very impressive winning margins. Despite losing to wooden spooner, West, in the last Minor Round game, North entered the finals as minor premier.
North marched straight to the Grand Final with an emphatic 57-point win over Sturt. Sturt then bounced back to comfortably beat Glenelg thus setting up the Grand Final between the teams that had finished first and second on the table at the end of the Minor Round.
The Grand Final – A great finish
With a good crowd in attendance at Norwood Oval, the Double Blues jumped North and had 1 goal 3 behinds on the board before Megan Ryan posted North’s first goal at the 8-minute mark of the first quarter. It was all Sturt as they scored another 2 goals to lead by 15 points at quarter time and things were looking dire for North when Sturt scored the first goal of the second quarter. But slowly North clawed their way back into the game, with Erica Greet dominating on a wing and young gun Hannah Ewings becoming influential up forward, but North still trailed at the main break by 8 points. Doreena Hansen and Ewings contributed the two goals for the term.
The third quarter turned into an arm wrestle with the vastly experienced Jade De Melo starting to look dangerous for North. At the 11-minute mark she scored the only goal of the quarter, Thus the stage was set for an epic battle in the last quarter with Sturt turning for home with a 2-point margin.
46 seconds into the last quarter, North hit the front for the first time with a goal to Jaimi Tabb, but then neither side could make much impression on the scoreboard for the next 13 minutes. Then the wily Jade De Melo gave North some breathing space with her second goal of the quarter. De Melo then iced the game with 2 minutes to go when she scored her third goal for the quarter.
At the final siren the margin was 18 points and there was much jubilation as dual Premiership captain, Kristi Harvey and coach Kristi Steen lifted the premiership cup.
The old adage of “all played well” could have applied to the North team, but Erica Greet, Jade De Melo, Hannah Ewings, Megan Ryan and Katelyn Pope featured highly in the best players listed in the media.
Premiership Team
Forwards
J.V. de Melo E.M. Grigg
Half-forwards
H.L. Ewings J.M. Tabb K. Pope
Centres
M. Ryan
E.J. Greet J.A. Edwards B.N. Arthur
S.E. Steele-Park J.C. Clark
Half-backs
L.K. Gauci A.T. Borg E.M. Quinn
Backs
K.C. Harvey J. Parish
Interchange
D.M. Hansen, E.R. Metcalfe, J.D. Norup, R. Plummer, K.L. Rothwell
(Coach: K. Steen ; Captain: K. Harvey & E. Sundstrom)
Scores
First Second Third Final
North 1.1 (7) 3.2 (20) 4.4 (28) 7.6 (48)
Sturt 3.4 (22) 4.4 (28) 4.6 (30) 4.6 (30)
Goals: De Melo 3.0, Ryan 1.2, Ewings 1.1, Tabb 1.1, Hansen 1.0, Rushed 0.2
Attendance: 2248
RPRTP – Doreena Hansen, Coach Krissie Steen and Sarah Steele-Park - North Adelaide FC Premiers 2022