Riverland Footy Folklore

There aren't many more decorated footballers in Riverland history than Waikerie champion Craig Griffiths.

The triple Whillas Medallist sat down with Riverland Footy Folklore - brought to you by BJR Painting Services - to chat about his illustrious career, starting with his time at RSMU, moving on to Central District and of course all the success he achieved with Waikerie.

0.50 - Triple Whillas Medallist

2.48 - The mighty RSMU Hawks

4.54 - Becoming a Bulldog

7.00 - Partying with Platten and McAdam

8.53 - Cowboy and Knuckles

12.10 - Settling in Waikerie

14.53 - First of many flags

20.05 - Playing coach

22.55 - Playing the Panthers

24.50 - A family flag

27.46 - 3 of a kind

28.55 - Second coming of Coach Craig

30.55 - Teaching & Coaching

33.46 - Premiership success

39.50 - Magpie characters

43.50 - Back to Bs

45.53 - Roo's influence

47.25 - A clean slate

51.20 - Chip off the old block

52.44 - Empty nest

54.26 - Principal Griffiths

56.09 - Fast 5

Riverland Footy Folklore is back and once again brought to you by BJR Painting Services.

In episode 9, we were lucky enough to chat to not only Berri champion Peter Safralidis, but his two daughters Tia and Willow.

Tia and Willow recently took part in the MS Readathon to raise important funds for an incredible cause and for their mum Donna, who suffers from MS.

You can donate to Tia here: https://www.msreadathon.org.au/fundraisers/TiaSafralidis

And Willow here: https://www.msreadathon.org.au/fundraisers/WillowSafralidis

We also got to chat to Saf about his time at Goodwood Saints, the enigma that is Grant Russell, winning the Whillas Medal, the Fisher Cup and of course the 2010 premiership.

Enjoy!

1.22 - Tia and Willow

3.50 - MS

5.50 - Dad's a massive Norwood man

7.34 - Goody Saints

10.35 - Following Donna

11.48 - Baz, Bob and Alby

15.58 - Rep footy shenanigans

20.07 - The curious case of Grant Russell Part I

24.10 - The curious case of Grant Russell Part II

26.28 - From Russell to Rodney

28.20 - 2010

35.18 - Playing under Alby, Lefty and Booga

37.57 - Statless Saf

39.35 - Crossfit and the Whillas

43.05 - Fisher Cup

45.29 - Saf the coach

46.38 - Saf the Riverlander

48.12 - Saf beyond 2020

49.30 - Fast 5

Riverland Footy Folklore is back with part two of our interview with South Australian football legend Neil Kerley.

Brought to you by BJR Painting Services, part two sees Neil discuss premiership success, taking on the Big V in state of origin, the great Teddy Whitten, his involvement with the Adelaide Crows and nearly stealing Darren Jarman for their inaugural season, along with his frustrations with the modern game.

The great man Neil Kerley spoke with Riverland Footy Folklore in this two-part series brought to you by BJR Painting Services.

'Knuckles' spoke about life growing up in Loveday in the Riverland, playing footy for Barmera, leaving home at the age of 16 on a motorbike, joining the National Guard and of course winning plenty of premierships in the SANFL.

Give it a listen and be sure to follow Riverland Footy Folklore on Spotify!

In episode 6 of Riverland Footy Folklore brought to you by BJR Painting Services, we chat to current Loxton A grade coach Leigh Kruger about his junior years at Victor Harbor, playing league footy for South Adelaide, representing the Eastern Zone and SA Country and also about the tragic passing of his father Geoff in 2015.

0.50 - Battling the pandemic

1.43 - Coach in a country town

3.21 - Juniors at Victor

5.42 - North or South

9.05 - Following Nadia

10.33 - All downhill after Ash's bomb

11.18 - Different strokes

12.19 - Blue guernsey

13.53 - Dodgy Friday dinners

14.36 - 2009: Opportunity lost?

15.59 - Losing Dad

17.33 - 2013 semi-final madness

19.00 - Thriving on the challenge

20.05 - Best of the RFL

22.02 - Proudest moment

22.46 - Giving back to the kids

23.38 - Fast 5

In our 5th edition of Riverland Footy Folklore brought to you by BJR Painting Services, we chat footy with Waikerie champion Damian Stevens.

In our most in-depth edition yet, Stevo discussed his time with South Adelaide, his individual and team success with Waikerie and plenty of other stuff along the way.

1.05 - Growing up with Shayne

2.44 - South comes calling

4.15 - Slow starter

5.39 - A shame they weren't bigger

8.04 - An intimidating experience

10.23 - Stevo v Lehmo

13.20 - Panther talent and personalities

17.21 - Grand final heartbreak

20.13 - Moving to the country

25.17 - Proud moment

26.55 - Representing the zone

29.44 - Zone shenanigans

31.08 - First flag with Waikerie

34.25 - Back-to-back

35.43 - Whillas winner

38.30 - Copping the tag

43.11 - Flag number three

45.35 - Working with indigenous youth

47.15 - Fast 5

In the 4th edition of Riverland Footy Folklore, brought to you by BJR Painting Services, we sit down with 430-game umpiring veteran Todd Charlton.

During the wide-ranging interview we discuss his cricket career, umpire respect and abuse, Waikerie Football Club legend Jon Matthews and also his father Graham's legacy.

0.39 - Starting out with the whistle

1.28 - Cricket is number one

2.12 - A talented junior

3.50 - Good grounding

4.48 - SA Outbacks selection

6.23 - Staying put

7.30 - The state of cricket

9.31 - Umpiring debut

12.23 - Bad days

13.22 - The bounce

14.27 - Grand finals

17.30 - Handling abuse

20.16 - Respectful players

21.44 - Jon Matthews

23.34 - Life membership

24.52 - A father, mentor and a best mate

27.45 - Graham's legacy

28.55 - Fast 5

Thanks to BJR Painting Services for helping to bring our next edition of Riverland Footy Folklore to the people!

This week we chat to Loxton North Football Club and Riverland Football League legend Craig Wooldridge about the highs and lows of his illustrious career.

0.48 - Whillas opportunity?

1.42 - Feeling invincible

3.27 - Loxton North champions

4.33 - A grade debut

5.25 - Goals galore, but no cigar

6.11 - Knee heartbreak

7.36 - Change for the better

9.27 - Tough Tigers

10.40 - Start of an era

13.31 - Loxton rivalry

15.00 - Picking one of the 4

16.09 - Taking the coaching reins

17.07 - Crutchy's passing

19.25 - Lefty a good fit

21.35 - Finishing as a player

23.25 - Coaching success

26.08 - Plotting Barmera's downfall

28.25 - The perfect game

29.45 - Bring interleague back

31.45 - LNFC culture

34.00 - Fast 5

In our second edition of Riverland Footy Folklore brought to you by BJR Painting Services, we chat to former Moorook-Kingston A grade coach and former Murray Pioneer editor Paul Mitchell.

During our chat we discuss the following:

2.40 - Car accident

5.02 - Fitness freak

8.02 - First A grade game

9.28 - Playing with Roo legends

12.10 - Moving to Moorook

15.24 - Knee trouble

16.26 - 2002 chaos

19.32 - GF heartbreak

20.54 - Duthie hopes dashed

24.11 - Characters and shenanigans

28.11 - Vic and Phil

29.50 - Going out on his own terms

30.52 - The Editor's chair

35.00 - Warriors win

36.03 - Warriors wilt

37.05 - Fast 5

Our first edition of Riverland Footy Folklore brought to you by BJR Painting Services features the enigmatic Anthony Lippis!

A veteran of eight footy clubs, Anthony has always been a divisive figure in Riverland footy, but there is no doubting the full forward's talent with a massive 992 goals kicked in his career.

In our chat we discuss the following:

- Playing for 8 different clubs

- Junior football

- Joining the formidable Panthers

- Coming home to Lyrup

- Being a different cat

- Combating the crowd

- Coaching in the 21st century