Riverland Footy Folklore Marks Up

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