2025 SANFL Women's League season

2025 SANFL Women's season
Date	15 March – 27 July 2025
Teams	8
Premiers	South Adelaide 4th premiership
Minor premiers	Woodville-West Torrens 1st minor premiership
Best and fairest	Zoe Venning West Adelaide (24 votes)
Leading goalkicker	Katelyn Rosenzweig Central District (27 goals)
Matches played	60
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The 2025 SANFL Women's League season was the ninth season of the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW), the state-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The season commenced on 15 March and concluded with the grand final on 26 July 2025. ^[1]

The competition was contested by eight clubs, all of whom are affiliated with clubs from the men's South Australian National Football League (SANFL). ^[2]

Clubs

Club	Home ground	Capacity
Central District	X Convenience Oval	18,000
Glenelg	Stratarama Stadium	15,000
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	2,000
Norwood	Coopers Stadium	10,000
South Adelaide	Magain Stadium	12,000
Sturt	Unley Oval	10,000
West Adelaide	Hisense Stadium	9,000
Woodville-West Torrens	Maughan Thiem Kia Oval	15,000

Home-and-away season

• Full list of fixtures available here

Round 1

	Round 1
Saturday, 15 March (11:00 am)	Woodville-West Torrens 8.5 (53)	def.	Sturt 2.6 (18)	Eastern Parade Reserve	[3]
Saturday, 15 March (6:30 pm)	South Adelaide 7.11 (53)	def.	Norwood 4.5 (29)	Magain Stadium
Sunday, 16 March (12:00 pm)	Central District 7.10 (52)	def.	Glenelg 3.3 (21)	X Convenience Oval
Sunday, 16 March (2:00 pm)	West Adelaide 5.7 (37)	def.	North Adelaide 4.8 (32)	Hisense Stadium

Round 2

	Round 2
Saturday, 22 March (12:30 pm)	Central District 6.7 (43)	def.	Sturt 6.3 (39)	X Convenience Oval	[4]
Saturday, 22 March (12:30 pm)	Norwood 2.3 (15)	def. by	West Adelaide 5.12 (42)	Coopers Stadium
Saturday, 22 March (1:30 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 7.9 (51)	def.	Glenelg 6.3 (39)	Eastern Parade Reserve
Sunday, 23 March (12:30 pm)	South Adelaide 1.7 (13)	def. by	North Adelaide 3.4 (22)	Magain Stadium

Round 3

	Round 3
Saturday, 29 March (12:30 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 12.9 (81)	def.	Central District 3.9 (27)	Eastern Parade Reserve	[5]
Saturday, 29 March (6:00 pm)	Sturt 4.8 (32)	def.	Glenelg 0.6 (6)	Summit Sport and Recreation Park
Sunday, 30 March (12:00 pm)	West Adelaide 2.4 (16)	def. by	South Adelaide 4.6 (30)	Hisense Stadium
Sunday, 30 March (2:20 pm)	Norwood 3.5 (23)	def.	North Adelaide 3.1 (19)	Hisense Stadium

Round 4

	Round 4
Saturday, 5 April (11:50 am)	Woodville-West Torrens 7.7 (49)	def.	Norwood 1.5 (11)	Maughan Thiem Kia Oval	[6]
Saturday, 5 April (12:30 pm)	North Adelaide 7.10 (52)	def.	Glenelg 3.4 (22)	Prospect Oval
Sunday, 6 April (11:50 am)	Sturt 3.4 (22)	def.	West Adelaide 2.6 (18)	Thomas Farms Oval
Sunday, 6 April (2:00 pm)	South Adelaide 6.12 (48)	def.	Central District 7.5 (47)	Magain Stadium

Round 5

	Round 5 (Easter Weekend)
Friday, 18 April (10:00 am)	North Adelaide 8.9 (57)	def.	Central District 3.4 (22)	Prospect Oval	[7]
Friday, 18 April (11:20 am)	Glenelg 4.7 (31)	def. by	South Adelaide 7.5 (47)	Stratarama Stadium
Friday, 18 April (11:50 am)	West Adelaide 3.4 (22)	def. by	Woodville-West Torrens 6.4 (40)	Hisense Stadium
Friday, 18 April (2:10 pm)	Sturt 7.3 (45)	def.	Norwood 6.6 (42)	Thomas Farms Oval

Round 6

	Round 6 (ANZAC Round)
Friday, 25 April (5:00 pm)	Glenelg 1.2 (8)	def. by	Norwood 2.7 (19)	Stratarama Stadium	[8]
Saturday, 26 April (2:50 pm)	West Adelaide 4.10 (34)	def. by	Central District 7.4 (46)	Hisense Stadium
Saturday, 26 April (2:50 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 9.6 (60)	def.	North Adelaide 3.1 (19)	Maughan Thiem Kia Oval
Sunday, 27 April (9:20 am)	Sturt 3.3 (21)	def. by	South Adelaide 8.14 (62)	Thomas Farms Oval

Round 7

	Round 7
Saturday, 10 May (9:40 am)	West Adelaide 4.3 (27);	def.	Sturt 5.4 (34)	Hisense Stadium
Saturday, 10 May (12:00 pm)	Central District 3.7 (25)	def. by	South Adelaide 7.1 (43)	X Convenience Oval
Sunday, 11 May (9:40 am)	North Adelaide 8.3 (51)	def.	Norwood 4.6 (30)	Prospect Oval
Sunday, 11 May (12:10 pm)	Glenelg 5.5 (35)	def. by	Woodville-West Torrens 14.6 (90)	Stratarama Stadium

Round 8

	Round 8
Saturday, 17 May (11:00 am)	Glenelg 7.7 (49)	def.	Central District 6.10 (46)	Stratarama Stadium
Saturday, 17 May (11:00 am)	Norwood 0.7 (7)	def. by	Woodville-West Torrens 8.9 (57)	Coopers Stadium
Saturday, 17 May (11:00 am)	North Adelaide 5.4 (34)	def.	West Adelaide 0.4 (4)	Prospect Oval
Sunday, 18 May (1:00 pm)	South Adelaide 9.9 (63)	def.	Sturt 3.2 (20)	Strathalbyn Oval

Round 9

	Round 9 (First Nations Round Week 1)
Saturday, 24 May (11:50 am)	Norwood	v	Central District	Coopers Stadium
Saturday, 24 May (12:00 pm)	Sturt	v	North Adelaide	Thomas Farms Oval
Saturday, 24 May (12:10 am)	Woodville-West Torrens	v	South Adelaide	Maughan Thiem Kia Oval
Saturday, 24 May (4:55 pm)	Glenelg	v	West Adelaide	Stratarama Stadium

Round 10

	Round 10 (First Nations Round Week 2)
Saturday, 31 May (11:00 am)	West Adelaide	v	Norwood	Hisense Stadium
Saturday, 31 May (12:10 pm)	North Adelaide	v	Woodville-West Torrens	Prospect Oval
Saturday, 31 May (12:10 am)	South Adelaide	v	Glenelg	Magain Stadium
Saturday, 31 May (2:50 pm)	Sturt	v	Central District	Thomas Farms Oval

Round 11

	Round 11 (King's Birthday Weekend)
Saturday, 7 June (12:00 pm)	Central District	v	Woodville-West Torrens	X Convenience Oval
Saturday, 7 June (12:00 pm)	South Adelaide	v	West Adelaide	Magain Stadium
Sunday, 8 June (5:00 pm)	Glenelg	v	North Adelaide	Stratarama Stadium
Monday, 9 June (12:10 pm)	Sturt	v	Norwood	Thomas Farms Oval

Round 12

	Round 12
Saturday, 21 June (12:00 pm)	Central District	v	North Adelaide	X Convenience Oval
Saturday, 21 June (12:00 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens	v	West Adelaide	Maughan Thiem Kia Oval
Sunday, 22 June (11:50 am)	Glenelg	v	Sturt	Stratarama Stadium
Sunday, 22 June (12:10 pm)	Norwood	v	South Adelaide	Coopers Stadium

Round 13

	Round 13
Saturday, 28 June (TBC)	Central District	v	West Adelaide	X Convenience Oval
Saturday, 28 June (TBC)	Sturt	v	Woodville-West Torrens	Thomas Farms Oval
Saturday, 28 June (TBC)	North Adelaide	v	South Adelaide	Prospect Oval
Saturday, 28 June (TBC)	Norwood	v	Glenelg	Coopers Stadium

Round 14

	Round 14
5/6 July (TBC)	Central District	v	Norwood	X Convenience Oval
5/6 July (TBC)	North Adelaide	v	Sturt	Thomas Farms Oval
5/6 July (TBC)	West Adelaide	v	Glenelg	Prospect Oval
5/6 July (TBC)	South Adelaide	v	Woodville-West Torrens	Coopers Stadium

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Woodville-West Torrens	14	12	2	0	689	329	67.68	24	Finals series
2	South Adelaide (P)	14	12	2	0	552	350	61.20	24
3	North Adelaide	14	7	7	0	413	371	52.68	14
4	Sturt	14	7	7	0	378	485	43.80	14
5	Central District	14	6	8	0	568	617	47.93	12
6	West Adelaide	14	5	9	0	350	401	46.60	10
7	Norwood	14	4	10	0	402	565	41.57	8
8	Glenelg	14	3	11	0	354	588	37.58	6

Source: Australian Football
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Semi-finals

	First Semi Final
Sunday, 13 July (2:00pm)	North Adelaide 1.2 (8)	def. by	Sturt 5.2 (32)	Maughan Thiem Kia Oval

	Second Semi Final
Sunday, 13 July (12:00pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 4.6 (30)	def.	South Adelaide 4.5 (29)	Maughan Thiem Kia Oval
Woodville-West Torrens's win by one point was the first time in competition history a final had been decided by one point.

Preliminary final

	Preliminary Final
Sunday, 20 July (12:00pm)	South Adelaide 7.6 (48)	def.	Sturt 0.3 (3)	Magain Stadium
Sturt's score is the lowest in SANFL Women's League finals history.

Grand Final

	2025 SANFLW Grand Final
Sunday, 27 July (2:15 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens	def. by	South Adelaide	Stratarama Stadium (crowd: 2,831)	Report
	0.2 (2) 0.4 (4) 1.6 (12) 2.6 (28)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.1 (13) 4.2 (26) 5.4 (34) 6.5 (41)	Umpires: P. Orr, J. Abbott, R. Williams Best on ground: Emma Charlton (South Adelaide) Television broadcast: Seven Network
A. Blanden, R. Lynch		Goals	E. Brockhurst, L. Northcutt, H. Taylor, L. Clifton, L. Cockatoo-Motlop, L. Vizgaudis
C. Leuzzi, Z. Niemann, L. Moore, A. Falkenberg		Best	E. Charlton, T. King, S. Moon, L. Clifton, C. Couch, E. Schirmer, L. Vizgaudis, M. Tape

Awards

• SANFL Women's Best and Fairest

Zoe Venning – 24 votes (West Adelaide)

• Coaches Award

Christina Leuzzi – 74 votes (Woodville-West Torrens)

• Leading Goal Kicker Award

Katelyn Rosenzweig – 27 goals (Central District)

• Leadership Award

Jess Bates (Glenelg)

• Breakthrough Player

Imogen Trengrove (Woodville-West Torrens)

• Development League Premiers

Glenelg

Sources: ^{[9] [10] [11]}

2025 SANFL Women's Team of the Year ^[12]

B:	Jaslynne Smith (South Adelaide)	Jamie Parish (North Adelaide)
HB:	Laela Ebert (North Adelaide)	Tiffany King (South Adelaide)	Maia Freemantle (Woodville-West Torrens)
C:	Zoe Venning (West Adelaide)	Christina Leuzzi (c) (Woodville-West Torrens)	Monique Bessen (Sturt)
HF:	Imogen Trengove (Woodville-West Torrens)	Kaitlyn Rosenzweig (Central District)	Jade Halfpenny (Norwood)
F:	Lucy Waye (Woodville-West Torrens)	Klaudia O'Neill (Woodville-West Torrens)
Foll:	Soriah Moon (South Adelaide)	Jess Bates (vc) (Glenelg)	Isobel Kuiper (Sturt)
Int:	Taya Maxwell (South Adelaide)	Emma Charlton (South Adelaide)	Hannah Button (West Adelaide)
	Kiana Lee (Norwood)	Lucy Moore (Woodville-West Torrens)
Coach:	Narelle Smith (Woodville-West Torrens)

Representative matches

Two representative fixtures were organised for SANFLW-listed players. A match against the VFL Women's during the 2025 AFL's Gather Round was played for the first time since the formation of both competitions in 2016 and 2017 respectively. ^[13] This was followed by a contest against the WAFL Women's the following month. ^[14]

	2025 AAMI State Game
Friday, 11 April (18:30 ACST)	SANFL Women	def. by	VFL Women	Alberton Oval, Adelaide	[15] [16]
	0.1 (1) 1.6 (7) 2.11 (23) 4.12 (36)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.2 (26) 7.2 (44) 8.5 (53) 9.9 (63)	Best on ground players: Christina Leuzzi (SANFLW) & Tahlia Fellows (VFLW) Television broadcast: afl.com.au
L. Breguet, K. Lee, C. Leuzzi, K. Rosenzweig		Goals	T. Fellows 4 L. Williamson 2 E. Chaston, N. Dojiok, S. Whiting
C. Leuzzi, J. Bates, L. Ebert, Z. Venning, M. Anderson, T. King		Best	T. Fellows, A. Barba, D. Carbone, L. Williamson, E. Chaston, S. Casey

	2025 State Game
Saturday, 3 May (13:15 ACST)	SANFL Women	def.	WAFL Women	Adelaide Oval	[17]
	2.0 (12) 3.1 (19) 4.2 (26) 6.5 (41)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.1 (7) 3.7 (25) 3.9 (27) 4.9 (33)	Best on ground players: Laela Ebert (SANFLW) & Lisa Steane (WAFLW)
L. Breguet, K. Lee 2, K. Rosenzweig, Z. Venning		Goals	I. Shannon, C. Lindgren, F. Dethlefsen, T. Ferguson
L. Ebert, J. Bates, L. Cutting, Z. Venning, S. Moon, K. Rosenzweig		Best	L. Steane, K. Petrevski, I. Shannon, J. Harken, T. Milder, S. Goranova

See also

• 2025 SANFL season

References

1. Zac Milbank (22 December 2024). "2025 Hostplus SANFLW League Fixture Release". sanfl.com.au.
2. "Norwood left devastated as South Adelaide claims SANFLW Premiership". norwoodfc.com.au. 6 July 2024.
3. "Round 1 Hostplus SANFLW Match Wraps". sanfl.com.au. 17 March 2025. Archived from the original on 17 March 2025.
4. "Round 2 Hostplus SANFLW Match Wraps". sanfl.com.au. 24 March 2025. Archived from the original on 24 March 2025.
5. "Round 3 Hostplus SANFLW Match Wraps". sanfl.com.au. 30 March 2025. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025.
6. "Round 4 Hostplus SANFLW Match Wraps". sanfl.com.au. 6 April 2025. Archived from the original on 6 April 2025.
7. "Round 5 Hostplus SANFLW Match Wraps". sanfl.com.au. 19 April 2025. Archived from the original on 20 April 2025.
8. "Round 6 Hostplus SANFLW Match Wraps". sanfl.com.au. 28 April 2025. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025.
9. Milbank, Zac (21 July 2025). "Zoe Venning wins 2025 SANFLW Best and Fairest". sanfl.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
10. Bull, Alexandra (21 July 2025). "Trengove wins Hostplus SANFLW Powerade Breakthrough Player". sanfl.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
11. "Glenelg wins 2025 Hostplus SANFLW Development League Grand Final". sanfl.com.au. 28 April 2025.
12. Bull, Alexandra (21 June 2025). "2025 The Advertiser SANFLW Team of the Year". sanfl.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
13. "VFL and SANFL rivalry set for historic new chapter". AFL.com.au. 21 February 2025. Archived from the original on 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
14. "2025 WAFLW Fixtures Confirmed". wafootball.com. 20 December 2024.
15. Gemma Bastiani (11 April 2025). "Big V triumphant in inaugural rep clash". afl.com.au.
16. "VFLW defeat SANFLW in AAMI State Game". sanfl.com.au. 11 April 2025.
17. Steve Barrett (3 May 2025). "SANFLW State Team defeat WAFLW on home soil". sanfl.com.au.

External links

• SANFL Women's official website