SANFL Women's League

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SANFL Women's League
Most recent season or competition:
2025 SANFL Women's League season
Sport Australian rules football
FoundedFebruary 2017
First season 2017
Administrator SANFL
No. of teams8
CountryAustralia
Most recent
champion(s)		 South Adelaide
(4th premiership)
Most titles South Adelaide
(4 premierships)
Broadcaster(s) Seven Network (Grand Final only)
Official website www.sanfl.com.au/women

SANFL Women's League (also known as the SANFLW or the Hostplus SANFL Women's League) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in South Australia.

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History

The league was launched in February 2017, initially comprising four clubs from the men's South Australian National Football League (SANFL). The league now features eight teams, and acts as the second primary competition for South Australian female footballers underneath the semi-professional national AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, as well as being one of the three elite leagues in women's Australian rules football (the VFLW, SANFLW and WAFLW).

The SANFLW usually runs from February to May, meaning it partially overlapped with the AFLW season prior to AFLW Season 7, and so has been mostly played by players either not yet drafted by an AFLW club or AFLW listed players not selected for a senior premiership match.

In 2022, the SANFL Commission introduced the SANFL Women's Development League, a seven-week reserves competition providing players from the eight clubs with the opportunity to play at a level beneath the senior competition. [1]

Clubs

The first season comprised four SANFL clubs: Norwood, Glenelg, North Adelaide and West Adelaide. [2] The following year, Sturt and South Adelaide were admitted to the competition, with Woodville-West Torrens and Central District being admitted in 2019. [3]

Neither of the state's two AFL clubs, Adelaide and Port Adelaide, who field reserves teams in the SANFL, field teams in the SANFLW; Adelaide were a foundation club of the AFLW in 2017, while Port Adelaide entered the league in 2022.

Club NameClub ColoursClub NicknameHome venueEst.First SANFLW
season		SANFLW
seasons		SANFLW
premierships		Most
recent
Central District
Central District Football Club colours.jpg
Bulldogs Elizabeth Oval 19592019712023
Glenelg
RichmondDesign.svg
Tigers Glenelg Oval 19202017912021
North Adelaide
North Adelaide design.jpg
Roosters Prospect Oval 18882017922022
Norwood
Norwood Football Club colours (SANFL).svg
Redlegs Norwood Oval 18782017912017
South Adelaide
South Adelaide Football Club colours.jpg
Panthers Hickinbotham Oval 18762018842025
Sturt
Sturt Football Club colours.jpg
Double Blues Unley Oval 1901201880—
West Adelaide
EssendonDesign.svg
Bloods Richmond Oval 1892201790--
Woodville-West Torrens
Woodville-West Torrens Football Club colours.jpg
Eagles Woodville Oval 1991201970—

Honours

Premiers

This lists the most recent premiers. For a full list of premiers see List of SANFL Women's League premiers.

Best and Fairest Award

This lists the most recent best and fairest winner. For a full list of winners see SANFL Women's League Best and Fairest Award.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SANFL to expand elite talent competitions in 2022". SANFL.com.au. 1 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "SANFL launches new women's league for 2017". Adelaide Now. 14 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "2019 Statewide Super Women's League Launch". sanfl.com.au. 1 February 2019.
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