THE EAGLES have taken flight in our Round 11 SANFL Women’s Team of the Week with six representatives making up one quarter of the side. Woodville-West Torrens leads all-comers with second placed South Adelaide (four), ahead of the team they beat in West Adelaide, and fellow winners, North Adelaide and Norwood (all three).

Captaining the side after another enormous performance through the ruck is South Adelaide’s Soriah Moon who had 22 disposals, seven tackles, 44 hitouts and 10 clearances in the win over West Adelaide. Her deputy for the hypothetical team is Glenelg ball-winner Jess Bates (33 disposals, 11 tackles and eight clearances) after another incredible outing in midfield despite a loss to North Adelaide.

Moon finds herself in the side along with veteran midfielder Caitlin Couch (16 disposals, 16 tackles and six clearances), hard-running wing Lauren Clifton and bottom-age utility Taya Maxwell who were part of an even team performance. Glenelg on the other hand had just one more representative with skipper Samantha Franson (24 disposals, four marks, six tackles, five clearances and five inside 50s) providing plenty of run and carry between the arcs.

Woodville-West Torrens dominated once more with half a dozen players including four on the field and three inside 50. Usual suspect Christina Leuzzi (18 disposals, 10 clearances and a goal) was named at half-forward for the round, with Alice Tentye (21 disposals, six tackles, five inside 50s and a goal) and Klaudia O’Neill (two goals) both standing tall.

Young gun midfield duo Maia Freemantle (21 disposals, eight tackles and seven clearances) and Lucy Moore (22 disposals, nine tackles and three clearances) were both prominent around the ball, while ruck Leah Cutting (18 disposals, three marks, six tackles, 41 hitouts, four clearances and five inside 50s) was phenomenal but was only bettered for the starting ruck role by a rare bigger outing.

In defence, North Adelaide hold down both key position posts with Jamie Parish and Polly Turner making it for another week. The Roosters backs combined for 43 disposals, seven marks and 15 rebound 50s in the low-scoring win over Glenelg. Djimila Totham was the other North Adelaide player in the side named on the bench.

Norwood also managed three representatives for Round 10 with bottom-ager Charlee Brooksby (15 disposals, three marks and six inside 50s) named at half-back, while strong marking targets Jade Halfpenny and Kiana Lee take up two of the remaining three forwardline spots. West Adelaide’s Ruby Ballard (19 disposals, 11 tackles and six clearances) took the other place at half-forward, while her teammate Emily Mableson was busy off half-back.

The third West Adelaide representative was Hannah Button who broke the SANFLW tackle record with 24, alongside 13 disposals and three clearances. Sturt duo Isobel Kuiper (26 disposals, five tackles and 13 clearances) and Gypsy Schirmer (16 disposals, two marks and seven rebound 50s), were also in the side. Schirmer is in the other pocket to Central District’s Madison Lane (17 disposals, two marks, three tackles and six rebound 50s) who was the Dogs’ sole representative.

The three emergencies for Round 10 were Glenelg’s Georgie Fielder, North Adelaide’s Ash George and Sturt’s Georgia Swan in an even round of action.

2025 SANFLW TEAM OF THE WEEK: ROUND 10

B: Madison Lane (Central District) – Jamie Parish (North Adelaide) – Gypsy Schirmer (Sturt)
HB: Charlee Brooksby (Norwood) – Polly Turner (North Adelaide) – Emily Mableson (West Adelaide)
C: Maia Freemantle (WWT Eagles) – Caitlin Couch (South Adelaide) – Lauren Clifton (South Adelaide)
HF: Christina Leuzzi (WWT Eagles) – Jade Halfpenny (Norwood) – Ruby Ballard (West Adelaide)
F: Alice Tentye (WWT Eagles) – Klaudia O’Neill (WWT Eagles) – Kiana Lee (Norwood) 
R: Soriah Moon (South Adelaide) (c) – Jess Bates (Glenelg) (vc) – Isobel Kuiper (Sturt)
INT: Hannah Button (West Adelaide) – Leah Cutting (WWT Eagles) – Sam Franson (Glenelg) – Taya Maxwell (South Adelaide) – Lucy Moore (WWT Eagles) – Djimila Totham (North Adelaide)

EMG: Georgie Fielder (Glenelg) – Ash George (North Adelaide) – Georgia Swan (Sturt)