ALICE Tentye arrived at Woodville-West Torrens from the Gambier league as an unknown quantity at the level midway through 2025. By the end of that season she had helped drive the Eagles to a grand final. By Round 5 of 2026, she was producing the best football of her life – and doing it on back of a State Game best-on-ground that had already announced her to anyone who wasn’t watching.

Alice Tentye
Club: Woodville-West Torrens
Height: 163cm
Date of Birth: 09/09/2005

STRENGTHS:

+ Contested work
+ Two-way running
+ Clearance ability
+ Groundballs
+ Production
+ Speed-endurance mix

IMPROVEMENTS:

– Disposal efficiency under pressure
– Aerial ability

ROUND 5: vs. Glenelg Statistics: 31 disposals, 2 marks, 14 tackles, 9 clearances, 7 inside 50s, 2 rebound 50s

FIRST QUARTER

Tentye started on-ball and was immediately a presence – pushing forward to take a mark at half-forward and kicking to a hotspot in the opening exchanges, before shuffling out a handball as she was being tackled third minute to keep possession. A couple of minutes later, a quick handball receive from the middle was followed by a neat sidestep and a lateral kick into a one-on-one that worked out. She was already showing what she does best: keeping the ball moving and the opposition guessing.

The quarter wasn’t all clean – she was pinged for holding the ball in the middle early on, and an attempted tackle on Isla Wiencke at the seven-minute mark didn’t come off. But the competitive intensity was unbroken. A terrific contested win over Maya Vonarx saw her wrestle the ball out at ground level and handball away at half-back.

She then picked up cleanly at speed just inside 50 and tried her left boot on the opposite side – intercepted by the defender, but she won a free shortly after and followed up by again kicking to the hotspot. Two more moments of contest-winning work came in the final three minutes of the term, and she reached the first break with 10 disposals.

SECOND QUARTER

The second quarter was a quieter accumulation. Back on-ball, she produced quick hands from the restart, before getting caught holding the ball in the opening minute, taking too long to get the handball away as she spun. The big tick here though was the lack of panic, still disposing of the ball, but pinged due to the time it took to do so. Never rushed.

A handball shuffled out along the ground on the wing and then a thumping kick into the middle from a handball receive at half-back at the 10th minute demonstrated her engine – she was running hard all day. A handball away in a tackle at the 17-minute mark was half-smothered, before she was caught and brought over the line inside 50 just before half-time. Her quietest term saw Tentye finish with 14 disposals at the main break.

THIRD QUARTER

The third quarter reinforced the nature of her best football. Back on-ball from the opening ball-up, she was quick with her hands on the wing before dropping a mark – she recovered immediately and thumped a long kick that was intercepted.

A nicely composed moment at the eight-minute mark saw her move from defence with a clean kick to half-back before pushing forward and marking to kick to half-forward. That play transitioning from defence to offence showed her ability to win repeat possessions and showcase her speed-endurance mix.

A powerful tackle locked up Asha Dufour at the centre ball-up at the 12-minute mark, then later in the term she broke away from a contest at the centre and thumped it to half-forward before the pressure arrived. Another free kick for being held followed at the in the dying moments, leading to a clearance from the stoppage at centre half-forward. Another eight disposals in the quarter took her tall to 22 with a term to play.

FOURTH QUARTER

The final quarter showed exactly what Tentye is made of. She was bumped off the opening ball-up but responded immediately with a series of fierce tackles – the kind of repeated, physical work that emphasises why her work off-ball is just as impressive as her work with the pill.

In the fourth minute, Tentye won a free kick in the middle and hit a target out on the wing with good vision, an effective kick that opened the game up. As she racked up another nine touches to her name, Tentye’s best highlight included a quick clearance by foot which was followed immediately by another contest won and a handball cleared – two pieces of hard work within seconds of each other to round out a relentless afternoon.

SUMMARY

Tentye came into the Eagles program midway through the season last year after dominating in the Gambier League. While some are capable of making the jump up and not look out of place, Tentye rose to the point where opposition coaches – such as South Adelaide three-time premiership coach Rick Watts – were actually trying to null her influence.

Tentye’s fundamentals have improved since coming into the Eagles’ program and her ability to find the ball and have a profound impact around the contest only further adds to her profile. She always had that speed-endurance mix that clubs love, and with a balance of athleticism and hardness, inside and outside ball-winning and as she showed in the country, a knack for hitting the scoreboard, and Tentye has the complete package.

If her ability within South Australia was not already evident, she came to play on the biggest stage, winning best-on for the SANFLW in the league’s heavy loss to the WAFLW a fortnight ago. Tentye has gone from a hard contested ball-winner who could pop up with 20 touches and a goal to now a genuine high production player who has the traits that should have AFLW clubs really honing in on her as a readymade option.