FOLLOWING the conclusion of the 2024 SANFL Women’s regular season over the weekend, we named the extended 48-player squad for our annual SANFLW Team of the Year. The full squad is based around our Team of the Weeks that are published following each round, with a minimum of four nominations to qualify automatically.

The criteria to be selected in our SANFL Women’s Team of the Year is that the players must have played seven games minimum (50 per cent) and not be on an AFL Women’s list. That being said, all AFL Women’s listed players in the SANFLW have played less than the seven matches anyway.

Of the 48 players named in the squad, minor premier South Adelaide leads the way with seven, though the Panthers are joined by a surprise packet in Woodville-West Torrens who also had seven nominees. Showing just how even the season has been, four sides have six nominees in Central District, Glenelg, Sturt and West Adelaide, while the evenness of Norwood meant the five Redlegs were named as were five Roosters.

Headlining the square are the likes of club captains Shelby Smith, Jordann Hickey, Jessica Edwards, Kate Harris, Madison Russell and Annie Falkenberg. In terms of State Academy members, a quartet of AFLW Academy members (Charlotte Riggs, Jasmine Evans, Poppy Scholz and India Rasheed) were all named, as were others such as Violet Patterson, Laela Ebert, Esther Schirmer and Monique Bessen.

West Adelaide trio Lucy Boyd, Emma Kilpatrick and Emily Mableson, and Eagles duo Grace Martin and Klaudia O’Neill were also among the squad.

The final Rookie Me Central Team of the Year featuring 24 players will be announced on Sunday, the night before the official SANFLW Team of the Year is revealed.

RMC SANFLW TOTY SQUAD:

Central District [6]: Jasmine Evans, Laitiah Huynh, Georgia Madigan, Charlotte Riggs, Katelyn Rosenzweig, Shelby Smith
Glenelg [6]: Jess Bates, Shay’Lee Dayman, Marie Martino, Jo Miller, Violet Patterson, Poppy Scholz
North Adelaide [5]: Julia Clark, Aprille Crooks, Laela Ebert, Jess Edwards, Kristi Harvey
Norwood [5]: Candice Belbin, Tahlita Buethke, Jade Halfpenny, Shai Hiscock, Kiana Lee
South Adelaide [7]: Emily Brockhurst, Jordann Hickey, Tiffany King, Soriah Moon, Nikki Nield, Esther Schirmer, Jaslynne Smith
Sturt [6]: Monique Bessen, Alisha Gepp, Kate Harris, Isobel Kuiper, India Rasheed, Georgia Swan
West Adelaide [6]: Lucy Boyd, Hannah Button, Emma Kilpatrick, Emily Mableson, Madi Russell, Zoe Venning
Woodville-West Torrens [7]: Leah Cutting, Annie Falkenberg, Marlie Fiegert, Christina Leuzzi, Grace Martin, Klaudia O’Neill, Poppy Waterford