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2025 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 2

A SECOND successive win for West Adelaide to open the 2025 SANFL Women’s season saw the Bloods become the most represented side in our Round 2 Team of the Week. West Adelaide boast four players in our 24-strong squad, with fellow winners and unbeaten sides Central District and Woodville-West Torrens having three. >> MOTR: Central […]

RECAP | 2025 SANFLW – Round 2

LAST year’s wooden spooners toppled the reigning premiers in a defensive scrap, while Woodville-West Torrens survived a Glenelg fightback and West Adelaide kicked away against Norwood in Round 2 of the SANFL Women’s competition. >> SANFLW Round 2 MOTR: Dogs at the death, Central survives Sturt surge OTHER ROUND 2 RESULTS: West Adelaide kicked clear […]

2025 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 1

A NEW SANFL Women’s season opened with some terrific individual performances and each of the eight teams has between two and four representatives in our Round 1 Team of the Week. In the case of comfortable winners South Adelaide, Central District and Woodville-West Torrens there were a quartet of representatives with West Adelaide and Glenelg […]

RECAP | 2025 SANFLW – Round 1

THERE was a theme to three of the Round 1 SANFL Women’s winners, with almost identical scores for Woodville-West Torrens, South Adelaide and Central District. While each of the teams put up a total score of 52 or 53, they also kept their opponents to under five goals in comfortable victories to kick off their […]

2025 SANFLW team preview: Glenelg

DESPITE feelings of disappointment with the Bays’ straight sets finals exit last year, the Glenelg playing group is focused on only looking forward in the 2025 SANFL Women’s season under new coach, Talia Radan. Taking over the reins from Lexia Edwards at the end of last season, Radan said she had deliberately not touched on […]

2024 AFLW Draft preview: Port Adelaide Power

PORT ADELAIDE had the largest list turnovers prior to Trade Week with a massive four retirements and a further four players being delisted or self-delisted. Former Rising Star Hannah Ewings crossed to Adelaide, with Sydney defender Ella Heads the sole inclusion alongside five current list spots and four new picks. >> FREE: View the 2024 AFLW Draft […]

Redlegs march into SANFLW Grand Final

NORWOOD will look to defy the odds to win the 2024 SANFL Women’s premiership from fourth spot after reach the grand final following a hard-fought win over Glenelg on Saturday. The Redlegs stormed ahead after a remarkable three-goal second term from Kiana Lee, only for the Bays to catch them and the visitors needing a […]

“Overwhelmed” Nield strives to live in the moment

SOUTH Australia’s latest SANFL Women’s Best and Fairest winner Nikki Nield is not thinking beyond next week. Her South Adelaide Panthers will prepare for a second successive grand final against the winner of Glenelg and Norwood, and though Nield can bask in a little glory for now, she will save that for when the job […]

Nield claims record-breaking SANFLW best and fairest

A SURPRISED Nikki Nield was crowned the SANFL Women’s League Best and Fairest tonight, reigning supreme after polling a record 27 votes to pip Jess Bates in the last two rounds as the star midfielders dominated the count. Upon being awarded the medal, Nield apologised for not preparing a speech as she had expected Bates […]

Panthers book second straight decider

SOUTH Adelaide showed no sign of slowing down despite having the minor premiership and double chance, with the Panthers putting away Glenelg by 28 points at Noarlunga on Saturday. In the first of the two semi-finals, South Adelaide kicked four goals to one in the first half, then weathered a strong Glenelg third term before […]

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