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Anderson goes to work after draft omission

SOUTH Adelaide’s Melissa Anderson was one of the many thousands of people each year who missed out on reaching the elite level in her top-age season. In what was only her first year of SANFL Women’s football back in 2023, the talented Panthers prospect never lost hope, and always had the faith that she could […]

TOP 5s | 2025 AFLW State Draft Combines

A WEST Australian speedster and agile Gippsland draft bolter were among the most prominent individual results at the AFL Women’s State Draft Combines across October. Claremont’s Ella Gilbey is known for her all-round athleticism, while Power player Baia Pugh showed no signs of the broken collarbone that ended her top-age season early. Gilbey recorded the […]

2025 AFLW Draft Next 30: Smalls-Mediums

LAST WEEK we released our September AFLW Draft Power Rankings featuring 30 names following the conclusion of their junior seasons. Given the even nature of the draft after the top end, we have named our next 30 players over a two-piece series, finishing in this article with the remainder of players. Below are 16 non-talls […]

2025 AFLW Draft | State Watch: South Australia

AS THE last of the competitions come to a close and the off-season begins to take off, the 2025 AFLW Draft hopefuls are still hard at it preparing for the December draft. With the upcoming AFLW National and State Draft Combines n the horizon, we take a look at state-by-state how the prospects are shaping […]

Panthers on premiership prowl, set up Eagles’ rematch

SOUTH Adelaide will face off in its third consecutive SANFL Women’s Grand Final after accounting for Sturt by more than 40 points for the third time this year. The Panthers knocked off the Double Blues by 45 points in the preliminary final yesterday, securing their place in the big dance next Sunday. In a one-sided […]

Eagles swoop into SANFLW grand final

FIRST-TIME finalists Woodville-West Torrens showed the steely resolve of an experienced lineup by edging past South Adelaide in a battle of the benchmark teams to reach the 2025 SANFL Women’s Grand Final. In a match befitting of the respective sides’ form, a goal to Klaudia O’Neill in the dying stages helped the home side secure […]

2025 SANFLW Semis preview: WWT Eagles vs South Adelaide

CLEARLY the top best sides all year face off in the second semi-final to determine which side gets the easier passage through to the SANFL Women’s Grand Final in a fortnight. Both teams have a win against the other this year and only two losses each for the season, setting up a massive encounter on […]

Eagles swoop in for SANFLW minor premiership

WOODVILLE-WEST Torrens will host week one of the SANFL Women’s finals after taking back top spot from South Adelaide on the weekend. In a funny quirk from the Round 14 fixtures, both week one finals were matches in the last stanza, though the Eagles will now take hosting rights for the chance to reach a […]

2025 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 13

SOUTH Adelaide rose to the top of the SANFL Women’s table and produced a league-high five representatives in our Round 13 Team of the Week, two more than any other side. In an otherwise even spread across the seven remaining teams, five recorded three players in the squad, while Woodville-West Torrens and North Adelaide had […]

RECAP | 2025 SANFLW – Round 13

CENTRAL District’s finals hopes are well and truly alive, ending West Adelaide’s same dream in the process, while Glenelg has built momentum into 2026 by denying reigning grand finalists Norwood a spot in the post-season, and South Adelaide ground out a six-point SANFLW victory to close out Round 13. >> SANFLW Round 13 MOTR: Sturt […]

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