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2025 SANFLW Round 14 preview

AFTER an entertaining season, it all comes down to the final round. Five SANFL Women’s sides will fill out the final four spots, with South Adelaide, Woodville-West Torrens and North Adelaide locked in, while Sturt and Central District will hope to win their respective matches to secure fourth. But even up the other end of […]

Bates brilliance spearheads Bays to upset

GLENELG has thrown a cat amongst the pigeons with a terrific five-point upset win over Sturt in Round 12 of the SANFL Women’s thanks to a remarkable performance from retiring champion Jess Bates. The Bays notched up win number two after coming from behind at three quarter time to post a 4.9 (33) to 4.4 […]

2025 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 11

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 […]

Finals beckon for rampant Roosters

BARRING a complete disaster in the last three rounds, last year’s wooden spooners North Adelaide will play SANFL Women’s finals this year, marking an incredible turnaround for their wooden spoon season of 2024. Despite losing a host of experience over the off-season, the Roosters, lead by new coach Kelly Barltrop have posted seven wins from […]

RECAP | 2025 SANFLW – Round 5

WOODVILLE-West Torrens’ first finals appearance is edging closer by the week with the Eagles moving to 5-0 in the 2025 SANFL Women’s season. They toppled West Adelaide thanks to a fast start, while reigning wooden spooners North Adelaide are third after another win, this time over Central District. In the other match, South Adelaide handed […]

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 […]

Bays clinch double chance

GLENELG secured a double chance in the 2024 SANFL Women’s finals series with a nail-biting one-point win over Woodville-West Torrens on Saturday. Having dropped down to third spot after a three consecutive losses, the Bays were in danger of being sent to a do-or-die elimination final, but managed to secure the double chance thanks to […]

2024 SANFLW R11 wrap: Bottom beats top as Roosters roll on

NORTH Adelaide has shown it can beat any side on its given day despite being anchored to the bottom of the latter, stunning first placed Glenelg in a remarkable 11-point win. Since losing their first nine games, the Roosters have won two on the trot under interim coach Kelly Barltrop, this time knocking of the […]

Bays and Redlegs split points in SANFLW draw

FIVE weeks after sensationally winning Glenelg the game against Norwood back in Round 6 of the SANFL Women’s season, bottom-age forward Eloise Mackereth was again breaking Redlegs hearts after critically rushing a behind through her own goals in order to tie the scores and secure a point for the Bays. Her plan worked to perfection, […]

Scouting notes: 2024 WAFLW vs. SANFLW

IT was a fierce but entertaining contest, but in the end, the SANFL Women’s came away with a 16-point win over the WAFL Women’s at Optus Stadium on Saturday. Jess Bates and Zippy Fish won their respective sides’ MVPs, but they were not the only ones who impressed on the day. We took note of […]

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