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2026 SANFLW Season Preview

ANOTHER SANFL Women’s season is here with the eight teams all going back to scratch to see if one of the other seven can end the reign of South Adelaide. The Panthers have won the past two flags and loom as the side to beat yet again, but there are some challengers on the rise […]

Glenelg “excited” about experience and youth mix

GLENELG coach Talia Radan can’t wait for Round 1 of the SANFL Women’s to kick off this weekend, as the second year coach is excited for what the Bays can produce in 2026. They bottomed out last season in what was a “reset year” for the club, and while Radan insisted there were “no expectations […]

2025 SANFLW awards night preview

TONIGHT is the SANFL Women’s night of nights, where a new League Best and Fairest will be crowd. In 2024, South Adelaide’s Nikki Nield won in a thrilling count considered somewhat of an upset given that even in her acceptance speech she admitted that previous winner Jessica Bates was her tip. Will a favourite win […]

RECAP | 2025 SANFLW – Round 14

FINALS are now set in the SANFL Women’s after the completion of Round 14. Sturt’s last day win over North Adelaide denied Central District the opportunity to get back in, while West Adelaide finished on a high over Glenelg as well. >> SANFLW Round 14 MOTR: Eagles swoop in for SANFLW minor premiership OTHER ROUND […]

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 […]

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