SANFL Women's League
SANFL Women's League (also known as the SANFLW or the Statewide Super Women's League) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in South Australia. The league was launched in February 2017, initially comprising four clubs from the men's South Australian National Football League (SANFL). The league now features eight teams and is the second primary competition for South Australian female footballers underneath the semi-professional national AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.
Current season, competition or edition: 2021 SANFL Women's League season | |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
|---|---|
| Founded | February 2017 |
| Administrator | SANFL |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country | Australia |
| Most recent champion(s) | North Adelaide (1st premiership) |
| Most titles | South Adelaide (2 premierships) |
| TV partner(s) | Seven Network (Grand Final only) |
| Official website | www.sanfl.com.au/women |
The league usually runs from February to May, meaning it partially overlaps with the AFLW season and so is mostly played by players either not yet drafted by an AFLW club or by players who are AFLW listed though not selected for a senior premiership match.
Clubs
The first season comprised four SANFL clubs; Norwood, Glenelg, North Adelaide and West Adelaide.[1] The following year Sturt and South Adelaide were admitted to the competition, before expanding again with the addition of Woodville-West Torrens and Central District in 2019.[2] Neither of the state's two AFL clubs (Adelaide and Port Adelaide, who field reserves teams in the SANFL) field teams in the SANFLW league. Adelaide are a foundation club of the AFLW competition and Port Adelaide are not currently a member of the league.
| Club | Nickname | Home venue | Est. | First SANFLW season |
SANFLW seasons |
SANFLW premierships |
Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central District | Bulldogs | Elizabeth Oval | 1959 | 2019 | 2 | — | — |
| Glenelg | Tigers | Glenelg Oval | 1920 | 2017 | 4 | — | — |
| North Adelaide | Roosters | Prospect Oval | 1888 | 2017 | 4 | 1 | 2020 |
| Norwood | Redlegs | Norwood Oval | 1878 | 2017 | 4 | 1 | 2017 |
| South Adelaide | Panthers | Hickinbotham Oval | 1876 | 2018 | 3 | 2 | 2019 |
| Sturt | Double Blues | Unley Oval | 1901 | 2018 | 3 | — | — |
| West Adelaide | Bloods | Richmond Oval | 1892 | 2017 | 4 | — | — |
| Woodville-West Torrens | Eagles | Woodville Oval | 1991 | 2019 | 2 | — | — |
Honours
Premiers
This lists the most recent premiers. For a full list of premiers see List of SANFL Women's League premiers.
- 2020: North Adelaide
Best and Fairest Award
This lists the most recent best and fairest winner. For a full list of winners see SANFL Women's League Best and Fairest Award.
- 2020: Anne Hatchard & Rachelle Martin
References
- "SANFL launches new women's league for 2017". Adelaide Now. 14 February 2017.
- "2019 Statewide Super Women's League Launch". sanfl.com.au. 1 February 2019.