List of SANFL Women's League premiers

This page is a complete chronological listing of SANFL Women's League premiers. The SANFL Women's League (SANFLW) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in South Australia. South Adelaide have won the most titles with three.

List of premiers

The following is a list of premiers and the grand final results.

  Premiership decided by a Grand Final
  Premiership decided by a Grand Final Replay/ET, after the scheduled Grand Final was drawn
Season Premiers Runners-up Score Best on Ground Medal Venue Date
2017 Norwood North Adelaide 9.11 (65) d. 6.2 (38) Sophie Li (Norwood) Unley Oval 1 April 2017[1]
2018 South Adelaide Norwood 4.6 (30) d. 4.1 (25) Cheyenne Hammond (South Adelaide) Unley Oval 25 April 2018[2][3]
2019 South Adelaide (2) North Adelaide (2) 4.7 (31) d. 1.3 (9) Indy Tahau (South Adelaide) Glenelg Oval 26 May 2019[4]
2020 North Adelaide South Adelaide 5.5 (35) d. 4.4 (28) Anne Hatchard (North Adelaide) Thebarton Oval 23 August 2020[5]
2021 Glenelg West Adelaide 5.10 (40) d. 2.5 (17) Ebony Marinoff (Glenelg) Thebarton Oval 5 June 2021[6]
2022 North Adelaide (2) Sturt 7.6 (48) d. 4.6 (30) Zoe Prowse (Sturt) Norwood Oval 29 May 2022[7]
2023 Central District South Adelaide (2) 4.7 (31) d. 4.4 (28) Shelby Smith (Central District) Prospect Oval 11 June 2023[8]
2024 South Adelaide (3) Norwood (2) 3.0 (18) d. 2.1 (13) Jordann Hickey (South Adelaide) Norwood Oval 6 July 2024[9]

Premierships by team

This table summarises all premierships won by each team.

Club Grand final
matches 		Premierships Runners-up Years since
last premiership
Total Years Total Years
South Adelaide 5 3 2018, 2019, 2024 2 2020, 2023 0
North Adelaide 4 2 2020, 2022 2 2017, 2019 2
Norwood 2 1 2017 2 2018, 2024 7
Glenelg 1 1 2021 0 — 3
Central District 1 1 2023 0 — 1
West Adelaide 1 0 — 1 2021 —
Sturt 1 0 — 1 2022 —
Woodville-West Torrens 0 0 — 0 — —

Table correct to the end of the 2024 season.

Premiership frequency

Club Years in
competition 		Seasons Premierships Runners-up Strike rate (based on
seasons in competition) 		Average years per
Premiership Grand final
South Adelaide 2018–present 7 3 2 42.86% 2.33 1.40
North Adelaide 2017–present 8 2 2 25.00% 4.00 2.00
Central District 2019–present 6 1 0 16.67% 6.00 6.00
Norwood 2017–present 8 1 2 12.50% 8.00 2.67
Glenelg 2017–present 8 1 0 12.50% 8.00 8.00
West Adelaide 2017–present 8 0 1 0.00% — 8.00
Sturt 2018–present 7 0 1 0.00% — 7.00
Woodville-West Torrens 2019–present 6 0 0 0.00% — —

Table correct to the end of the 2024 season.

Premiership droughts

The duration of the drought is given as the number of full seasons contested between premierships; the season in which the drought is broken is considered to be part of the drought, and if the drought began from a club's entry to the league, the club's inaugural season is also considered to be part of the drought.

+ Drought began upon club's entry to league
Club Seasons Start Grand final appearances
during drought
West Adelaide 8 2017+ 2021
Sturt 7 2018+ 2022
Norwood 6 2018 2024
Woodville-West Torrens 6 2019+
Glenelg 3 2021
North Adelaide 2 2022
Central District 1 2023
South Adelaide 0 2024

Table correct to the end of the 2024 season.

Grand Final matchups

This is a list of the grand final matchups between two teams in the SANFL Women's, thus far.

# Match-up Grand Final Appearances Team(s) Premiership Years
Team(s) Premiership Years
2 South Adelaide vs
North Adelaide		 2019, 2020 South Adelaide 2019
North Adelaide 2020
Norwood vs
South Adelaide		 2018, 2024 Norwood -
South Adelaide 2018, 2024
1 Norwood vs
North Adelaide		 2017 Norwood 2017
North Adelaide -
Glenelg vs
West Adelaide		 2021 Glenelg 2021
West Adelaide -
North Adelaide vs
Sturt		 2022 North Adelaide 2022
Sturt -
Central District vs
South Adelaide		 2023 Central District 2023
South Adelaide -

Table correct to the end of the 2024 season.

Development League premiers

In 2022 the SANFL introduced the "Development League" into its portfolio of competitions, which is a second-tier competition contested by all eight SANFLW clubs.

Season Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Ref.
2022 No grand final was held and thus no formal premiership recorded. North Adelaide finished the season on top of the ladder. [10]
2023 South Adelaide Norwood 3.7 (25) d. 3.0 (18) Norwood Oval 22 April 2023 [11][12]
2024 South Adelaide Glenelg 3.3 (21) d. 1.3 (9) Hickinbotham Oval 27 April 2024 [13]

References

  1. ^ "Late blast gives Redlegs victory in inaugural SANFL women's grand final". Adelaide Now. 1 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Panthers reign as women's champions in first season". Adelaide Now. 26 April 2018.
  3. ^ "SANFLW stats". sportstg.
  4. ^ "South wins back-to-back flags". sanfl.com.au. 26 May 2019.
  5. ^ "North Adelaide win first Statewide Super Women's League flag". sanfl.com.au. 23 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Brilliant Bays win Statewide Super Women's League Grand Final". sanfl.com.au. 5 June 2021.
  7. ^ Milbank, Zac (29 May 2022). "North Adelaide win 2022 Hostplus SANFLW League Premiership". sanfl.com.au. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  8. ^ Milbank, Zac (11 June 2022). "Central District win 2023 Hostplus SANFLW League Premiership". sanfl.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  9. ^ Partland, Warren (6 July 2024). "South Adelaide win 2024 Hostplus SANFLW League Premiership". sanfl.com.au. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  10. ^ "2022 SANFLW Development League results". Australian Football.
  11. ^ "2023 SANFL Women's Development League grand final score". Australian Football.
  12. ^ "SANFLW Development League Grand Final match report". norwoodfc.com.au. 22 April 2023.
  13. ^ Milbank, Zac (27 April 2024). "South win 2024 SANFLW Development League Grand Final". sanfl.com.au. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

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