# 2024 SANFL Women's League season

The 2024 SANFL Women's League season was the eighth season of the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW). The season commenced on 1 March and concluded with the Grand Final on 6 July, won by South Adelaide against Norwood, South Adelaide's third premiership.
The competition was contested by eight clubs, all of whom are affiliated with clubs from the men's South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

## Clubs

| Club | Location | Home ground | Capacity |
| Central District | Elizabeth | X Convenience Oval | 18,000 |
| Glenelg | Glenelg | Stratarama Stadium | 15,000 |
| North Adelaide | Prospect | Prospect Oval | 2,000 |
| Norwood | Norwood | Coopers Stadium | 10,000 |
| South Adelaide | Noarlunga Downs | Magain Stadium | 12,000 |
| Sturt | Unley | Unley Oval | 10,000 |
| West Adelaide | Richmond | Hisense Stadium | 9,000 |
| Woodville-West Torrens | Woodville South | Maughan Thiem Kia Oval | 15,000 |

## Ladder

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Adelaide (P) | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 551 | 288 | 65.67 | 22 | Finals series |
| 2 | Glenelg | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 486 | 485 | 50.05 | 19 | Finals series |
| 3 | Central District | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 578 | 554 | 51.06 | 18 | Finals series |
| 4 | Norwood | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 501 | 376 | 57.13 | 15 | Finals series |
| 5 | Sturt | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 490 | 507 | 49.15 | 14 | |
| 6 | West Adelaide | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 433 | 474 | 47.74 | 12 | |
| 7 | Woodville-West Torrens | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 430 | 479 | 47.30 | 8 | |
| 8 | North Adelaide | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 272 | 578 | 32.00 | 4 | |

## Finals series
### First semi-final

| | First Semi Final | First Semi Final | First Semi Final | | |
| Saturday, 22 June (2:50 pm) | Central District 5.5 (35) | def. by | Norwood 6.4 (40) | Flinders University Stadium | Report |

### Second semi-final

| | Second Semi Final | Second Semi Final | Second Semi Final | | |
| Saturday, 22 June (12:30 pm) | South Adelaide 6.5 (41) | def. | Glenelg 1.7 (13) | Flinders University Stadium | Report |

### Preliminary final

| | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | Preliminary Final | | |
| Saturday, 29 June (12:45 pm) | Glenelg 5.6 (36) | def. by | Norwood 8.7 (55) | Stratarama Stadium | Report |

### Grand Final

| | 2024 SANFLW Grand Final | 2024 SANFLW Grand Final | 2024 SANFLW Grand Final | | |
| Saturday 6 July (4:05 pm) | South Adelaide | def. | Norwood | Coopers Stadium | Report |
| | 1.0 (6) 3.0 (18) 3.0 (18) 3.0 (18) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 0.0 (0) 0.1 (1) 1.1 (7) 2.1 (13) | Umpires: Abbott, Orr, Bayre Best on ground: Jordann Hickey (South Adelaide) Television broadcast: Seven Network | Umpires: Abbott, Orr, Bayre Best on ground: Jordann Hickey (South Adelaide) Television broadcast: Seven Network |
| M. Anderson, S. Archibold, L. Clifton | M. Anderson, S. Archibold, L. Clifton | Goals | T. Buethke, A. Davies | T. Buethke, A. Davies |
| J. Hickey, E. Schirmer, N. Nield | J. Hickey, E. Schirmer, N. Nield | Best | C. Belbin, J. Halfpenny | C. Belbin, J. Halfpenny |

## Awards

* SANFL Women's Best and Fairest
       Nikki Nield – 27 votes (South Adelaide)
* Coaches Award
       Jess Bates – 91 votes (Glenelg)
* Leading Goal Kicker Award
       Katelyn Rosenzweig – 25 goals (Central District)
       Emily Brockhurst – 25 goals (South Adelaide)
* Leadership Award
       Annie Falkenberg (Woodville-West Torrens)
* Breakthrough Player
       India Rasheed (Sturt)
* Development League Premiers
       South Adelaide
Sources:
2024 SANFL Women's Team of the Year :
| B: | Annie Falkenberg (vc) (Woodville-West Torrens) | Ester Schirmer (South Adelaide) | |
| HB: | Tahlita Buethke (Norwood) | Charlotte Riggs (Central District) | Laela Ebert (North Adelaide) |
| C: | Poppy Waterford (Woodville-West Torrens) | Jess Bates (Glenelg) | Monique Bessen (Sturt) |
| HF: | India Rasheed (Sturt) | Jade Halfpenny (Norwood) | Zoe Venning (West Adelaide) |
| F: | Emily Brockhurst (South Adelaide) | Kaitlyn Rosenzweig (Central District) | |
| Foll: | Soriah Moon (South Adelaide) | Nikki Nield (South Adelaide) | Shelby Smith (c) (Central District) |
| Int: | Violet Patterson (Glenelg) | Jasmine Evans (Central District) | Grace Martin (Woodville-West Torrens) |
| Int: | Jo Miller (Glenelg) | Jordann Hickey (South Adelaide) | |
| Coach: | Rick Watts (South Adelaide) | Rick Watts (South Adelaide) | Rick Watts (South Adelaide) |

## Representative match

The first ever women's state league interstate representative match was held in May, as the SANFLW defeated the WAFL Women's by 16 points in Perth.
| | 2024 State Game | 2024 State Game | 2024 State Game | | |
| Saturday, 4 May (3:00 pm) | WAFL Women's | def. by | SANFL Women's | Optus Stadium | |
| | 0.0 (0) 2.2 (14) 5.3 (33) 5.3 (33) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.1 (19) 4.2 (26) 6.3 (39) 7.7 (49) | Best on ground award: Jessica Bates (SANFLW) | Best on ground award: Jessica Bates (SANFLW) |
| Popovsky 2 Arnup, Ferguson, Fish 1 | Popovsky 2 Arnup, Ferguson, Fish 1 | Goals | Gepp, Maher 2 Cockatoo-Motlap, Franson, Rosenzweig 1 | Gepp, Maher 2 Cockatoo-Motlap, Franson, Rosenzweig 1 |
| Fish, Orme, Popovsky, Cameron, O'Hehir, Ortlepp, Bennett | Fish, Orme, Popovsky, Cameron, O'Hehir, Ortlepp, Bennett | Best | Bates, Smith, Wendland, Buethke, Button, Halfpenny, Waterford | Bates, Smith, Wendland, Buethke, Button, Halfpenny, Waterford |