SANFL Women's League (also known as the SANFLW or the Hostplus SANFL Women's League) is the major state-level

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league in

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History

The league was launched in February 2017, initially comprising four clubs from the men's

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(SANFL). The league now features eight teams, and acts as the second primary competition for South Australian female footballers underneath the semi-professional national

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(AFLW) competition, as well as being one of the three elite leagues in women's Australian rules football (the AFLW, SANFLW and WAFLW). The SANFLW usually runs from February to May, meaning it partially overlapped with the AFLW season prior to AFLW Season 7, and so has been mostly played by players either not yet drafted by an AFLW club or AFLW listed players not selected for a senior premiership match. In 2022, the SANFL Commission introduced the SANFL Women's Development League, a seven-week reserves competition providing players from the eight clubs with the opportunity to play at a level beneath the senior competition.

Clubs

The first season comprised four SANFL clubs: Norwood, Glenelg, North Adelaide and West Adelaide. The following year, Sturt and South Adelaide were admitted to the competition, with Woodville-West Torrens and Central District being admitted in 2019. Neither of the state's two

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clubs,

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and

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, who field reserves teams in the SANFL, field teams in the SANFLW: Adelaide were a foundation club of the AFLW in 2017, while Port Adelaide entered the AFLW in 2022 after its women's team had been in recess between 2017-2021.

Honours

Premiers

This lists the most recent premiers. For a full list of premiers see List of SANFL Women's League premiers. * 2022:

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. * 2022: Jessica Bates ()

References

External links

* {{AFL Women's Women's Australian rules football leagues in Australia Australian rules football competitions in South Australia 2017 establishments in Australia Sports leagues established in 2017