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]
2025	South Adelaide (4)	Woodville-West Torrens	6.5 (41) d. 2.6 (18)	Emma Charlton (South Adelaide)	Glenelg Oval	27 July 2025[10]

Table correct to the end of the 2025 season.

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	6	4	2018, 2019, 2024, 2025	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	1	0	—	1	2025	—

Table correct to the end of the 2025 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	8	4	2	50.00%	2.00	1.33
North Adelaide	2017–present	9	2	2	22.22%	4.50	2.25
Central District	2019–present	7	1	0	14.29%	7.00	7.00
Norwood	2017–present	9	1	2	11.11%	9.00	3.00
Glenelg	2017–present	9	1	0	11.11%	9.00	9.00
West Adelaide	2017–present	9	0	1	0.00%	—	9.00
Sturt	2018–present	8	0	1	0.00%	—	8.00
Woodville-West Torrens	2019–present	7	0	1	0.00%	—	7.00

Table correct to the end of the 2025 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	9	2017+	2021
Sturt	8	2018+	2022
Norwood	7	2018	2024
Woodville-West Torrens	7	2019+	2025
Glenelg	4	2021
North Adelaide	3	2022
Central District	2	2023
South Adelaide	0	2025

Table correct to the end of the 2025 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. North Adelaide finished the season on top of the ladder and are regarded as premiers in official league documents.					[11][12]
2023	South Adelaide	Norwood	3.7 (25) d. 3.0 (18)	Norwood Oval	22 April 2023	[13][14]
2024	South Adelaide	Glenelg	3.3 (21) d. 1.3 (9)	Hickinbotham Oval	27 April 2024	[15]
2025	Glenelg	South Adelaide	6.7 (43) d. 3.4 (22)	Glenelg Oval	27 April 2025	[16]