2025 SANFL season

2025 SANFL season
Date28 March – 21 September 2025
Teams10
Minor premiersSturt
10th minor premiership

The 2025 SANFL season (officially known as the SANFL Hostplus League for sponsorship reasons) is the 146th season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.[1] The season began on 28 March and is scheduled to conclude on 21 September.[2][3]

Background

Playing list rules for AFL clubs

The player acquisition and list rules for the league's AFL clubs, Adelaide and Port Adelaide, were modified by the South Australian Football Commission ahead of the 2025 season. The AFL clubs will be able to access state Under-18 Academy players for a four-week period after the AFL National Championships. Both clubs will be able to sign up to six SANFL players aged 20 years or under, via an expanded Talent Development List protocol, plus two players from interstate. The long-standing sole marquee player permit was abolished, with the clubs now able to list up to four players aged over 21 from SANFL clubs, or from interstate competitions such as the VFL, WAFL or AFL.[4] The changes were adopted following months of speculation that Port Adelaide and Adelaide would seek to move to the VFL or expedite the formation of a national reserves competition, due to a perceived view the SANFL rules for the AFL clubs had hampered player development and prevented an even competition.[5][6]

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Round 1[7]
Friday 28 March (7:10 pm) Port Adelaide 4.10 (34) def. by Glenelg 14.14 (98) Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,009) [8]
Saturday 29 March (2:10 pm) Central District 9.12 (66) def. Woodville-West Torrens 10.5 (65) X Convenience Oval (crowd: 2,034) [9]
Saturday 29 March (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 4.7 (31) def. by Adelaide 18.18 (126) Hisense Stadium (crowd: 1,362) [10]
Saturday 29 March (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 8.7 (55) def. by Sturt 12.9 (81) Magain Stadium (crowd: 1,760) [11]
Saturday 29 March (7:10 pm) Norwood 5.5 (35) def. by North Adelaide 8.19 (67) Coopers Stadium (crowd: 3,361) [12]

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday 5 April (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 9.12 (66) def. West Adelaide 9.8 (62) Magain Stadium (crowd: 1,089) [13]
Saturday 5 April (2:10 pm) Sturt 16.11 (107) def. Port Adelaide 12.6 (78) Thomas Farms Oval (crowd: 2,293) [14]
Saturday 5 April (2:40 pm) North Adelaide 13.7 (85) def. by Adelaide 17.12 (114) Prospect Oval (crowd: 2,021) [15]
Saturday 5 April (4:40 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 14.8 (92) def. Norwood 12.14 (86) Maughan Thiem Kia Oval (crowd: 2,181) [16]
Saturday 5 April (4:40 pm) Glenelg 11.11 (77) def. Central District 6.11 (47) Stratarama Stadium (crowd: 3,155) [17]

Round 3

Round 3
Thursday 17 April (7:40 pm) Norwood 6.4 (40) def. by Sturt 12.9 (81) Coopers Stadium (crowd: 3,562) [18]
Friday 18 April (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 9.9 (63) def. by Woodville-West Torrens 14.17 (101) Hisense Stadium (crowd: 2,042) [19]
Friday 18 April (2:30 pm) North Adelaide 11.5 (71) def. by Central District 23.9 (147) Prospect Oval (crowd: 4,047) [20]
Friday 18 April (4:10 pm) Glenelg 14.10 (94) def. by Adelaide 14.14 (98) Stratarama Stadium (crowd: 5,231) [21]
Friday 18 April (7:10 pm) Port Adelaide 16.8 (104) def. South Adelaide 12.11 (83) Alberton Oval [22]

Round 4

Round 4
Friday 25 April (1:40 pm) Central District 17.8 (110) def. Port Adelaide 10.4 (64) X Convenience Oval (crowd: 2,565)
Friday 25 April (2:10 pm) Glenelg 18.11 (119) def. Norwood 11.10 (76) Stratarama Stadium (crowd: 6,042)
Saturday 26 April (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 9.12 (66) def. by North Adelaide 10.13 (73) Magain Stadium (crowd: 1,077)
Sunday 27 April (2:10 pm) Sturt 17.15 (117) def. West Adelaide 5.11 (41) Thomas Farms Oval (crowd: 3,070)
Sunday 27 April (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 14.6 (90) def. Adelaide 9.15 (69) Maughan Thiem Kia Oval (crowd: 1,332)

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday 3 May (12:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 12.5 (77) def. Port Adelaide 7.10 (52) Maughan Thiem Kia Oval (crowd: 960)
Saturday 3 May (2:10 pm) Central District 13.10 (88) def. South Adelaide 5.4 (34) X Convenience Oval (crowd: 1,269)
Sunday 4 May (2:10 pm) Sturt 10.13 (73) def. Glenelg 9.11 (65) Thomas Farms Oval (crowd: 3,590)
Sunday 4 May (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 7.16 (58) def. by West Adelaide 10.11 (71) Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,633)
Sunday 4 May (2:10 pm) Norwood 8.20 (68) def. by Adelaide 14.5 (89) Centenary Oval (crowd: 1,815)

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday 10 May (2:30 pm) West Adelaide 9.7 (61) def. by Central District 18.9 (117) Hisense Stadium (crowd: 1,422)
Saturday 10 May (3:10 pm) Port Adelaide 5.13 (43) def. by Adelaide 13.10 (88) Adelaide Oval
Sunday 11 May (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 7.9 (51) def. by Norwood 12.9 (81) Magain Stadium (crowd: 1,009)
Sunday 11 May (2:30 pm) Glenelg 9.12 (66) def. Woodville-West Torrens 9.8 (62) Stratarama Stadium (crowd: 2,910)
Sunday 11 May (2:30 pm) North Adelaide 11.8 (74) def. by Sturt 14.13 (97) Prospect Oval (crowd: 2,315)

Round 7

Round 7
Friday 23 May (7:40 pm) Norwood 10.13 (73) def. by Central District 13.6 (84) Coopers Stadium
Saturday 24 May (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 11.6 (72) def. North Adelaide 10.10 (70) Alberton Oval
Saturday 24 May (2:10 pm) Glenelg 21.16 (142) def. West Adelaide 7.13 (55) Stratarama Stadium
Saturday 24 May (2:10 pm) Sturt 15.8 (98) def. Adelaide 12.3 (75) Thomas Farms Oval
Saturday 24 May (2:30 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 14.10 (94) def. South Adelaide 9.5 (59) Maughan Thiem Kia Oval

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday 31 May (1:10 pm) West Adelaide 3.7 (25) def. by Norwood 19.15 (129) Hisense Stadium
Saturday 31 May (2:10 pm) Central District 4.6 (30) def. by Sturt 9.14 (68) X Convenience Oval
Saturday 31 May (2:30 pm) North Adelaide 16.11 (107) def. Woodville-West Torrens 11.7 (73) Prospect Oval
Saturday 31 May (2:30 pm) South Adelaide 7.9 (51) def. by Glenelg 19.5 (119) Magain Stadium
Bye
Adelaide, Port Adelaide

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday 7 June (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 10.9 (69) def. Central District 4.7 (31) Maughan Thiem Kia Oval
Saturday 7 June (2:30 pm) South Adelaide 7.8 (50) def. by Adelaide 7.9 (51) Magain Stadium
Sunday 8 June (1:10 pm) Port Adelaide 19.6 (120) def. West Adelaide 9.3 (57) Alberton Oval
Sunday 8 June (2:10 pm) Glenelg 23.8 (146) def. North Adelaide 9.11 (65) Stratarama Stadium
Monday 9 June (2:30 pm) Sturt 11.10 (76) def. Norwood 10.12 (72) Thomas Farms Oval

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday 14 June (1:10 pm) Central District 4.9 (33) def. by Adelaide 11.12 (78) X Convenience Oval
Saturday 14 June (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 10.14 (74) def. Woodville-West Torrens 8.11 (59) Alberton Oval
Saturday 21 June (1:10 pm) West Adelaide 11.8 (74) def. by North Adelaide 12.6 (78) Hisense Stadium
Sunday 22 June (2:10 pm) Glenelg 9.13 (67) def. by Sturt 13.9 (87) Stratarama Stadium
Sunday 22 June (2:30 pm) Norwood 12.12 (84) def. South Adelaide 4.8 (32) Coopers Stadium

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday 28 June (1:10 pm) South Adelaide 9.11 (65) def. Port Adelaide 8.10 (58) Magain Stadium
Saturday 28 June (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 10.4 (64) def. by Adelaide 23.10 (148) Prospect Oval
Saturday 28 June (2:10 pm) Norwood 9.5 (59) def. by Glenelg 11.9 (75) Coopers Stadium
Saturday 28 June (2:30 pm) Central District 15.11 (101) def. West Adelaide 8.8 (56) X Convenience Oval
Saturday 28 June (2:30 pm) Sturt 24.19 (159) def. Woodville-West Torrens 4.11 (35) Thomas Farms Oval

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday 5 July (1:10 pm) West Adelaide 8.6 (54) def. by Glenelg 15.14 (104) Hisense Stadium
Saturday 5 July (2:10 pm) Sturt 25.13 (163) def. North Adelaide 7.6 (48) Thomas Farms Oval
Saturday 5 July (2:30 pm) South Adelaide 9.11 (65) def. by Central District 14.9 (93) Magain Stadium
Sunday 6 July (11:15 am) Woodville-West Torrens 7.7 (49) def. by Adelaide 22.17 (149) Adelaide Oval
Sunday 6 July (1:10 pm) Port Adelaide 12.4 (76) def. by Norwood 15.3 (93) Alberton Oval

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday 12 July (1:10 pm) Glenelg 17.9 (111) def. Adelaide 13.5 (83) Stratarama Stadium
Saturday 12 July (2:10 pm) Central District 13.6 (84) def. Norwood 9.11 (65) X Convenience Oval
Saturday 12 July (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 7.14 (56) def. by West Adelaide 10.9 (69) Maughan Thiem Kia Oval
Saturday 12 July (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 10.9 (69) def. by Sturt 22.11 (143) Alberton Oval
Saturday 12 July (2:30 pm) North Adelaide 11.11 (77) def. by South Adelaide 16.11 (107) Port Pirie Memorial Oval

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday 19 July (2:10 pm) Norwood 24.14 (158) def. Woodville-West Torrens 3.9 (27) Coopers Stadium
Saturday 19 July (2:10 pm) Sturt 17.14 (116) def. Central District 9.11 (65) Thomas Farms Oval
Saturday 19 July (2:10 pm) Glenelg 17.7 (109) def. South Adelaide 15.5 (95) Stratarama Stadium
Saturday 19 July (2:30 pm) West Adelaide 12.7 (79) def. by Adelaide 21.14 (140) Hisense Stadium
Sunday 20 July (1:10 pm) North Adelaide 10.8 (68) def. by Port Adelaide 15.10 (100) Prospect Oval

Round 15

Round 15
Saturday 26 July (4:10 pm) Adelaide 12.22 (94) def. Port Adelaide 12.7 (79) Adelaide Oval
Bye
Central District, Glenelg, North Adelaide, Norwood, South Adelaide, Sturt, West Adelaide, Woodville-West Torrens

Round 16

Round 16
Saturday 2 August (1:10 pm) Norwood 8.15 (63) def. by Adelaide 12.11 (83) Coopers Stadium
Saturday 2 August (2:10 pm) Central District 13.11 (89) def. North Adelaide 6.8 (44) X Convenience Oval
Saturday 2 August (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 9.14 (68) def. by Port Adelaide 14.8 (92) Hisense Stadium
Saturday 2 August (2:10 pm) Sturt 14.10 (94) def. South Adelaide 11.9 (75) Thomas Farms Oval
Sunday 3 August (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 9.4 (58) def. by Glenelg 19.11 (125) Maughan Thiem Kia Oval

Round 17

Round 17
Saturday 9 August (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 11.8 (74) def. by Glenelg 11.13 (79) Prospect Oval
Saturday 9 August (2:10 pm) Norwood 12.14 (86) def. West Adelaide 13.7 (85) Coopers Stadium
Saturday 9 August (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 8.7 (55) def. by Sturt 19.22 (136) Maughan Thiem Kia Oval
Saturday 9 August (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 8.8 (56) def. by Adelaide 12.11 (83) Magain Stadium
Sunday 10 August (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 14.10 (94) def. Central District 12.8 (80) Alberton Oval

Round 18

Round 18
Saturday 16 August (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 9.9 (63) def. by Norwood 11.10 (76) Prospect Oval
Saturday 16 August (2:10 pm) Glenelg 13.16 (94) def. Port Adelaide 12.12 (84) Stratarama Stadium
Saturday 16 August (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 8.8 (56) def. by Sturt 22.9 (141) Hisense Stadium
Saturday 16 August (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 14.10 (94) def. Woodville-West Torrens 6.12 (48) Magain Stadium
Saturday 16 August (2:30 pm) Central District 9.7 (61) def. Adelaide 9.6 (60) X Convenience Oval

Round 19

Round 19
Saturday 23 August (2:10 pm) West Adelaide v South Adelaide Hisense Stadium
Saturday 23 August (2:10 pm) Central District v Glenelg X Convenience Oval
Saturday 23 August (2:10 pm) Sturt v Adelaide Thomas Farms Oval
Saturday 23 August (3:40 pm) Norwood v Port Adelaide Coopers Stadium
Sunday 24 August (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens v North Adelaide Maughan Thiem Kia Oval

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Sturt 17 17 0 0 1837 1000 64.75 34 Finals series
2 Glenelg 17 14 3 0 1690 1155 59.40 28
3 Adelaide (R) 17 13 4 0 1628 1154 58.52 26
4 Central District 17 11 6 0 1326 1160 53.34 22
5 Norwood 17 7 10 0 1344 1209 52.64 14
6 Port Adelaide (R) 17 7 10 0 1293 1454 47.07 14
7 Woodville-West Torrens 17 6 11 0 1110 1563 41.53 12
8 South Adelaide 17 4 13 0 1104 1399 44.11 8
9 North Adelaide 17 4 13 0 1186 1657 41.72 8
10 West Adelaide 17 2 15 0 1007 1774 36.21 4
Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2025. Source: sanfl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

(R) = Reserves for AFL Seniors

Finals series

Week one – Qualifying and elimination finals

Elimination final
Sunday 31 August (12:15 pm) Central District v 5th Adelaide Oval
Qualifying final
Sunday 31 August (3:15 pm) 2nd v 3rd Adelaide Oval

Week two – Semi-finals

First Semi-final
Sunday 7 September (12:15 pm) QF Loser v EF Winner Adelaide Oval
Second Semi-final
Sunday 7 September (3:15 pm) Sturt v QF Winner Adelaide Oval

Week three – Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Sunday 14 September (3:15 pm) SF2 Loser v SF1 Winner Adelaide Oval

Week four – Grand Final

2025 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday 21 September (2:30 pm) SF2 Winner v PF Winner Adelaide Oval



Q1
Q2
Q3
Final


Jack Oatey Medal:
Television broadcast: Seven Network

Representative matches

Two interstate representative matches were arranged by the league. A match between the SANFL and VFL in Tanunda in the Barossa Valley region was scheduled during the AFL's Gather Round fixtures in South Australia.[23] The SANFL and WAFL are also scheduled to compete in the state team's 100th match the following month in Adelaide.[24]

SANFL vs VFL

2025 AAMI State Game
Saturday, 12 April (14:45 ACST) SANFL def. by VFL Tanunda Recreation Park [25][26]
2.7 (19)
7.8 (50)
11.10 (76)
15.13 (103) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		4.0 (24)
8.2 (50)
12.6 (78)
18.6 (114) 		Umpires: Sam Morgan, Mitch Scott, Joel Clamp
Fos Williams Medal (SANFL) & Frank Johnson Medal (VFL): Corey Lyons (SANFL), Louis Pinnuck (VFL)
Television broadcast: Seven Network
McBean 5, Hosie 5, Hayes, Bell, Rowe, Mackinlay, Grace Goals McLaughlin 4, Heron 2, Woodcock 2, Lake 2, Pinnuck 2, Ellison, Tsitas, McMahon, Murphy, Harvey Hooper, Bytel
Wigg, McBean, Bell, Hosie, Lyons, Lewis Best Woodcock, Heron, Brew, Pinnuck, Hooper, Lake
  • Corey Lyons won the Fos Williams Medal as the best on ground SANFL player.
  • Louis Pinnuck won the Frank Johnson Medal as the best on ground VFL player.

SANFL vs WAFL

2025 Kia State Game
Saturday, 17 May (11:30 ACST) SANFL def. by WAFL Adelaide Oval [27][28]
2.3 (15)
4.5 (29)
5.6 (36)
8.8 (56) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		2.1 (13)
5.2 (32)
10.6 (66)
13.8 (86) 		Fos Williams Medal (SANFL) & Simpson Medal (WAFL): Manny Liddy (SANFL), Milan Murdock (WAFL)
Hosie 4, McBean 2, Rowe, Allen Goals Borchet 4, May 2, Schofield 2, Clarke, Davis, Hinder, Jones, Sears
Liddy, Hosie, Allen, Hilder, Lukac Best Murdock, Borchet, Sellwood, Turner, Ameduri, Eardley, Hinder, May
  • This was the 100th state game between the two states.
  • Match was played as a curtain raiser for the Port Adelaide vs Geelong Round 10 AFL match.

See also

References

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