2026 SANFL season

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Date27 March – 20 September 2025
Teams10
2026 SANFL season
Date27 March – 20 September 2025
Teams10
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The 2026 SANFL season (officially known as the SANFL Hostplus League for sponsorship reasons) is the 147th season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the highest-level men's Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The season commenced on 27 March and will conclude with the grand final on 20 September.[1][2]

Round 1

Round 1
Friday 27 March (7:40 pm) Norwood 9.12 (66) def. by Sturt 10.11 (71) Coopers Stadium (crowd: 4,424) Report
Saturday 28 March (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 7.7 (49) def. by Woodville-West Torrens 15.11 (101) Magain Stadium (crowd: 1,242) Report
Saturday 28 March (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 11.13 (79) def. Adelaide 11.6 (72) Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,151) Report
Saturday 28 March (4:10 pm) Central District 11.7 (73) def. by North Adelaide 11.12 (78) X Convenience Oval (crowd: 1,982) Report
Saturday 28 March (4:10 pm) Port Adelaide 8.6 (54) def. by Glenelg 15.11 (101) Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,040) Report

Round 2

Round 2
Thursday 2 April (7:40 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 12.12 (84) def. Adelaide 10.7 (67) Maughan Thiem Kia Oval Report
Friday 3 April (2:10 pm) Glenelg 7.9 (51) def. Norwood 6.7 (43) Stratarama Stadium (crowd: 5,125) Report
Friday 3 April (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 11.5 (71) drew with Central District 11.5 (71) Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,366) Report
Friday 3 April (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 10.10 (70) def. Port Adelaide 8.6 (54) Magain Stadium (crowd: 1,742) Report
Friday 3 April (2:30 pm) North Adelaide 7.8 (50) def. by Sturt 15.19 (109) Revo Fitness Oval (crowd: 5,244) Report

Round 3

Round 3
Friday 17 April (7:40 pm) Norwood 10.14 (74) def. South Adelaide 7.10 (52) Coopers Stadium (crowd: 1,871) Report
Saturday 18 April (2:10 pm) Central District 11.8 (74) def. by Adelaide 12.11 (83) X Convenience Oval (crowd: 1,355) Report
Saturday 18 April (2:10 pm) Glenelg 13.7 (85) def. West Adelaide 11.16 (82) Stratarama Stadium (crowd: 2,686) Report
Sunday 19 April (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 11.8 (74) def. by North Adelaide 14.7 (91) Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,421) Report
Sunday 19 April (2:10 pm) Sturt 14.11 (95) def. by Woodville-West Torrens 15.7 (97) Thomas Farms Oval (crowd: 3,251) Report

Round 4

Round 4
Friday 24 April (7:40 pm) Norwood 9.14 (68) def. Port Adelaide 9.7 (61) Coopers Stadium Report
Friday 24 April (7:40 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 16.14 (110) def. West Adelaide 10.9 (69) Maughan Thiem Kia Oval Report
Saturday 25 April (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 9.6 (60) def. by Adelaide 10.13 (73) Revo Fitness Oval Report
Saturday 25 April (2:30 pm) Sturt 9.11 (65) def. by Glenelg 11.16 (82) Thomas Farms Oval Report
Sunday 26 April (1:10 pm) South Adelaide 19.5 (119) def. Central District 12.13 (85) Magain Stadium Report

Round 5

Round 5
Friday 1 May (4:30 pm) Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval
Saturday 2 May (2:10 pm) Glenelg v South Adelaide Stratarama Stadium
Saturday 2 May (2:10 pm) Central District v Norwood X Convenience Oval
Sunday 3 May (2:10 pm) West Adelaide v Sturt Hisense Stadium
Sunday 3 May (2:10 pm) North Adelaide v Woodville-West Torrens Revo Fitness Oval

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday 9 May (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval
Saturday 9 May (2:10 pm) Norwood v West Adelaide Centenary Oval
Saturday 9 May (2:10 pm) South Adelaide v North Adelaide Magain Stadium
Saturday 9 May (2:10 pm) Sturt v Adelaide Thomas Farms Oval
Saturday 9 May (4:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens v Glenelg Maughan Thiem Kia Oval

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday 23 May (2:10 pm) North Adelaide v Norwood Revo Fitness Oval
Saturday 23 May (2:10 pm) Sturt v Central District Thomas Farms Oval
Saturday 23 May (2:10 pm) West Adelaide v South Adelaide Hisense Stadium
Saturday 23 May (2:10 pm) Glenelg v Adelaide Stratarama Stadium
Saturday 23 May (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens v Port Adelaide Maughan Thiem Kia Oval

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday 30 May (2:10 pm) Central District v West Adelaide X Convenience Oval
Sunday 31 May (2:10 pm) South Adelaide v Sturt Magain Stadium
Sunday 31 May (2:10 pm) Norwood v Woodville-West Torrens Coopers Stadium
Sunday 31 May (2:10 pm) North Adelaide v Glenelg Revo Fitness Oval

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday 6 June (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens v Central District Maughan Thiem Kia Oval
Saturday 6 June (2:10 pm) West Adelaide v North Adelaide Hisense Stadium
Saturday 6 June (2:10 pm) South Adelaide v Adelaide Magain Stadium
Saturday 6 June (2:10 pm) Glenelg v Port Adelaide Stratarama Stadium
Monday 8 June (2:10 pm) Sturt v Norwood Thomas Farms Oval

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday 13 June (2:10 pm) North Adelaide v Adelaide Revo Fitness Oval
Saturday 13 June (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens v South Adelaide Maughan Thiem Kia Oval
Sunday 14 June (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday 20 June (2:10 pm) Central District v Glenelg X Convenience Oval
Sunday 21 June (2:10 pm) Sturt v Port Adelaide Thomas Farms Oval
Sunday 21 June (2:10 pm) Norwood v Adelaide Coopers Stadium

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday 27 June (TBC) Glenelg v Sturt Stratarama Stadium
Saturday 27 June (TBC) South Adelaide v Norwood Magain Stadium
Saturday 27 June (TBC) North Adelaide v Central District Revo Fitness Oval
Saturday 27 June (TBC) West Adelaide v Woodville-West Torrens Hisense Stadium
Saturday 27 June (TBC) Port Adelaide v Adelaide Adelaide Oval

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday 4 July (TBC) Central District v Adelaide X Convenience Oval
Saturday 4 July (TBC) Woodville-West Torrens v North Adelaide Maughan Thiem Kia Oval
Saturday 4 July (TBC) Norwood v Glenelg Coopers Stadium
Saturday 4 July (TBC) Sturt v West Adelaide Thomas Farms Oval
Saturday 4 July (TBC) Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday 11 July (4:00 pm) Central District v South Adelaide Barossa Park
Saturday 11 July (TBC) North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Revo Fitness Oval
Saturday 11 July (TBC) Woodville-West Torrens v Sturt Maughan Thiem Kia Oval
Saturday 11 July (TBC) West Adelaide v Norwood Hisense Stadium
Saturday 11 July (TBC) Glenelg v Adelaide Stratarama Stadium

Round 15

Round 15
Saturday 18 July (TBC) South Adelaide v Glenelg Magain Stadium
Saturday 18 July (TBC) Sturt v North Adelaide Thomas Farms Oval
Saturday 18 July (TBC) Norwood v Central District Coopers Stadium
Saturday 18 July (TBC) Port Adelaide v Woodville-West Torrens Alberton Oval
Saturday 18 July (TBC) West Adelaide v Adelaide Hisense Stadium

Round 16

Round 16
Saturday 1 August (TBC) Central District v Sturt X Convenience Oval
Saturday 1 August (TBC) Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval
Saturday 1 August (TBC) Glenelg v Woodville-West Torrens Stratarama Stadium
Saturday 1 August (TBC) North Adelaide v West Adelaide Revo Fitness Oval
Saturday 1 August (TBC) South Adelaide v Adelaide Magain Stadium

Round 17

Round 17
Saturday 8 August (TBC) Sturt v South Adelaide Thomas Farms Oval
Saturday 8 August (TBC) Norwood v North Adelaide Coopers Stadium
Saturday 8 August (TBC) Glenelg v Central District Stratarama Stadium
Saturday 8 August (TBC) West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Hisense Stadium
Saturday 8 August (TBC) Woodville-West Torrens v Adelaide Maughan Thiem Kia Oval

Round 18

Round 18
Saturday 15 August (TBC) North Adelaide v South Adelaide Revo Fitness Oval
Saturday 15 August (TBC) Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval
Saturday 15 August (TBC) Central District v Woodville-West Torrens X Convenience Oval
Saturday 15 August (TBC) West Adelaide v Glenelg Hisense Stadium
Saturday 15 August (TBC) Norwood v Adelaide Coopers Stadium

Round 19

Round 19
Saturday 22 August (TBC) Glenelg v North Adelaide Stratarama Stadium
Saturday 22 August (TBC) Central District v Port Adelaide X Convenience Oval
Saturday 22 August (TBC) Woodville-West Torrens v Norwood Maughan Thiem Kia Oval
Saturday 22 August (TBC) South Adelaide v West Adelaide Magain Stadium
Saturday 22 August (TBC) Sturt v Adelaide Thomas Farms Oval

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Woodville-West Torrens 4 4 0 0 392 280 58.33 8 Finals series
2 Glenelg 4 4 0 0 319 244 56.66 8
3 Sturt 4 2 2 0 340 295 53.54 4
4 Norwood 4 2 2 0 251 235 51.65 4
5 Adelaide (R) 4 2 2 0 295 297 49.83 4
6 South Adelaide 4 2 2 0 290 314 48.01 4
7 North Adelaide 4 2 2 0 279 329 45.89 4
8 West Adelaide 4 1 2 1 301 338 47.10 3
9 Central District 4 0 3 1 303 351 46.33 1
10 Port Adelaide (R) 4 0 4 0 243 330 42.41 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2026. 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 30 August (12:15 pm) Fourth v Fifth Adelaide Oval
Qualifying final
Sunday 30 August (3:15 pm) Second v Third Adelaide Oval

Week two – Semi-finals

First Semi-final
Sunday 6 September (12:15 pm) Loser QF v Winner EF Adelaide Oval
Second Semi-final
Sunday 6 September (3:15 pm) First v Winner QF Adelaide Oval

Week three – Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Sunday 13 September (3:15 pm) Loser SF2 v Winner SF1 Adelaide Oval

Week four – Grand Final

2026 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday 20 September (2:30 pm) Winner SF2 v Winner PF Adelaide Oval



Q1
Q2
Q3
Final


Jack Oatey Medal:
Television broadcast: Seven Network

Representative matches

SANFL vs VFL

For the third successive season, an interstate representative match was arranged against the Victorian Football League (VFL). As was the case with the 2025 fixture, the match was timed to coincide with the AFL's Gather Round fixtures in Adelaide. The match was held as part of a double-header with the equivalent women's interstate match.[3]

2026 State Game
Saturday, 11 April (2:30pm ACST) SANFL def. by VFL Stratarama Stadium [4][5]
5.4 (34)
7.9 (51)
12.10 (82)
14.14 (98)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		 3.3 (21)
7.8 (50)
11.11 (77)
15.13 (103)		 Fos Williams Medal (SANFL) & Frank Johnson Medal (VFL): Tom Lewis (SANFL) & Riley Bonner (VFL)
Television broadcast: Seven Network & AFL.com.au[6]
Scully 3
McBean, Allan, Doyle 2
Hosie, Emmett, Beattie, Murley, Ryan 1		 Goals Podhajski 4
Clarke, Hagan, Brew, Tarrant 2
Hately, Billings, Declase 1
Lewis, Ryan, Scharenberg, Scully, Doyle Best Bonner, Hately, Bell, Parks, Podhajski

South Australian team

2026 SANFL State Team vs. Victoria[7][8][9]
B: 4. Cooper Murley
(Norwood)		 19. Will Coomblas
(Sturt)		 23. Oscar Clavarino
(South Adelaide)
HB: 3. Jonty Scharenberg
(Glenelg)		 24. Zac Becker
(Sturt)		 16. Luca Whitelum
(Central District)
C: 1. Frank Szekely
(North Adelaide)		 12. Tom Lewis
(Sturt)		 22. Matt Allen
(Glenelg)
HF: 5. Sam Conforti
(Sturt)		 27. Tom Scully
(West Adelaide)		 17. Tom Emmett
(Sturt)
F: 20. Lachlan Hosie
(Glenelg)		 10. Liam McBean (c)
(Glenelg)		 6. Max Beattie
(Woodville-West Torrens)
Foll: 25. Amos Doyle
(Sturt)		 13. Baynen Lowe
(Norwood)		 14. Oliver Davis
(South Adelaide)
Int: 21. Finn Heard
(Norwood)		 9. Kobe Ryan
(West Adelaide)		 11. Jed McEntee
(Sturt)
18. Aaron Francis
(Norwood)		 7. Martin Frederick
(Sturt)
Coach: Martin Mattner
(Sturt)
Emg: 8. Corey Lyons
(Glenelg)		 26. Alex Van Wyk
(North Adelaide)		 2. Ethan Grace
(Woodville-West Torrens)

WAFL vs SANFL

For the eighth successive season, an interstate representative match was fixtured between the SANFL and West Australian Football League (WAFL), with the two teams playing for the Haydn Bunton Junior Cup.[10][11]

2026 State Game
Saturday, 16 May (3:10pm AWST) WAFL v SANFL Sullivan Logistics Stadium



Q1
Q2
Q3
Final


Simpson Medal (WAFL) & Fos Williams Medal (SANFL):
Television broadcast: TBC

See also

References

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