2020 SANFL Women's League season

The 2020 SANFL Women's League season was the fourth season of the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW). The season commenced on 14 February and concluded with the Grand Final on 23 August. The competition was contested by eight clubs, all of whom were affiliated with clubs from the men's South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Following the fourth round of competition, the season was suspended for over three months due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, though upon resumption in June the season continued uninterrupted and concluded in late August 2020.[3]

2020 premiership season
Teams8
PremiersNorth Adelaide
1st premiership
Minor premiersNorth Adelaide
2nd minor premiership
Best and fairestAnne Hatchard
North Adelaide
Rachelle Martin
West Adelaide
(15 votes each)
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Leading goalkickerJess Kirk
South Adelaide (10 goals)[2]
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Clubs

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Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 North Adelaide (P) 10 10 0 0 598 135 81.58 20 Finals series
2 South Adelaide 10 9 1 0 389 206 65.38 18
3 Norwood 10 5 3 2 329 305 51.89 12
4 West Adelaide 10 5 4 1 291 220 56.95 11
5 Glenelg 10 3 7 0 305 356 46.14 6
6 Sturt 10 2 7 1 148 442 25.08 5
7 Woodville-West Torrens 10 2 8 0 234 376 38.36 4
8 Central District 10 2 8 0 200 454 30.58 4
Source: australianfootball.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

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First semi-final

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First semi-final
Sunday 9 August
(12:20 pm)
Norwood 2.3 (15) def. by West Adelaide 9.4 (58) Thebarton Oval Report

Second semi-final

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Second semi-final
Sunday 9 August
(10:30 am)
North Adelaide 3.7 (25) def. South Adelaide 2.5 (17) Thebarton Oval Report

Preliminary final

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Second semi-final
Sunday 16 August
(11:30 am)
South Adelaide 6.6. (42) def. West Adelaide 1.6 (12) Thebarton Oval Report

Grand Final

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2020 SANFLW Grand Final
Sunday 23 August
(11:30 am)
North Adelaide def. South Adelaide Thebarton Oval [4][5][6]
2.2. (14)
4.2 (26)
5.5 (35)
5.5 (35)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
2.0 (12)
3.1 (19)
3.2 (20)
4.4 (28)
Umpires: Whittlesea, Allen, Cuming
Best on ground: Anne Hatchard (North Adelaide)
Television broadcast: SANFL.com.au
C. Castle 2, B. Perry 2
H. Ewings 1
Goals G. Schirmer, I. Tahau, N. Gore, T. Charlton 1
A. Hatchard, E. Sundstrom, K. Pope, B. Perry, A. Ward, C. Taylor Best L. Buchanan, L. Northcott, G. Schirmer, L. Whiteley
  • North Adelaide won their first senior women's premiership.

References

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  1. ^ "Hatchard and Martin named 2020 SANFLW Best and Fairest Award winners". South Australian National Football League. 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 SANFLW Goalkickers". SANFL.com.au.
  3. ^ "2020 Statewide Super Women's League Set to Resume". SANFL.com.au. 24 June 2020.
  4. ^ "North Adelaide win first Statewide Super Women's League flag". sanfl.com.au. 23 August 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 SANFLW Grand Final stats". sportstg.
  6. ^ "2020 North Adelaide vs. South Adelaide". AustralianFootball.com. 23 August 2020.