2025 Hostplus SANFLW Pocket Profile – Central District
Central coach Ben Hunt will be aiming to guide his team into its third consecutive Hostplus SANFLW League finals series in 2025. Picture - Cory Sutton
SANFL’s ZAC MILBANK breaks down all you need to know about the Bulldogs heading into the 2025 Hostplus SANFL Women’s League season.
2024 Snapshot
Finished – 4th
Record – 9 wins 5 losses (minor round)
0 wins 1 loss (finals)
Best and Fairest
1st – Shelby Smith (95 votes)
2nd – Katelyn Rosenzweig (49)
3rd – Caitlin Wendland (43)
League Values Award
Shelby Smith
Best First Year Player
Mikaylah Antony
Best Team Person
Laitiah Huynh
Most Determined
Caitlen Teague
Leading Goalkicker
Katelyn Rosenzweig – 28 goals
Coaches Award
Charlotte Riggs
Rising Star
Miyu Endersby
The Advertiser SANFLW Team of the Year – Shelby Smith (Captain, Rover), Katelyn Rosenzweig (Full Forward), Charlotte Riggs (Centre Half-Back), Jasmine Evans (Interchange)
Central skipper Shelby Smith is chaired off after her final match in 2024.
Player Movement
COMING
Tesharna Maher (Norwood), Mikayla Cavallaro (Woodville-West Torrens), Alysha Healy (Sturt/Tanunda), Jasmine Elsworthy (Light/Woodville-West Torrens), Tashalyla Corfield (Angle Vale), Holly Tralaggan (returned)
GOING
Shelby Smith (retired), Chantel Reynolds (retired), Georgia Avery (retired), Ella Mickan (retired), Jess Schulz (retired), Charlotte Riggs (West Coast), Jasmine Evans (Port Adelaide), Georgia McKee (Adelaide)
Central’s Lauren Breguet (left) and Sophie Bevis jostle for the ball at training. Picture – Cory Sutton
2024 SANFLW Trial Matches
Saturday February 22
Central District v Norwood at X Convenience Oval from 12.30pm
Saturday March 1
West Adelaide v Central District at Hisense Stadium from 12pm
Star Signing - Tesharna Maher
Tesharna Maher boasts plenty of pace which she is expecting to use on the expanses of X Convenience Oval in 2025.
Enticed to Elizabeth after playing 10 matches for the Redlegs in 2024, the 23-year-old will be hoping to recapture the form which earned her a berth in the 2023 SANFLW Team of the Year.
Hunt expects Maher to spend the majority of her time in attack with spurts through the midfield for the Bulldogs.
Former Norwood and Eagles’ speedster Tesharna Maher has joined the Bulldogs for 2025. Picture – Cory Sutton
Powerade Breakthrough Player Candidate - Charlotte Maurits
Central coach Ben Hunt admits to loving his left-footers.
So it is no surprise he is eagerly anticipating the impact Charlotte Maurits will have in her first Hostplus SANFLW League season.
Just 15, Maurits has been turning heads on the training track after breaking the team record for the 1.5km time trial.
Hunt, who plans to play the teenager in attack and through the midfield, has been impressed with her natural football knowledge.
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