Sturt win 2025 Stanley H. Lewis Trophy

By ZAC MILBANK

Sturt has secured back-to-back Stanley H. Lewis Trophies as SANFL’s best performed club in 2025.

In the fifth year of points being awarded for Women’s and U16 matches, the Double Blues finished with a significant tally of 3662.5, ahead of runner-up Glenelg with 3237.5.

With its Hostplus SANFL League team minor premier, Sturt’s tally was also boosted by its Under-18s finishing at the top of the table.

South Adelaide tallied 2900 to round out the top three, finishing clear of  the Eagles on 2850 in fourth and fifth-placed Central on 2750.

Sturt has now won the Stanley H. Lewis Trophy on six occasions with other successes coming in 2024, 2008, 1983, 1978 and 1968.

The Trophy, named after past SANFL Chairman Stanley Heathcote Lewis, has been awarded since 1962 to the club which has displayed excellence across all grades of football.

Points are awarded for each win across the minor round, with 100 points allocated for a Men’s and Women’s League victory, 50 points for the Reserves and Under-18s and 25 points for the Under-16s.

In the event of a draw, half of the points allocated for a win in that grade are awarded to each club involved.