SA U18s Girls squad finalised for 2025

By ALEXANDRA BULL

South Australia has finalised its U18s Girls 30-player squad for the 2025 AFLW National Championships, starting in June.

Former Norwood SANFLW coach Brad Snell will continue his role as head coach, with the Croweaters gearing up to play four championship matches in June and August.

SA will kick off its championship series against Vic Metro in Melbourne on Sunday 22 June, before heading to Perth to take on Western Australia on Sunday 29 June.

The girls will then play back-to-back games in Adelaide, against Queensland on Sunday 3 August and Victoria Country on Sunday 10 August.

Central District and South Adelaide have the equal highest number of players named in the squad (five), followed by Sturt, Norwood and Woodville-West Torrens (four), Glenelg and West Adelaide (three) and North Adelaide with two.

The squad is full of Hostplus SANFLW League rising talent, including Central’s Sophie Eaton, South’s Emma Charlton, Taya Maxwell and Layla Vizgaudis, Sturt’s Monique Bessen and Lily Smart, and Woodville-West Torrens’ Imogen Trengove – all of whom have been named as a SANFLW Powerade Breakthrough Players this year.

Newly-appointed Norwood SANFLW coach Alison Ferrall, Jack Hannath, Craig Lum and former North Adelaide SANFLW player Brianna Arthur have been appointed as assistant coaches.