Footy · Adelaide’s south

Footy clubs and training in Marion

8 clubs in Marion, and every one of them picks its best side on who can run, tackle and back up week after week. Here is where they play — and how to be the player they pick.

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Short answer

8 footy clubs have a home ground in Marion (population 94,721 at the 2021 census), across 8 suburbs. Most play in the Adelaide Footy League (7 clubs), with others in the Southern Football League (1).

Most of the south is South Adelaide’s SANFL zone; closer to the city, sections belong to Glenelg, Sturt and West Adelaide. The zone belongs to your club, not your address, and the SANFL club finder shows which one a club in Marion is in.

8 clubs

Footy clubs in Marion

Every club with a home ground in Marion, where it plays, and the league and grades it fields. Most senior clubs also run junior and girls’ teams — the club can tell you which age groups have spots.

Footy clubs with a home ground in Marion, by suburb
ClubHome groundCompetition and grades
Flinders UniversityFlinders University Oval, Bedford Park AdFL Division 7
EdwardstownEdwardstown Oval, EdwardstownAdFL Division 3
Westminster OSGlandore Oval, GlandoreAdFL Division 3
CoveHallett Cove Oval, Hallett CoveSFL seniors
MarionMarion Oval, MarionAdFL Division 3
Mitchell ParkMitchell Park Oval, Mitchell ParkAdFL Division 7
Morphettville ParkKellett Reserve Oval, MorphettvilleAdFL Division 4
PlymptonPlympton Oval, Plympton ParkAdFL Division 3

† The ground’s suburb is shared with a neighbouring council, so the club may sit just over the boundary. From each league’s current club list, checked September 2026. Clubs change leagues and divisions between seasons; the league is right if this is not.

Your pathway

Which SANFL zone your club is in

Most of the south is South Adelaide’s SANFL zone; closer to the city, sections belong to Glenelg, Sturt and West Adelaide. The zone belongs to your club, not your address, and the SANFL club finder shows which one a club in Marion is in.

Adelaide’s south: the zones, the leagues and the SANFL clubs →

How the AFL pathway works, step by step →

Your first ten minutes

Set it up for your club in Marion

Four things, in the order the app asks them. The footy calendar and conditions are on the Adelaide guide.

Choose footy, then your team nights

Onboarding asks “When do you train with your team?” Pick your club nights — Adelaide Footy League or wherever you play — and your gym and conditioning are scheduled around them, lighter the day after a big one. Tell it your equipment and any niggles and every exercise is fitted to both.

Match the program to your league’s start

The app treats March as the start of the footy season. SANFL and community footy in South Australia starts in April, so you can hold the pre-season through March by setting the phase yourself. The phase lives in Program → Your year.

Know your numbers on day one

Your first testing session is ready immediately: 2km time trial, Bench press 1RM, Max pull-ups, Trap-bar deadlift 1RM, Running vertical jump. It is re-run every 8 weeks, and the results re-price your training weights and conditioning paces.

Put your suburb on the board

In Social → Town, set where you train. Your minutes count toward that town’s weekly conditioning and strength top-10 boards — only the town is kept, never your location.

Hallett CoveSheidow ParkWarradaleGlengowrieMitchell ParkSouth PlymptonEdwardstownMarionOaklands ParkPlympton Park

The suburbs

Marion by suburb

94,721 people at the 2021 census. Suburb populations from the same census.

Hallett Cove 12,512Sheidow Park 6,731Warradale 5,801Glengowrie 5,767Mitchell Park 5,754South Plympton 4,721Edwardstown 4,514Marion 4,101Oaklands Park 3,948Plympton Park 3,881Morphettville 3,686Ascot Park 3,588Seacombe Gardens 3,373Park Holme 3,199Clovelly Park 3,126Trott Park 3,124Dover Gardens 3,062Glandore 3,041Sturt 2,787O'Halloran Hill 2,722Seaview Downs 2,718Marino 2,277Seacombe Heights 1,549Darlington 1,275Tonsley 743
For coaches

Coaching a side in Marion?

A club licence is A$8 per player, per month (minimum 5), and every player on it gets full Train Smart membership at no cost to them. You write the block once, it lands in each player’s app, and the console shows who actually did it.

FAQ

Footy in Marion: questions

What footy clubs are in Marion?
8 clubs have a home ground in Marion: Flinders University, Edwardstown, Westminster OS, Cove, Marion, Mitchell Park, Morphettville Park and Plympton. The table on this page lists each one’s ground, league and grades.
Which SANFL zone are Marion clubs in?
Most of the south is South Adelaide’s SANFL zone; closer to the city, sections belong to Glenelg, Sturt and West Adelaide. The zone belongs to your club, not your address, and the SANFL club finder shows which one a club in Marion is in.
Which league do Marion footy clubs play in?
Most Marion clubs play in the Adelaide Footy League (7 clubs), with others in the Southern Football League (1).
Sources

Where these facts come from

Checked September 2026. Zones, grades and dates change — if something here is out of date, the governing body is right and we are wrong.

  1. Adelaide Footy League — current clubs and grounds
  2. Southern Football League — current clubs and grounds
  3. City of Marion — suburbs and 2021 census population
  4. SANFL — South Adelaide club page (development zone)
  5. South Adelaide — pathway clubs of the year (zone leagues)

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Turn up to round one already fit

Pick footy, tell it your Cove training nights — or wherever you play — and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.

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