Footy · South Australia

Footy training for Adelaide’s west & north-west

The west has three SANFL clubs within a few kilometres of each other and a fourth at Alberton, which makes it the most crowded pathway in Adelaide. The lines between zones matter here more than anywhere.

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Short answer

Western Adelaide is shared by three SANFL zones: Woodville-West Torrens (the north-western suburbs), West Adelaide (the inner western and southern suburbs) and Glenelg (sections of the western and southern suburbs). Port Adelaide’s SANFL side plays at Alberton, but it does not run a junior zone — the LeFevre Peninsula went to Woodville-West Torrens in 2014.

2 council areas

Find your club in Adelaide’s west

Every club with a home ground in each council, its ground, and the league and grades it plays — pick the council you live in.

Your pathway

Which club your address belongs to

Three SANFL clubs run junior zones in the west. Check which one your local club belongs to before trials.

Woodville-West Torrens
Based at Woodville Oval. Development zone: the north-western suburbs and the Yorke Peninsula.
West Adelaide
Based at Richmond Oval. Development zone: the inner western and southern suburbs, the Riverland and Roxby Downs.
Glenelg
Based at Glenelg Oval. Development zone: sections of the western and southern suburbs, and the South East.

Every community club in South Australia is associated with a SANFL League club. The SANFL club finder and zone map show which zone your local club sits in — the SANFL is the authority, and boundaries are reviewed (the next review is due in 2027).

How the AFL pathway works, step by step →

Where you play

The competitions

SANFL under-18 and under-16
The three clubs’ talent teams.
Adelaide Footy League
Amateur clubs across the western suburbs.
Also in the west
Port Adelaide
SANFL, at Alberton Oval. No junior development zone.
Your first ten minutes

Set it up for Adelaide’s west

Four things, in the order the app asks them. None of them needs a coach.

Choose footy, then your team nights

Onboarding asks “When do you train with your team?” Pick your club nights — SANFL under-18 and under-16 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.

WoodvilleHenley BeachGrangeWest LakesSemaphorePort AdelaideRichmondGlenelg

Starting now

What you start with, by the month you join

Every block is four weeks — three building, one deload — so a free month is one complete block. The footy calendar and conditions are on the Adelaide guide.

Jan
Pre-season
Max-strength block
Feb
Pre-season
Max-strength block
Mar
In-season
Maintenance block
Apr
In-season
Maintenance block
May
In-season
Maintenance block
Jun
In-season
Maintenance block
Jul
In-season
Maintenance block
Aug
In-season
Maintenance block
Sep
In-season
Maintenance block
Oct
Off-season
Muscle-building block
Nov
Pre-season
Max-strength block
Dec
Pre-season
Max-strength block
Read from the app: the season phase a new AFL account starts in, and the first four-week block it runs.
For coaches

Coaching a side in Adelaide’s west?

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 Adelaide’s west: questions

Which SANFL club covers Woodville, Henley and Semaphore?
Woodville-West Torrens, whose development zone includes the north-western suburbs and the Yorke Peninsula. The LeFevre Peninsula moved to the Eagles in 2014.
Does Port Adelaide have a SANFL junior zone?
No. Port Adelaide plays in the SANFL at Alberton, but its former zones were redistributed and it does not run a junior development zone.
Which SANFL clubs cover the western suburbs?
Woodville-West Torrens in the north-west, West Adelaide in the inner west, and Glenelg in sections of the west and south.
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. SANFL — Woodville-West Torrens club page (development zone)
  2. SANFL — West Adelaide club page (development zone)
  3. SANFL — Glenelg club page (development zone)
  4. SANFL — Port Adelaide club page (development zone)
  5. Port Adelaide — 2014 zone distributions
  6. SANFL — club finder and zone map

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Turn up to round one already fit

Pick footy, tell it your team nights, and your first block and testing session are ready before you leave the car park.

One month free, then A$24.99/month. Cancel any time. iPhone and iPad.