| Southern Saints | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Sandringham Football Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Saints,Sainters | |
| 2024 season | ||
| Home-and-away season | 13th | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | October 2017; 7 years ago (October 2017) | |
| Dissolved | 1 November 2024; 4 months ago (1 November 2024) | |
| Colours | Red White Black | |
| Competition | VFL Women's | |
| Coach | Michelle 'Alpha' Densley[1] | |
| Uniforms | ||
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | sandringhamfc.com.au | |
 Current season | ||
TheSouthern Saints were anAustralian rules football club playing in theVFL Women's (VFLW), the major state-levelwomen's Australian rules football league inVictoria. It was affiliated with theSandringham Football Club, which competes in theVictorian Football League (VFL).
The club competed in the VFLW from2019 until its brand was consolidated with Sandringham at the end of the2024 season.[2]
The Southern Saints entered the VFLW in 2018, after theSeaford Football Club opted to transfer its licence to theSt Kilda Football Club.[2]
In itsfirst season, the club had an agreement with theFrankston Football Club. It finished 8th on the ladder at the end of the season.[3]
In 2019, St Kilda and its VFL affiliate,Sandringham, moved to co-manage the club. Since St Kilda entered theAFL Women's competition in 2020, Sandringham took over the Southern Saints team licence and full responsibility for the commercial and operational management of the team.[4]
The club's best season came in 2022, when it finished fifth on the home-and-away ladder. They lost in the grand final toEssendon, going down by 35 points.[5]
On 28 October 2024, Sandringham announced that the Southern Saints would be known as the Sandringham Zebras (as of 1 November 2024), consolidating both identities under the one club for the2025 season.[6][7]
| Premiers | Grand Finalist | Minor premiers | Finals appearance | Wooden spoon | VFLW leading goalkicker | Lambert–Pearce Medal |
| Year | League | Finish | W | L | D | Coach | Captain | Best and fairest | Leading goalkicker | Goals | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | VFLW | 8th | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| 2019 | VFLW | 2nd | 11 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2020 | VFLW | (No season) | (No season) | ||||||||
| 2021 | VFLW | 6th | 7 | 7 | 0 | Dale Robinson | Frankie Hocking | Tara Bohanna[8] | 19 | [9] | |
| 2022 | VFLW | 5th | 9 | 4 | 1 | Dale Robinson | Deanna Jolliffe[10] | Olivia Flanagan[11] | 10 | [12] | |
| 2023 | VFLW | 7th | 8 | 6 | 0 | Michelle 'Alpha' Densley | Ali Hynes; Tayla Kearns | Gabriella De Angelis[13] | 10 | [14] | |
| 2024 | VFLW | 13th | 4 | 10 | 0 | Michelle 'Alpha' Densley | Chloe Hunt[15] | 18 | [16] | ||
Another season as captain of the Southern Saints and a VFLW Grand Final berth to boot made it quite memorable
Southern Saints captain Deanna Jolliffe and coach Dale Robinson would love nothing more than to get their hands on the silverware again on Sunday.
