Thebarton Oval
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Thebarton Oval, Adelaide, Australia — opened 1922, 1 rugby league games hosted, home of West Torrens Football Club (SANFL), 1922-1989; used occasionally by South Australian rugby league in the early 1990s, not as a fixed tenant.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1922 (Its current floodlights date from a 2012 installation, after the recorded 1992 match; lighting at the venue in 1992 is unconfirmed. Precise location is the suburb of Torrensville, part of metropolitan Adelaide. The recorded match result rests on Rugby League Project alone; no independent second source was found.) |
| Home club | West Torrens Football Club (SANFL), 1922-1989; used occasionally by South Australian rugby league in the early 1990s, not as a fixed tenant |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1 |
| Top recorded crowd | 3,800 |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Surface | grass |
| Years used | 1992 |
| Location | Adelaide, South Australia |
Name history
- Adelaide Airport Stadium — sponsor name, circa 2012-2015
- Aldi Arena — sponsor name, circa 2016-2019
- Guardall Security Stadium — a further sponsor name per one source, 2019
Rugby league history
Thebarton Oval, long home to the West Torrens Australian rules club and known by several sponsor names in recent years, served as an occasional rugby league venue in the early 1990s. Its sole recorded match, on 7 November 1992, saw a Gold Coast club side defeat a South Australian representative team 50-10 before a crowd of 3,800.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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