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| Full Name | Woodville-West Torrens Football Club |
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| Nickname | The Eagles |
| Strip | Blue, green and gold |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
| League | South Australian National Football League |
| First season | 1991 |
| Ground | Woodville Oval |
| Club Song | We're the Mighty Eagles |
| President | L.G. Stevens |
| Coach | Ron Fuller |
| Captain | Mark McKenzie |
| 2008 | 6th of 9 |
Woodville-West Torrens Eagles is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991.
(note: italics indicates current coach) + denotes premiership coach
(note: italics indicates current captain)* denotes premiership captain
West Torrens had competed in the SANFL since 1897 while Woodville entered the competition in 1964. Both sides had struggled throughout their respective existences; West Torrens having won four premierships in ninety seasons and Woodville none in thirty seven. Whispers grew throughout SA football circles that perhaps a merger would save these clubs.
These calls for mergers grew throughout the 1980s, culminating in 1990 when the imminent entry of the South Australian based Adelaide Crows into the national Australian Football League led officials of Woodville and West Torrens to realise that their clubs would struggle to exist as separate entities.
It was decided to merge the two sides as the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles, to play their home games at Woodville's home ground Woodville Oval and use the West Torrens Eagle emblem. The new club proved immediately competitive and won their first premiership in 1993.
Although officially formed in 1991 it was after the 1993 Premiership that many finally accepted the 'new' Eagles. In accepting the Thomas Seymour Hill Trophy for the first time for the Eagles and the first time since 1953 when West Torrens last held the Trophy aloft, captain Peter Schwarz jubilantly proclaimed the now immortal words"
"This is a very sweet moment - the end result of two clubs that made a lot of tough decisions three years ago. This is for Woodville and for West Torrens. Now we are one club."
The club colours of blue, gold and green incorporate the club colours of West Torrens (blue and gold) and Woodville (green and gold). The Eagle logo of the West Torrens Football Club was adopted as the official emblem of Woodville West Torrens. It was also agreed that blue would be the primary colour of the merged club.
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Presented to best on ground in an SANFL Grand Final
Presented to best on ground in an SANFL Reserves Grand Final
The highest individual honour that is bestowed by the club
Wayne "The Weed" Weidemann
Matthew Pavlich
Brett Burton
Nathan Bock
Scott Camporeale
Rhett Biglands
Bernie Vince
Trent Hentschel
Ken McGregor
Kent Kingsley
Scott McMahon
Brian Lake
Mathew Stokes
Jamie Tape
| Preceded by Port Adelaide |
SANFL Premiers 1993 |
Succeeded by Port Adelaide |
| Preceded by Central District |
SANFL Premiers 2006 |
Succeeded by Central District |
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