The Port Adelaide Football Club is proud to confirm it will once again be known as the Yartapuulti Football Club for all games played during Sir Doug Nicholls Round, AFLW Indigenous Round and SANFL First Nations Round.
The name change will be in place from Monday 11 May and remain until Sunday 24 May to reflect the two weeks of Sir Doug Nicholls Round.
Yartapuulti will travel to Darwin to face Gold Coast at TIO Stadium on Friday 15 May, and host Carlton at Adelaide Oval on Saturday 23 May.
Meanwhile, the club will also be known as Yartapuulti across SANFL First Nations Round, which has been aligned with Sir Doug Nicholls Round in 2026, with the Magpies travelling to Woodville Oval to play the Eagles on Saturday 23 May.
The change to Yartapuulti was developed with extensive consultation with the Kaurna Language Committee, Kaurna Senior, and past player, Uncle Mickey Kumatpi Murrutya O’Brien, and Head of Programs, Braedon Talbot.
The decision to rename the Port Adelaide Football Club for these significant occasions is designed to further elevate First Nations culture and language onto the national stage to educate, generate awareness and encourage productive and meaningful conversations.
Yartapuulti is the traditional Aboriginal name for Port Adelaide. In Kaurna language, ‘Yarta’ means place or land and ‘Puulti’ means sleep or death, which is the name the Kaurna people gave the land around the Port River.
Click here to learn more about the name change and the club's rich Indigenous history.
