2024 AFL Women's season

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2024 AFL Women's season
Date30 August—30 November 2024
Teams18
←  2023

The 2024 AFL Women's season is the upcoming ninth season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season will feature 18 clubs and run from 30 August to 30 November, comprising an eleven-match home-and-away season over ten weeks, followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

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Background

In February 2024, Australian Football League (AFL) executive general manager Laura Kane announced that pre-season training would start on 3 June, and that the season would begin on the last weekend of August, coinciding with the AFL's pre-finals bye weekend, as had been the case the previous two seasons. [1] The season will feature eleven home-and-away rounds, an increase from ten in 2023, and four weeks of finals. [2] Although players were on twelve-month contracts for the first time, [1] the announcement came earlier than in previous seasons following requests from players to allow sufficient notice to plan living and work arrangements. [2] Clubs had offered voluntary training during the off-season, with some allowing select players to play in state league competitions for additional exposure. [1]

The season will mark an AFLW record for female senior coaches with five, including new coaches Tamara Hyett (Western Bulldogs) and Daisy Pearce (West Coast). [3]

Coach appointments

New coachClubDate of appointmentPrevious coachRef.
Daisy Pearce West Coast 11 December 2023 Michael Prior [4]
Sam Wright Collingwood 22 December 2023 Stephen Symonds [5]
Daniel Webster Hawthorn 5 February 2024 Bec Goddard [6]
Tamara Hyett Western Bulldogs 16 February 2024 Nathan Burke [7]

Home-and-away season

All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au

Week 1

Week 1
Friday, 30 August (7:15 pm) Sydney v Collingwood North Sydney Oval
Friday, 30 August (7:15 pm) West Coast v Richmond Mineral Resources Park
Saturday, 31 August (1:05 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Western Bulldogs Manuka Oval
Saturday, 31 August (3:05 pm) Essendon v Fremantle Windy Hill
Saturday, 31 August (5:05 pm) Gold Coast v St Kilda People First Stadium
Saturday, 31 August (7:15 pm) Geelong v Melbourne GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 31 August (7:15 pm) Port Adelaide v Adelaide Alberton Oval
Sunday, 1 September (1:05 pm) Hawthorn v Carlton Kinetic Stadium
Sunday, 1 September (3:05 pm) Brisbane v North Melbourne Brighton Homes Arena

Week 2

Week 2
Friday, 6 September (5:05 pm) Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide Mission Whitten Oval
Saturday, 7 September (11:05 am) Melbourne v Brisbane Casey Fields
Saturday, 7 September (11:05 am) West Coast v Essendon Mineral Resources Park
Saturday, 7 September (1:05 pm) Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park
Sunday, 8 September (1:05 pm) Richmond v Greater Western Sydney Swinburne Centre
Sunday, 8 September (1:05 pm) Gold Coast v Carlton Great Barrier Reef Arena
Sunday, 8 September (3:05 pm) North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval
Sunday, 8 September (3:05 pm) St Kilda v Sydney RSEA Park
Sunday, 8 September (3:05 pm) Fremantle v Adelaide Fremantle Community Bank Oval

Week 3

Week 3
Thursday, 12 September (7:15 pm) Western Bulldogs v West Coast Mission Whitten Oval
Friday, 13 September (5:05 pm) Brisbane v Collingwood Brighton Homes Arena
Saturday, 14 September (12:35 am) Sydney v Richmond C.ex Coffs International Stadium
Saturday, 14 September (2:35 pm) Carlton v Geelong Ikon Park
Saturday, 14 September (4:05 pm) Port Adelaide v Fremantle Alberton Oval
Sunday, 15 September (12:35 pm) Adelaide v Hawthorn Unley Oval
Sunday, 15 September (1:05 pm) Melbourne v North Melbourne Casey Fields
Sunday, 15 September (3:05 pm) Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill
Sunday, 15 September (5:05 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Gold Coast Manuka Oval

Week 4

Week 4
Tuesday, 17 September (7:15 pm) Collingwood v West Coast Ikon Park
Wednesday, 18 September (7:15 pm) Brisbane v Western Bulldogs Brighton Homes Arena
Thursday, 19 September (7:15 pm) Richmond v Carlton Ikon Park
Friday, 20 September (5:05 pm) North Melbourne v Port Adelaide Mission Whitten Oval
Saturday, 21 September (12:05 pm) Gold Coast v Geelong People First Stadium
Saturday, 21 September (2:05 pm) St Kilda v Hawthorn RSEA Park
Saturday, 21 September (12:05 pm) Fremantle v Melbourne Fremantle Community Bank Oval
Sunday, 22 September (12:35 pm) Adelaide v Essendon Unley Oval
Sunday, 22 September (3:05 pm) Collingwood v Western Bulldogs Victoria Park
Sunday, 22 September (3:05 pm) Sydney v Greater Western Sydney Henson Park
Sunday, 22 September (3:05 pm) West Coast v Brisbane Mineral Resources Park

Week 5

Week 5
Tuesday, 24 September (7:15 pm) Richmond v Port Adelaide Ikon Park
Wednesday, 25 September (7:15 pm) Carlton v North Melbourne Ikon Park
Thursday, 26 September (7:15 pm) Geelong v Hawthorn GMHBA Stadium
Friday, 27 September (12:05 pm) Collingwood v Gold Coast Swinburne Centre
Friday, 27 September (2:05 pm) Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill
Friday, 27 September (4:05 pm) St Kilda v Fremantle RSEA Park
Friday, 27 September (7:15 pm) Western Bulldogs v Sydney Mission Whitten Oval
Sunday, 29 September (1:05 pm) North Melbourne v Richmond University of Tasmania Stadium
Sunday, 29 September (3:05 pm) Greater Western Sydney v West Coast Henson Park
Sunday, 29 September (3:05 pm) Brisbane v Adelaide Brighton Homes Arena
Sunday, 29 September (4:35 pm) Port Adelaide v Carlton Alberton Oval

Week 6

Week 6
Tuesday, 1 October (7:15 pm) Geelong v Fremantle GMHBA Stadium
Wednesday, 2 October (5:15 pm) Hawthorn v Gold Coast Kinetic Stadium
Wednesday, 2 October (7:15 pm) Essendon v Sydney Windy Hill
Thursday, 3 October (7:15 pm) Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney Ikon Park
Friday, 4 October (7:15 pm) Adelaide v St Kilda Norwood Oval
Saturday, 5 October (1:05 pm) North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs Arden Street Oval
Saturday, 5 October (3:05 pm) Richmond v Collingwood Swinburne Centre
Saturday, 5 October (3:05 pm) West Coast v Port Adelaide Mineral Resources Park
Saturday, 5 October (7:15 pm) Carlton v Brisbane Ikon Park
Sunday, 6 October (12:05 pm) Gold Coast v Essendon People First Stadium
Sunday, 6 October (3:05 pm) Sydney v Geelong Henson Park
Sunday, 6 October (2:05 pm) Fremantle v Hawthorn Fremantle Community Bank Oval

Week 7

Week 7 (Pride Round)
Tuesday, 8 October (7:15 pm) St Kilda v Greater Western Sydney Kinetic Stadium
Wednesday, 9 October (7:15 pm) Adelaide v Melbourne Norwood Oval
Thursday, 10 October (7:15 pm) Port Adelaide v Collingwood Alberton Oval
Friday, 11 October (7:15 pm) Western Bulldogs v Essendon Mission Whitten Oval
Saturday, 12 October (1:05 pm) Hawthorn v West Coast Kinetic Stadium
Saturday, 12 October (3:05 pm) Richmond v Geelong Swinburne Centre
Saturday, 12 October (4:05 pm) Brisbane v Gold Coast Brighton Homes Arena
Saturday, 12 October (4:15 pm) Fremantle v Carlton Fremantle Community Bank Oval
Sunday, 13 October (1:05 pm) North Melbourne v Sydney North Hobart Oval
Sunday, 13 October (3:05 pm) St Kilda v Melbourne RSEA Park
Sunday, 13 October (5:05 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Adelaide Henson Park

Week 8

Week 8
Thursday, 17 October (7:15 pm) Carlton v Western Bulldogs Ikon Park
Friday, 18 October (7:15 pm) Port Adelaide v St Kilda Alberton Oval
Saturday, 19 October (1:05 pm) Hawthorn v Greater Western Sydney Kinetic Stadium
Saturday, 19 October (3:05 pm) Sydney v Gold Coast Henson Park
Saturday, 19 October (5:05 pm) Melbourne v Richmond Casey Fields
Saturday, 19 October (4:05 pm) West Coast v Fremantle Optus Stadium
Sunday, 20 October (1:05 pm) Geelong v Brisbane GMHBA Stadium
Sunday, 20 October (3:05 pm) Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill
Sunday, 20 October (5:05 pm) Collingwood v Adelaide Victoria Park

Week 9

Week 9 (Indigenous Round week 1)
Thursday, 24 October (6:45 pm) Hawthorn v Melbourne Cazalys Stadium
Friday, 25 October (7:15 pm) Adelaide v North Melbourne Norwood Oval
Saturday, 26 October (2:05 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Fremantle Henson Park
Saturday, 26 October (3:05 pm) Gold Coast v Port Adelaide People First Stadium
Saturday, 26 October (3:05 pm) West Coast v Geelong Mineral Resources Park
Saturday, 26 October (7:15 pm) Essendon v Richmond TIO Stadium
Sunday, 27 October (1:05 pm) Western Bulldogs v St Kilda Mars Stadium
Sunday, 27 October (3:05 pm) Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park
Sunday, 27 October (4:05 pm) Brisbane v Sydney Brighton Homes Arena

Week 10

Week 10 (Indigenous Round week 2)
Dates and times TBC Carlton v Essendon Ikon Park
Fremantle v Western Bulldogs Fremantle Community Bank Oval
Geelong v Adelaide GMHBA Stadium
Melbourne v Collingwood Ikon Park
North Melbourne v Gold Coast Arden Street Oval
Port Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney Alberton Oval
Richmond v Hawthorn Swinburne Centre
St Kilda v Brisbane RSEA Park
Sydney v West Coast Henson Park

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Adelaide 000000—0Finals series
2 Brisbane 000000—0
3 Carlton 000000—0
4 Collingwood 000000—0
5 Essendon 000000—0
6 Fremantle 000000—0
7 Geelong 000000—0
8 Gold Coast 000000—0
9 Greater Western Sydney 000000—0
10 Hawthorn 000000—0
11 Melbourne 000000—0
12 North Melbourne 000000—0
13 Port Adelaide 000000—0
14 Richmond 000000—0
15 St Kilda 000000—0
16 Sydney 000000—0
17 West Coast 000000—0
18 Western Bulldogs 000000—0
Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for

Progression by round

For readability purposes, weeks 4 to 7 are split into each club's five matches, with no fixed ladder positions being given for the first four matches of this period due to the spread of matches.

4Finished the round in first place0Finished the round in last place
41Subscript indicates the ladder position at the end of the round
TeamW1W2W3Weeks 4–7W8W9W10
12345
Adelaide
Brisbane
Carlton
Collingwood
Essendon
Fremantle
Geelong
Gold Coast
Greater Western Sydney
Hawthorn
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Richmond
St Kilda
Sydney
West Coast
Western Bulldogs

Home match attendance

TeamHostedTotalHighestLowestAverage
2023 [8] 2024 [9] Change
Adelaide 4,073
Brisbane 2,912
Carlton 2,677
Collingwood 2,470
Essendon 4,073
Fremantle 2,405
Geelong 3,489
Gold Coast 1,460
Greater Western Sydney 1,478
Hawthorn 2,400
Melbourne 3,240
North Melbourne 2,016
Port Adelaide 2,373
Richmond 2,041
St Kilda 2,293
Sydney 4,637
West Coast 1,192
Western Bulldogs 2,425
Total/overall2,585

Win–loss table

For readability purposes, weeks 4 to 7 are split into each club's five matches. Home matches are in bold and opponents are listed above the margins.

+WinQualified for finals
-LossXBye
DrawEliminated
TeamHome-and-away seasonLadderFinals series
W1W2W3Weeks 4–7W8W9W10F1F2F3GF
12345
Adelaide PAFREHAWESSBLSTKMELGWSCOLNMGEE1
(0–0–0)
Brisbane NMMELCOLWBWCADECARGCGEESYDSTK2
(0–0–0)
Carlton HAWGCGEERICNMPABLFREWBCOLESS3
(0–0–0)
Collingwood SYDHAWBLWCWBGCRICPAADECARMEL4
(0–0–0)
Essendon FREWCSTKADEMELSYDGCWBNMRICCAR5
(0–0–0)
Fremantle ESSADEPAMELSTKGEEHAWCARWCGWSWB6
(0–0–0)
Geelong MELNMCARGCHAWFRESYDRICBLWCADE7
(0–0–0)
Gold Coast STKCARGWSGEECOLHAWESSBLSYDPANM8
(0–0–0)
Greater Western Sydney WBRICGCSYDWCMELSTKADEHAWFREPA9
(0–0–0)
Hawthorn CARCOLADESTKGEEGCFREWCGWSMELRIC10
(0–0–0)
Melbourne GEEBLNMFREESSGWSADESTKRICHAWCOL11
(0–0–0)
North Melbourne BLGEEMELPACARRICWBSYDESSADEGC12
(0–0–0)
Port Adelaide ADEWBFRENMRICCARWCCOLSTKGCGWS13
(0–0–0)
Richmond WCGWSSYDCARPANMCOLGEEMELESSHAW14
(0–0–0)
St Kilda GCSYDESSHAWFREADEGWSMELPAWBBL15
(0–0–0)
Sydney COLSTKRICGWSWBESSGEENMGCBLWC16
(0–0–0)
West Coast RICESSWBCOLBLGWSPAHAWFREGEESYD17
(0–0–0)
Western Bulldogs GWSPAWCBLCOLSYDNMESSCARSTKFRE18
(0–0–0)

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