The Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) was the oldest and largest Australian rules football league for women in the world, consisting of 47 clubs from Victoria, Australia across seven divisions and a total of over 1,000 players.
Women's Australian rules football, also known simply as women's football or women's footy, is a form of Australian rules football played by women, generally with some modification to the laws of the game.
The 2006 AFL Women's National Championships took place in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The tournament began on 19 June and ended on 24 June 2006. The 2006 tournament was the 15th Championship, the previous one being held in Melbourne in 2005. The Senior-vics of Victoria won the 2006 Championship, defeating Western Australia in the final. It was Victoria's 14th successive title.
The 2005 AFL Women's National Championships took place in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tournament began on 19 June and ended on 24 June 2006. The 2005 tournament was the 14th Championship, the previous one being held in Adelaide in 2004. The U19-vics of Victoria won the 2005 Championship, defeating Senior-vics of Victoria in the final. It was Victoria U19's 1st title.
The 2004 AFL Women's National Championships took place in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The tournament began on 19 June and ended on 24 June 2004. The 2004 tournament was the 13th Championship. The Senior-vics of Victoria won the 2004 Championship, defeating the U19-vics of Victoria in the final. It was Victoria's 13th consecutive title.
The 2003 AFL Women's National Championships took place in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The tournament began on 19 June and ended on 24 June 2003. The 2003 tournament was the 12th Championship. The Senior-vics of Victoria won the 2003 Championship, defeating Queensland in the final. It was Victoria's 12th consecutive title.
The 2002 AFL Women's National Championships took place in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The tournament began on 29 June and ended on the 4 July 2002. The 2002 tournament was the eleventh Championship. The Senior-vics of Victoria won the 2002 Championship, defeating the Australian Capital Territory in the final. It was Victoria's 11th consecutive title.
The 2001 AFL Women's National Championships took place in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The tournament began on 29 June and ended on 4 July 2001. The 2001 tournament was the 10th Championship. The Senior-vics of Victoria won the 2001 Championship, defeating Queensland in the final. It was Victoria's 10th consecutive title.
The 2000 AFL Women's National Championships took place in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tournament began on 29 June and ended on 4 July 2000. The 2000 tournament was the ninth Championship. The Senior-vics of Victoria won the 2000 Championship, defeating Western Australia in the final. It was Victoria's ninth consecutive title.
The 1999 AFL Women's National Championships took place in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. The tournament began on 19 June and ended on 24 June 1999. The 1999 tournament was the 8th Championship. The Senior-vics of Victoria won the 1999 Championship, defeating Western Australia in the final. It was Victoria's 9th consecutive title.
The 1998 AFL Women's National Championships took place in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tournament began on 19 June and ended on 24 June 1998. The 1998 tournament was the 7th Championship. The Senior-vics of Victoria won the 1998 Championship, defeating Western Australia in the final. It was Victoria's 8th consecutive title.
The 2006 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships was the 11th edition of the AFL Under 18 Championships. Eight teams competed in the championships: Vic Metro, Vic Country, South Australia and Western Australia in Division 1, and New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory (NSW/ACT), Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania in Division 2. The competition was played over three rounds across two divisions. Vic Metro and Queensland were the Division 1 and Division 2 champions, respectively. The Larke Medal was awarded to Victoria Metro's Tom Hawkins, and the Hunter Harrison Medal was won by Queensland's Ricky Petterd.
The 2016 Victorian Football League season is the 135th season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League Australian rules football competition.
Melissa Hickey is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has served as Geelong captain since the club's inaugural season in 2019. Hickey previously played for the Melbourne Football Club from 2017 to 2018. She has also played in the Victorian Women's Football League/VFL Women's since 2009, representing the Darebin Falcons and St Albans Spurs. In the VWFL/VFLW, Hickey has won seven premierships, represented Victoria on three occasions and featured in the VFL Women's team of the year.
Karen Paxman is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). A defender, 1.70 metres (5.6 ft) tall, Paxman plays primarily on the half-back line with the ability to push into the midfield. She first played football at sixteen years of age and won a premiership and league best and fairest in her first year. She played in the premier division of the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) from the 2009 season and won three VWFL premierships with St Albans and the Darebin Falcons, in addition to a VFL Women's premiership with Darebin. Her accolades in football include three league best and fairest, state representation on four occasions, featuring in the VFL Women's team of the year and is a five-time All-Australian.
Libby Birch is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Melbourne in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She played the first 3 seasons of AFLW for the Western Bulldogs. She previously played netball and captained Victoria at the National Netball Championships. Birch is currently studying a Physiotherapy degree at La Trobe University. In 2016, Birch switched from netball to Australian rules football and was recruited by the Western Bulldogs as a rookie after having only played football for three months for the Darebin Falcons in the VFL Women's.
VFL Women's (VFLW) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in Victoria. The league initially comprised the six Premier Division clubs and the top four Division 1 clubs from the now-defunct Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL), and has since evolved into what is also the second primary competition for AFL Women's (AFLW) clubs in Victoria. The league runs from May to September, running concurrently with the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The NAB AFL Women's Under 18 Championships are the annual national Australian rules football championships for women players aged 18 years or younger. The competition is seen as one of the main pathways towards being drafted into a team in the professional AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Originally known as the AFL Youth Girls National Championship, the competition has teams of players representing their states and territories in a round robin tournament. The tournament is currently sponsored by the National Australia Bank. The winner of the 2019 tournament was Vic Metro.
The 2018 NAB AFL Women's Under 18 Championships was played between May and July 2018, with six teams competing in the main 'Series 2' round robin tournament and with a further four playing in a two-match on-on-one exhibition as the competition's initial 'Series 1'.
The 2016 edition of the AFL Youth Girls National Championships was held from 2 May to 6 May in Melbourne, Victoria. Nine teams competed in the round-robin tournament, divided into pool A: Queensland, Western Australia, Vic Country and Vic Metro; and pool B: the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, a combined New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory side (NSW/ACT) and the Indigenous Australian Woomeras.
