2018 VFL Women's season

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2018 premiership season
Teams13
Premiers Hawthorn
1st premiership
Minor premiers Collingwood
1st minor premiership
Best and fairest Jess Duffin
Williamstown (23 votes) [1]
Leading goalkicker Darcy Vescio
Carlton (26 goals) [2]
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The 2018 VFL Women's season was the third season of the VFL Women's (VFLW). The season commenced on 5 May and concluded with the Grand Final on 23 September 2018. The competition was contested by thirteen clubs.

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Clubs

Significant overhaul and changes were made to composition of the competition ahead of the 2018 season. With the establishment of the national AFL Women's competition in 2017, the league sought to affiliate clubs more closely to existing AFL/AFLW clubs. Consequently five foundation clubs departed; leaving Darebin, Melbourne University and VU Western Spurs (who were taken over by and renamed the Western Bulldogs to align with the AFL club) as the remaining clubs. The departing clubs were replaced by the AFL-aligned Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Richmond and Southern Saints, the VFL-aligned Casey and Williamstown, and the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL)-aligned Northern Territory; [3] Northern Territory aligned with Adelaide's AFLW team, giving Crows players an opportunity to play in the Victorian competition. [4] The thirteen clubs were as follows:

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Collingwood 141211607328185.150 Finals series
2 Hawthorn (P)141220596332179.548
3 Northern Territory 141130831430193.344
4 Geelong Cats 141031599367163.242
5 Darebin 14860527481109.632
6 Western Bulldogs 1477049458983.928
7 Carlton 14680562536104.924
8 Southern Saints 1459043947592.420
9 Melbourne University 1459045558577.820
10 Casey 1459041459469.720
11 Williamstown 14410047367670.016
12 Richmond 14410035852168.716
13 Essendon 14113029273339.84
Source: SportsTG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Semi-finals

First Semi Final
Saturday 8 September (10:15 am) Collingwood 3.3 (21)def. by Hawthorn 5.2 (32) ETU Stadium [5]
Second Semi Final
Sunday 9 September (11:45 am) NT Thunder 6.6 (42)def. by Geelong Cats 7.9 (51) ETU Stadium [6]

Preliminary final

Preliminary Final
Sunday 16 September (11:45 am) Collingwood 4.4 (28)def. by Geelong Cats 5.12 (42) ETU Stadium [7]

Grand Final

2018 VFLW Grand Final
Sunday 23 September
(12:30 pm)		 Hawthorn def. Geelong Cats Marvel Stadium [8] [9]
1.3 (9)
2.6 (18)
3.6 (24)
 4.6 (30)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		1.1 (7)
1.1 (7)
1.5 (11)
 2.7 (19)		Lisa Hardeman Medal: Chantella Perera (Hawthorn)
Television broadcast: Seven Network
S. Perkins, T. Luke, E. Mackie, E. Gilder 1GoalsM. Boyd, K. Darby 1
C. Perera, P. McWilliams, M. Hutchins, R. Beeson, T. Luke, J. Van DykBestH. Burchell, N. Morrison, M. McMahon, M. Keryk, C. Blakeway, O. Purcell

Awards

2018 VFL Women's Team of the Year [11]
B: Jayde Van Dyk (Hawthorn) Rebecca Goring (Geelong) Kate Gillespie-Jones (Melbourne Uni)
HB: Ashleigh Riddell (Melbourne Uni) Meg McDonald (Darebin) Bianca Jakobsson (Casey)
C: Alison Drennan (Southern Saints) Jess Duffin (Williamstown) Rebecca Beeson (Hawthorn)
HF: Sarah D'Arcy (Collingwood) Jasmine Garner (Williamstown) Jess Sedunary (NT Thunder)
F: Hayley Bullas (Essendon) Darcy Vescio (Carlton) Mia-Rae Clifford (Geelong)
Foll: Rhiannon Watt (Southern Saints) Richelle Cranston (Geelong) Ange Foley (NT Thunder)
Int: Emma Swanson (NT Thunder) Sophie Alexander (Collingwood) Alice Edmonds (Richmond)
Libby Birch (Western Bulldogs) Lauren Pearce (Darebin) Emma Mackie (Hawthorn)
Coach: Penny Cula-Reid (Collingwood)

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References

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  2. ↑ "VFL Women's Honours". VFL.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Three clubs depart in revamped VFLW comp". afl.com.au. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Thunder rolls into VFL Women's in 2018". AFL Northern Territory . 9 November 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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  6. ↑ "Match Report (Second Semi Final)". SportsTG.
  7. ↑ "Match Report (Preliminary Final)". SportsTG.
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