2019 AFL Women's season | |
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Date | 2 February—31 March 2019 |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Adelaide 2nd premiership |
Runners-up | Carlton 1st runners-up result |
Best and fairest | Erin Phillips (Adelaide) 19 votes |
Leading goalkicker | Stevie-Lee Thompson (Adelaide) 13 goals |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 38 |
Total attendance | 251,792 (6,626 per match) |
Highest (H&A) | 18,429 (round 1, Geelong v Collingwood) |
Highest (finals) | 53,034 (grand final, Adelaide v Carlton) |
The 2019 AFL Women's season was the third season of the AFL Women's competition, the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia.
The season featured ten clubs, with North Melbourne and Geelong joining the competition. It ran from 2 February until 31 March, and comprised a 7-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring four clubs.
The premiership was won by Adelaide for the second time, after it defeated Carlton by 45 points in the AFL Women's Grand Final.
Two new teams, Geelong and North Melbourne, joined the competition, bringing the total number of teams to ten. The North Melbourne team has a strong Tasmanian focus; some players are based in Tasmania and some home games were held in the state. The introduction of the new teams is the first stage of a two-year expansion that will take the league to fourteen teams for the 2020 season. [1]
Club | Entry in 2017 | Entry in 2019/20 | Entry in 2022 | ||||
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Placed bid | Granted entry | Placed bid | Granted entry | Placed bid | Granted entry | ||
2019 | 2020 | ||||||
Adelaide | Yes | Yes | — | ||||
Brisbane | Yes | Yes | — | ||||
Carlton | Yes | Yes | — | ||||
Collingwood | Yes | Yes | — | ||||
Essendon | No | — | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Fremantle | Yes | Yes | — | ||||
Geelong | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | — | ||
Gold Coast | No | — | Yes | No | Yes | — | |
Greater Western Sydney | Yes | Yes | — | ||||
Hawthorn | No | — | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Melbourne | Yes | Yes | — | ||||
North Melbourne | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | — | ||
Port Adelaide | No | — | No | — | — | Yes | Yes |
Richmond | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | — | |
St Kilda | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | — | |
Sydney | No | — | No | — | — | Yes | Yes |
West Coast | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | — | |
Western Bulldogs | Yes | Yes | — |
Despite the introduction of new teams, the league retained a seven-round home-and-away season. This was achieved by splitting the competition into two conferences. Each team play four games against their fellow conference members and three "cross-over" matches against teams from the other conference. [2] Conference membership was based on the final ladder positions of the 2018 season. [2]
The finals series was expanded to include preliminary finals for the first time; the two teams who finish the highest in each conference at the end of the home-and-away season qualified for the preliminary finals. The winners of these games played in the AFL Women's Grand Final. [3] The make-up of the conferences, along with the fixture, was released in October 2018. [4]
The conference system proved controversial as the teams in Conference A consistently outplayed the teams on Conference B, resulting in the first, second, fifth and sixth best overall teams making the finals. [5] [6] [7]
Pool A | ||
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Team | Stadium(s) | Capacity |
Western Bulldogs | Whitten Oval Marvel Stadium | 12,000 56,347 |
Melbourne | Casey Fields | 12,000 |
Adelaide | Norwood Oval TIO Stadium Unley Oval | 22,000 12,500 10,000 |
Fremantle | Fremantle Oval | 17,500 |
North Melbourne | North Hobart Oval UTAS Stadium Avalon Airport Oval | 18,000 21,000 10,000 |
Pool B | ||
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Team | Stadium(s) | Capacity |
Brisbane | MBC Sports Complex Hickey Park | 8,000 4,000 |
Greater Western Sydney | Drummoyne Oval Blacktown ISP Oval UNSW Canberra Oval | 6,000 10,000 16,000 |
Collingwood | Victoria Park Morwell Reserve Marvel Stadium | 15,000 12,000 56,347 |
Carlton | Ikon Park | 24,568 |
Geelong | GMHBA Stadium | 36,000 |
There were 11 rule changes brought in for the 2019 AFLW season (three AFLW specific).
The full fixture and make-up of the conferences was released on 26 October 2018. [4] [10]
Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 February (6:40 pm) | Geelong 3.6 (24) | def. | Collingwood 3.5 (23) | GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 18,429) | Report |
Saturday, 2 February (8:10 pm) | Adelaide 1.11 (17) | def. by | Western Bulldogs 2.6 (18) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 7,830) | Report |
Sunday, 3 February (1:05 pm) | North Melbourne 7.10 (52) | def. | Carlton 2.4 (16) | North Hobart Oval (crowd: 4,896) | Report |
Sunday, 3 February (3:05 pm) | Melbourne 8.7 (55) | def. by | Fremantle 9.5 (59) | Casey Fields (crowd: 1,800) | Report |
Sunday, 3 February (4:05 pm) | Brisbane 4.5 (29) | def. | Greater Western Sydney 4.3 (27) | Moreton Bay Sports Complex (crowd: 2,850) | Report |
Round 2 | |||||
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Friday, 8 February (7:15 pm) | Greater Western Sydney 2.11 (23) | def. by | North Melbourne 7.6 (48) | Drummoyne Oval (crowd: 1,365) | Report |
Saturday, 9 February (4:45 pm) | Collingwood 1.3 (9) | def. by | Melbourne 3.8 (26) | Victoria Park (crowd: 7,228) | Report |
Saturday, 9 February (7:15 pm) | Western Bulldogs 5.4 (34) | def. | Geelong 2.4 (16) | VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 8,612) | Report |
Sunday, 10 February (4:05 pm) | Carlton 7.2 (44) | def. by | Adelaide 9.3 (57) | Ikon Park (crowd: 3,150) | Report |
Sunday, 10 February (3:05 pm) | Fremantle 10.7 (67) | def. | Brisbane 6.4 (40) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6,007) | Report |
Round 3 | |||||
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Friday, 15 February (7:15 pm) | North Melbourne 8.5 (53) | def. | Western Bulldogs 3.4 (22) | University of Tasmania Stadium (crowd: 3,123) | Report |
Saturday, 16 February (4:45 pm) | Greater Western Sydney 5.6 (36) | def. by | Carlton 10.5 (65) | Blacktown ISP Oval (crowd: 3,823) | Report |
Saturday, 16 February (4:15 pm) | Fremantle 7.9 (51) | def. | Collingwood 2.6 (18) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5,443) | Report |
Sunday, 17 February (2:05 pm) | Adelaide 10.6 (66) | def. | Geelong 6.1 (37) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 4,433) | Report |
Sunday, 17 February (3:35 pm) | Brisbane 3.3 (21) | def. by | Melbourne 9.6 (60) | Hickey Park (crowd: 5,453) | Report |
Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 23 February (4:45 pm) | Geelong 2.7 (19) | def. | Carlton 1.8 (14) | GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 7,060) | Report |
Saturday, 23 February (7:15 pm) | Western Bulldogs 2.5 (17) | def. by | Brisbane 7.7 (49) | VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 6,541) | Report |
Saturday, 23 February (8:05 pm) | Adelaide 9.11 (65) | def. | Fremantle 3.5 (23) | TIO Stadium (crowd: 1,734) | Report |
Sunday, 24 February (2:05 pm) | Collingwood 4.3 (27) | def. by | Greater Western Sydney 5.6 (36) | Morwell Recreation Reserve (crowd: 1,743) | Report |
Sunday, 24 February (4:05 pm) | Melbourne 5.4 (34) | def. by | North Melbourne 6.2 (38) | Casey Fields (crowd: 4,227) | Report |
Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 March (3:45 pm) | Brisbane 1.2 (8) | def. by | Geelong 5.5 (35) | Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex (crowd: 2,800) | Report |
Saturday, 2 March (7:15 pm) | Carlton 4.10 (34) | def. | Collingwood 4.5 (29) | Ikon Park (crowd: 3,215) | Report |
Sunday, 3 March (2:05 pm) | Greater Western Sydney 2.6 (18) | def. by | Melbourne 8.9 (57) | Blacktown ISP Oval (crowd: 1,576) | Report |
Sunday, 3 March (4:05 pm) | North Melbourne 4.5 (29) | def. by | Adelaide 10.4 (64) | Avalon Airport Oval (crowd: 2,107) | Report |
Sunday, 3 March (3:05 pm) | Fremantle 8.4 (52) | def. | Western Bulldogs 5.4 (34) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 4,785) | Report |
Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday, 9 March (2:35 pm) | Geelong 2.1 (13) | def. by | Fremantle 6.13 (49) | GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 4,125) | Report |
Saturday, 9 March (4:45 pm) | Collingwood 5.1 (31) | def. by | North Melbourne 7.11 (53) | Marvel Stadium (crowd: 10,612) | Report |
Saturday, 9 March (7:15 pm) | Western Bulldogs 6.2 (38) | def. by | Melbourne 5.9 (39) | Marvel Stadium (crowd: 10,612) | Report |
Sunday, 10 March (1:35 pm) | Adelaide 9.5 (59) | def. | Greater Western Sydney 4.3 (27) | Unley Oval (crowd: 7,725) | Report |
Sunday, 10 March (4:05 pm) | Carlton 6.7 (43) | def. | Brisbane 4.3 (27) | Ikon Park (crowd: 2,900) | Report |
Round 7 | |||||
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Friday, 15 March (7:15 pm) | Greater Western Sydney 6.5 (41) | def. | Geelong 1.4 (10) | UNSW Canberra Oval (crowd: 4,524) | Report |
Saturday, 16 March (4:45 pm) | Melbourne 1.2 (8) | def. by | Adelaide 10.8 (68) | Casey Fields (crowd: 2,239) | Report |
Saturday, 16 March (4:15 pm) | Fremantle 7.10 (52) | def. | North Melbourne 4.1 (25) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6,386) | Report |
Sunday, 17 March (2:05 pm) | Collingwood 3.7 (25) | def. | Brisbane 2.7 (19) | Victoria Park (crowd: 2,030) | Report |
Sunday, 17 March (4:05 pm) | Western Bulldogs 5.8 (38) | def. by | Carlton 6.5 (41) | VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 9,609) | Report |
Source: womens.afl Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
Source: womens.afl Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. |
Conference A
| Conference B
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+ | Win | Qualified for finals | |
- | Loss | X | Bye |
Draw | Eliminated |
Bold – Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin
This table can be sorted by margin, winners are represented in the first half of each column, and losers are represented in the second half of each column once sorted
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | PF | GF | Ladder |
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Adelaide | WB 1 | Car 13 | Gee 29 | Fre 42 | NM 35 | GWS 32 | Melb 60 | Gee 66 | Car 45 | A1 |
Brisbane | GWS 2 | Fre 27 | Melb 39 | WB 32 | Gee 27 | Carl 16 | Coll 6 | X | X | B4 |
Carlton | NM 36 | Adel 13 | GWS 29 | Geel 5 | Coll 5 | BL 16 | WB 3 | Fre 36 | Ade 45 | B1 |
Collingwood | Geel 1 | Melb 17 | Fre 33 | GWS 9 | Carl 5 | NM 22 | BL 6 | X | X | B5 |
Fremantle | Melb 4 | BL 27 | Coll 33 | Adel 42 | WB 18 | Gee 36 | NM 27 | Carl 36 | X | A2 |
Geelong | Coll 1 | WB 18 | Adel 29 | Carl 5 | BL 27 | Fre 36 | GWS 31 | Adel 66 | X | B2 |
Greater Western Sydney | BL 2 | NM 25 | Carl 29 | Coll 9 | Melb 39 | Adel 32 | Geel 31 | X | X | B3 |
Melbourne | Fre 4 | Col 17 | BL 39 | NM 4 | GWS 39 | WB 1 | Adel 60 | X | X | A4 |
North Melbourne | Carl 36 | GWS 25 | WB 31 | Melb 4 | Adel 35 | Coll 22 | Fre 27 | X | X | A3 |
Western Bulldogs | Adel 1 | Geel 18 | NM 31 | BL 32 | Fre 18 | Melb 1 | Carl 3 | X | X | A5 |
Preliminary finals | Grand final | |||||
March 24, Adelaide Oval | ||||||
Adelaide | 11.7 (73) | |||||
March 31, Adelaide Oval | ||||||
Geelong | 1.1 (7) | |||||
Adelaide | 10.3 (63) | |||||
March 23, Ikon Park | ||||||
Carlton | 2.6 (18) | |||||
Carlton | 9.10 (64) | |||||
Fremantle | 4.4 (28) | |||||
Preliminary finals | |||||
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Saturday, 23 March (2.45 pm) | Carlton 9.10 (64) | def. | Fremantle 4.4 (28) | Ikon Park (crowd: 7,146) | Report |
Sunday, 24 March (12.40 pm) | Adelaide 11.7 (73) | def. | Geelong 1.1 (7) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 13,429) | Report |
Grand final | |||||
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Sunday, 31 March (12:30 pm) | Adelaide 10.3 (63) | def. | Carlton 2.6 (18) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 53,034) | Report |
Club | Total | Games | Avg. per game | Home total | Home games | Home avg. |
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Adelaide | 29,218 | 7 | 4,174 | 21,722 | 4 | 5,431 |
Brisbane | 24,555 | 6 | 4,093 | 7,077 | 2 | 3,539 |
Carlton | 34,653 | 7 | 4,950 | 9,265 | 3 | 3,088 |
Collingwood | 48,700 | 7 | 6,957 | 21,613 | 4 | 5,403 |
Fremantle | 30,280 | 7 | 4,326 | 22,621 | 4 | 5,655 |
Geelong | 47,183 | 6 | 7,864 | 29,614 | 3 | 9,871 |
Greater Western Sydney | 23,147 | 7 | 3,307 | 11,279 | 4 | 2,820 |
Melbourne | 31,900 | 7 | 4,557 | 8,266 | 3 | 2,755 |
North Melbourne | 32,716 | 7 | 4,674 | 10,126 | 3 | 3,375 |
Western Bulldogs | 51,112 | 7 | 7,302 | 35,374 | 4 | 8,844 |
Ground | Total | Games | Avg. per game |
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Avalon Airport Stadium | 2,107 | 1 | 2,107 |
Blacktown ISP Oval | 5,390 | 2 | 2,695 |
Casey Fields | 8,266 | 3 | 2,755 |
Drummoyne Oval | 1,365 | 1 | 1,365 |
Fremantle Oval | 22,621 | 4 | 5,655 |
Hickey Park | 4,227 | 1 | 4,227 |
GMHBA Stadium | 29,614 | 3 | 9,871 |
Ikon Park | 9,265 | 3 | 3,088 |
Marvel Stadium | 10,612 | 1 | 10,612 |
Moreton Bay Sports Complex | 2,850 | 1 | 2,850 |
Morwell Recreation Reserve | 1,743 | 1 | 1,743 |
North Hobart Oval | 4,896 | 1 | 4,896 |
Norwood Oval | 12,263 | 2 | 6,132 |
TIO Stadium | 1,734 | 1 | 1,734 |
Unley Oval | 7,725 | 1 | 7,725 |
UNSW Canberra Oval | 4,524 | 1 | 4,524 |
University of Tasmania Stadium | 3,123 | 1 | 3,123 |
Victoria Park | 9,258 | 2 | 4,629 |
VU Whitten Oval | 27,762 | 3 | 8,254 |
Club | Award name | Player | Ref. |
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Adelaide | Club Champion | Erin Phillips | [19] |
Brisbane | Best and fairest | Ally Anderson | [20] |
Carlton | Best and fairest | Brianna Davey | [21] |
Madison Prespakis | |||
Collingwood | Best and fairest | Jaimee Lambert | [22] |
Fremantle | Fairest and best | Kiara Bowers | [19] |
Geelong | Best and fairest | Meg McDonald | [19] |
Greater Western Sydney | Gabrielle Trainor Medal | Rebecca Beeson | [19] |
Melbourne | Best and fairest | Karen Paxman | [19] |
North Melbourne | Best and fairest | Jenna Bruton | [19] |
Western Bulldogs | Best and fairest | Monique Conti | [23] |
Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | |
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1 | Stevie-Lee Thompson | 0 | 44 | 15 | 27 | 29 | 312 | 113 | 13 |
2 | Erin Phillips | 0 | 11 | 34 | 26 | 28 | 19 | 09 | 9 |
3 | Emma King | 2 | 24 | 04 | 37 | 18 | 08 | 08 | 8 |
Mo Hope | 1 | 01 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 28 | ||
Ashley Sharp | 2 | 24 | 04 | 04 | 04 | 26 | 28 | ||
Tegan Cunningham | 1 | 01 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 28 | 08 | ||
Gemma Houghton | 2 | 13 | 03 | 03 | 25 | 27 | 17 | ||
Jess Wuetschner | 3 | 25 | 05 | 16 | 06 | 17 | 18 | ||
9 | Eloise Jones | 0 | 22 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 07 | 7 |
Kellie Gibson | 0 | 00 | 22 | 13 | 36 | 06 | 17 | ||
Danielle Ponter | 0 | 00 | 00 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 16 | ||
Sabreena Duffy | 1 | 23 | 03 | 03 | 25 | 05 | 27 | ||
Christina Bernardi | 1 | 01 | 23 | 03 | 14 | 15 | 27 | ||
Tayla Harris | 0 | 00 | 33 | 03 | 14 | 26 | 17 |
Club | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
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North Melbourne | Inaugural coach | Scott Gowans [24] | 24 October 2017 | ||
Geelong | Inaugural coach | Paul Hood [25] | 23 February 2018 | ||
Collingwood | Wayne Siekman | Sacked [26] | 4 April 2019 | Stephen Symonds [27] | 4 June 2019 |
Western Bulldogs | Paul Groves | Resigned [28] | 17 June 2019 | Nathan Burke [29] | 19 September 2019 |
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