2019 VFL Women's season

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2019 VFL Women's season
Teams13
Premiers Collingwood
1st premiership
Minor premiers Collingwood
2nd minor premiership
Best and fairest Lauren Pearce
Darebin (18 votes) [1]
Leading goalkicker Jaimee Lambert
Collingwood (21 goals) [2]
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The 2019 VFL Women's season was the fourth season of the VFL Women's (VFLW). The season commenced on 5 May and concluded with the Grand Final on 22 September 2019. The competition was contested by thirteen clubs. This was to be the last VFLW season until 2021, with no competition held in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents

Collingwood won the minor premiership, finishing the home-and-away season with 12 wins. They would go on to win the Grand Final by 37 points against the Western Bulldogs at ETU Stadium. [3]

Clubs

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Collingwood (P)141220587351167.248 Finals series
2 Southern Saints 141130523299174.944
3 Western Bulldogs 141040478320149.440
4 Richmond 14950617494124.936
5 Melbourne University 14860662502131.932
6 Geelong Cats 14860499430116.032
7 Hawthorn 14761507457110.930
8 Casey 14680497435114.324
9 Essendon 1468047350194.424
10 Northern Territory 1459044266466.620
11 Darebin 14410036655366.216
12 Carlton 14310139856370.714
13 Williamstown 14113021169130.54
Source: SportsTG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Qualifying and Elimination finals

Qualifying Final
Saturday 31 August (12:00 pm) Collingwood 3.3 (21)def. Southern Saints 1.0 (6) Victoria Park [4]
First Elimination Final
Saturday 31 August (11:45 am) Melbourne University 9.2 (56)def. Geelong Cats 6.7 (43) ETU Stadium [5]
Second Elimination Final
Sunday 1 September (11:45 am) Western Bulldogs 6.0 (36)def. Richmond 4.7 (31) ETU Stadium [6]

Semi-finals

First Semi-Final
Saturday 7 September (2:40 pm) Collingwood 1.8 (14)def. by Western Bulldogs 4.2 (26) ETU Stadium [7]
Second Semi-Final
Sunday 8 September (11:45 am) Southern Saints 10.5 (65)def. Melbourne University 7.6 (48) ETU Stadium [8]

Preliminary final

Preliminary Final
Sunday 15 September (11:45 am) Collingwood 7.5 (47)def. Southern Saints 5.3 (33) ETU Stadium [9]

Grand Final

2019 VFLW Grand Final
Sunday 22 September
(11:35 am)		 Western Bulldogs def. by Collingwood Ikon Park [10] [11]
0.1 (1)
2.1 (13)
2.1 (13)
2.3 (15)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		2.6 (18)
2.6 (18)
5.9 (39)
7.10 (52)		Lisa Hardeman Medal: Stacey Livingstone (Collingwood)
Television broadcast: Seven Network
E. Mackay, S. Molan 1GoalsJ. Lambert, S. Alexander 2
M. Cann, G. Lagioia, C. Molloy 1
B. Lochland, E. Gavalas, K. Lamb, N. Ferres, S. Ruedin, A. GuestBestS. Livingstone, J. Lambert, G. Lagioia, S. Layton, N. Xenos, B. Davey

Awards

2019 VFL Women's Team of the Year [12]
B: Jayde Van Dyk (Hawthorn) Stacey Livingstone (Collingwood) Tilly Lucas-Rodd (Southern Saints)
HB: Libby Birch (Casey) Rebecca Miller (Richmond) Rebecca Webster (Geelong)
C: Jenna Bruton (Melbourne Uni) Jasmine Garner (Williamstown) Bianca Jakobsson (Casey)
HF: Jaimee Lambert (Collingwood) Kate Gillespie-Jones (Melbourne Uni) Phoebe McWilliams (Hawthorn)
F: Tayla Stahl (Richmond) Caitlin Greiser (Southern Saints) Ash Riddell (Melbourne Uni)
Foll: Lauren Pearce (c) (Darebin) Rebecca Beeson (Hawthorn) Georgia Nanscawen (Essendon)
Int: Monique Conti (Richmond) Amy McDonald (Geelong) Olivia Vesely (Southern Saints)
Danica Pedersen (Richmond) Rosie Dillon (Hawthorn) Ellie Gavalas (Western Bulldogs)
Coach:Tom Hunter (Richmond)

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