2020 AFL Women's season | |
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Date | 7 February—22 March 2020 |
Teams | 14 |
Premiers | Not awarded |
Best and fairest | Madison Prespakis (Carlton) 15 votes |
Leading goalkicker | Caitlin Greiser (St Kilda) 10 goals |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 46 |
Total attendance | 205,050 (4,458 per match) |
Highest | 35,185 (round 2, West Coast v Fremantle) |
The 2020 AFL Women's season was the fourth season of the AFL Women's competition, the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured fourteen clubs, with four new teams joining the league: Gold Coast, Richmond, St Kilda and West Coast.
The season ran from 7 February until 22 March. It was intended to comprise an 8-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs; however, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 saw the season curtailed and finally abandoned. No premiership was awarded.
Four new teams, Gold Coast, Richmond, St Kilda and West Coast, joined the competition, bringing the total number of teams to fourteen. This followed on from the inclusion of Geelong and North Melbourne in the previous season. [1]
Club | Entry in 2017 | Entry in 2019/20 | Entry in 2022 (S7) | ||||
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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 | — |
Prior to the season commencing a collective bargaining agreement failed to pass the player's association, with only 70% agreeing, falling short of the required 75% threshold. One of the demands of the dissenters was to have a longer season, so that all the teams could play each other once. [2] The players later voted with a vote of 98% to agree to a revised agreement, which steadily increased the number of matches to be played over three years. [3]
The conference system utilised in the previous season was retained for this season, though it was expanded to cater for the additional teams. Seven teams were placed in each of the two conferences, with teams playing all their intra-conference rivals once and two cross-over matches against teams from the other conference, resulting in an 8-round home and away season. The placing of the teams was determined by the AFL with competitiveness, list assessments and the previous season's results in mind. [4]
Conference A | ||
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Team | Stadium(s) | Capacity |
Adelaide | Richmond Oval Unley Oval | 16,500 10,000 |
North Melbourne | Arden Street Oval UTAS Stadium North Hobart Oval | 5,000 21,000 18,000 |
Geelong | GMHBA Stadium | 36,000 |
Greater Western Sydney | Blacktown ISP Oval Robertson Oval Giants Stadium | 10,000 10,000 24,000 |
Brisbane | Hickey Park Gabba | 5,000 42,000 |
Gold Coast | Metricon Stadium Great Barrier Reef Arena Fankhauser Reserve | 25,000 10,000 8,000 |
Richmond | Swinburne Centre Ikon Park Queen Elizabeth Oval | 6,000 21,000 10,000 |
Conference B | ||
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Team | Stadium(s) | Capacity |
Fremantle | Fremantle Oval | 17,500 |
Melbourne | Casey Fields TIO Traeger Park | 12,000 7,000 |
Western Bulldogs | VU Whitten Oval | 12,000 |
Carlton | Ikon Park Marvel Stadium | 21,000 56,000 |
Collingwood | Victoria Park Morwell Recreation Reserve Marvel Stadium | 15,000 12,000 56,000 |
St Kilda | RSEA Park | 10,000 |
West Coast | Mineral Resources Park Leederville Oval Optus Stadium | 15,000 15,000 60,000 |
The 2020 season was disrupted and then brought to an early end by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was formally declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020, prior to Round 6. The pandemic had the following effects on the season:
The originally scheduled eight-round fixture and make-up of the conferences was released on 29 October 2019. [8]
Round 1 | |||||
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Friday, 7 February (7:45 pm) | Richmond 2.2 (14) | def. by | Carlton 6.12 (48) | Ikon Park (crowd: 15,337) | Report |
Saturday, 8 February (1:10 pm) | Greater Western Sydney 1.3 (9) | def. | Gold Coast 1.2 (8) | Blacktown ISP Oval (crowd: 1,540) | Report |
Saturday, 8 February (3:10 pm) | Melbourne 3.4 (22) | def. | North Melbourne 3.2 (20) | Casey Fields (crowd: 3,500) | Report |
Saturday, 8 February (5:10 pm) | Brisbane 5.4 (34) | def. | Adelaide 3.3 (21) | Hickey Park (crowd: 3,002) | Report |
Sunday, 9 February (1:10 pm) | Collingwood 5.8 (38) | def. | West Coast 1.5 (11) | Victoria Park (crowd: 6,100) | Report |
Sunday, 9 February (3:10 pm) | St Kilda 2.2 (14) | def. by | Western Bulldogs 6.3 (39) | RSEA Park (crowd: 8,000) | Report |
Sunday, 9 February (5:10 pm) | Fremantle 6.8 (44) | def. | Geelong 4.4 (28) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5,509) | Report |
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Round 2 | |||||
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Friday, 14 February (7:40 pm) | Western Bulldogs 2.0 (12) | def. by | Melbourne 4.8 (32) | VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 3,133) | Report |
Saturday, 15 February (3:10 pm) | North Melbourne 6.1 (37) | def. | Greater Western Sydney 2.7 (19) | UTAS Stadium (crowd: 2,102) | Report |
Saturday, 15 February (5:10 pm) | Gold Coast 5.3 (33) | def. | Richmond 2.10 (22) | Metricon Stadium (crowd: 7,071) | Report |
Saturday, 15 February (7:10 pm) | West Coast 2.3 (15) | def. by | Fremantle 9.6 (60) | Optus Stadium (crowd: 35,185) | Report |
Sunday, 16 February (1:10 pm) | Geelong 3.2 (20) | def. by | Brisbane 6.3 (39) | GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 5,567) | Report |
Sunday, 16 February (3:10 pm) | Carlton 3.6 (24) | def. by | Collingwood 6.3 (39) | Ikon Park (crowd: 7,529) | Report |
Sunday, 16 February (5:10 pm) | Adelaide 6.4 (40) | def. | St Kilda 4.3 (27) | Richmond Oval (crowd: 6,433) | Report |
Round 3 | |||||
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Friday, 21 February (7:10 pm) | St Kilda 3.1 (19) | def. | Melbourne 1.8 (14) | RSEA Park (crowd: 4,012) | Report |
Saturday, 22 February (3:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs 4.6 (30) | def. by | Carlton 8.3 (51) | VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 8,259) | Report |
Saturday, 22 February (5:10 pm) | Gold Coast 4.4 (28) | drew with | Brisbane 4.4 (28) | Metricon Stadium (crowd: 4,223) | Report |
Saturday, 22 February (7:10 pm) | Fremantle 5.3 (33) | def. | Collingwood 4.6 (30) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5,636) | Report |
Sunday, 23 February (1:10 pm) | Greater Western Sydney 6.6 (42) | def. | West Coast 2.2 (14) | Blacktown ISP Oval (crowd: 1,980) | Report |
Sunday, 23 February (3:10 pm) | Richmond 2.8 (20) | def. by | North Melbourne 12.4 (76) | Ikon Park (crowd: 3,697) | Report |
Sunday, 23 February (5:10 pm) | Geelong 6.2 (38) | def. by | Adelaide 8.1 (49) | GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 3,195) | Report |
Round 4 | |||||
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Friday, 28 February (5:40 pm) | Collingwood 4.2 (26) | def. by | Melbourne 7.4 (46) | Marvel Stadium (crowd: 21,528) | Report |
Saturday, 29 February (3:10 pm) | Richmond 7.3 (45) | def. by | Geelong 10.7 (67) | Queen Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 4,906) | Report |
Saturday, 29 February (5:10 pm) | North Melbourne 6.11 (47) | def. | Gold Coast 5.4 (34) | Arden Street Oval (crowd: 3,280) | Report |
Saturday, 29 February (7:10 pm) | West Coast 4.6 (30) | def. | Western Bulldogs 3.8 (26) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 2,455) | Report |
Sunday, 1 March (1:10 pm) | Adelaide 4.4 (28) | def. by | Carlton 5.6 (36) | Richmond Oval (crowd: 7,281) | Report |
Sunday, 1 March (3:10 pm) | St Kilda 3.5 (23) | def. by | Fremantle 3.6 (24) | RSEA Park (crowd: 3,870) | Report |
Sunday, 1 March (5:10 pm) | Brisbane 7.9 (51) | def. | Greater Western Sydney 3.5 (23) | Hickey Park (crowd: 3,297) | Report |
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Round 5 | |||||
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Friday, 6 March (7:10 pm) | Gold Coast 2.6 (18) | def. by | Geelong 5.8 (38) | Great Barrier Reef Arena (crowd: 2,788) | Report |
Saturday, 7 March (3:10 pm) | North Melbourne 9.9 (63) | def. | Adelaide 3.3 (21) | North Hobart Oval (crowd: 2,843) | Report |
Saturday, 7 March (5:10 pm) | Greater Western Sydney 7.14 (56) | def. | Richmond 1.5 (11) | Robertson Oval (crowd: 3,377) | Report |
Saturday, 7 March (7:10 pm) | Carlton 8.2 (50) | def. | St Kilda 4.5 (29) | Ikon Park (crowd: 3,871) | Report |
Sunday, 8 March (1:10 pm) | Collingwood 8.5 (53) | def. | Western Bulldogs 3.3 (21) | Morwell Recreation Reserve (crowd: 1,992) | Report |
Sunday, 8 March (3:10 pm) | Melbourne 10.6 (66) | def. | West Coast 1.1 (7) | Casey Fields (crowd: 1,800) | Report |
Sunday, 8 March (5:10 pm) | Fremantle 7.8 (50) | def. | Brisbane 4.8 (32) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 4,446) | Report |
Round 6 | |||||
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Friday, 13 March (7:10 pm) | Geelong 3.2 (20) | def. by | North Melbourne 10.6 (66) | GMHBA Stadium (crowd: No attendance recorded) | Report |
Saturday, 14 March (3:10 pm) | Brisbane 2.2 (14) | def. by | Collingwood 5.13 (43) | Hickey Park (crowd: 0) | Report |
Saturday, 14 March (5:10 pm) | St Kilda 6.6 (42) | def. | Richmond 0.3 (3) | RSEA Park (crowd: 0) | Report |
Saturday, 14 March (7:40 pm) | Melbourne 3.6 (24) | def. by | Carlton 6.4 (40) | TIO Traeger Park (crowd: 0) | Report |
Sunday, 15 March (1:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs 8.3 (51) | def. by | Fremantle 10.6 (66) | VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 0) | Report |
Sunday, 15 March (3:10 pm) | Adelaide 3.3 (21) | def. by | Greater Western Sydney 4.2 (26) | Richmond Oval (crowd: 0) | Report |
Sunday, 15 March (5:10 pm) | West Coast 1.2 (8) | def. by | Gold Coast 5.3 (33) | Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 0) | Report |
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Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: womens.afl Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. |
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: womens.afl Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. |
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+ | Win | Qualified for finals | |
- | Loss | X | Bye |
Draw | Eliminated |
Bold – Home game
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 | 8 | SF | PF | GF | Ladder |
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Adelaide | BL 13 | StK 13 | Geel 11 | Carl 8 | NM 42 | GWS 5 | GCS | Rich | X | X | X | A6 |
Brisbane Lions | Adel 13 | Geel 19 | GCS 0 | GWS 28 | Frem 18 | Coll 29 | Rich | NM | Carl 29 | X | X | A3 |
Carlton | Rich 34 | Coll 15 | WB 21 | Adel 8 | StK 21 | Melb 16 | WCE | Frem | BL 29 | NM | X | B2 |
Collingwood | WCE 27 | Carl 15 | Frem 3 | Melb 20 | WB 32 | BL 29 | StK | Geel | NM 2 | X | X | B4 |
Fremantle | Geel 16 | WCE 45 | Coll 3 | StK 1 | BL 18 | WB 15 | Melb | Carl | GCS 70 | Melb | X | B1 |
Geelong | Frem 16 | BL 19 | Adel 11 | Rich 22 | GCS 20 | NM 46 | GWS | Coll | X | X | X | A5 |
Gold Coast | GWS 1 | Rich 11 | BL 0 | NM 13 | Geel 20 | WCE 25 | Adel | Melb | Frem 70 | X | X | A4 |
Greater Western Sydney | GCS 1 | NM 18 | WCE 28 | BL 28 | Rich 45 | Adel 5 | Geel | WB | Melb 3 | X | X | A2 |
Melbourne | NM 2 | WB 20 | StK 5 | Coll 20 | WCE 59 | Carl 16 | Frem | GCS | GWS 3 | Frem | X | B3 |
North Melbourne | Melb 2 | GWS 18 | Rich 56 | GCS 13 | Adel 42 | Geel 46 | WB | BL | Coll 2 | Carl | X | A1 |
Richmond | Carl 34 | GCS 11 | NM 56 | Geel 22 | GWS 45 | StK 39 | BL | Adel | X | X | X | A7 |
St Kilda | WB 25 | Adel 13 | Melb 5 | Frem 1 | Carl 21 | Rich 39 | Coll | WCE | X | X | X | B5 |
West Coast | Coll 27 | Frem 45 | GWS 28 | WB 4 | Melb 59 | GCS 25 | Carl | StK | X | X | X | B7 |
Western Bulldogs | StK 25 | Melb 20 | Carl 21 | WCE 4 | Coll 32 | Frem 15 | NM | GWS | X | X | X | B6 |
Semi finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||
March 21, Ikon Park | ||||||||||
North Melbourne | 5.4 (34) | |||||||||
28–29 March | ||||||||||
Collingwood | 5.2 (32) | |||||||||
North Melbourne | Cancelled | |||||||||
March 22, Ikon Park | ||||||||||
Carlton | Cancelled | |||||||||
Carlton | 6.8 (44) | |||||||||
4–5 April | ||||||||||
Brisbane | 2.3 (15) | |||||||||
N/A | Cancelled | |||||||||
March 21, Fremantle Oval | ||||||||||
N/A | Cancelled | |||||||||
Fremantle | 12.8 (80) | |||||||||
28–29 March | ||||||||||
Gold Coast | 1.4 (10) | |||||||||
Fremantle | Cancelled | |||||||||
March 21, Giants Stadium | ||||||||||
Melbourne | Cancelled | |||||||||
Greater Western Sydney | 3.8 (26) | |||||||||
Melbourne | 4.5 (29) | |||||||||
Semi finals | |||||
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Saturday, March 21 (12:40 pm) | North Melbourne 5.4 (34) | def. | Collingwood 5.2 (32) | Ikon Park (crowd: 0) | |
Saturday, March 21 (2:40 pm) | Greater Western Sydney 3.8 (26) | def. by | Melbourne 4.5 (29) | Giants Stadium (crowd: 0) | |
Saturday, March 21 (1:40 pm) | Fremantle 12.8 (80) | def. | Gold Coast 1.4 (10) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 0) | |
Sunday, March 22 (1:10 pm) | Carlton 6.8 (44) | def. | Brisbane 2.3 (15) | Ikon Park (crowd: 0) | |
Club | Award name | Player | Ref. |
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Adelaide | Club Champion | Anne Hatchard | |
Brisbane | Best and fairest | Emily Bates | |
Carlton | Best and fairest | Madison Prespakis | |
Collingwood | Best and fairest | Jaimee Lambert | |
Fremantle | Fairest and best | Kiara Bowers | |
Geelong | Best and fairest | Olivia Purcell | |
Gold Coast | Best and fairest | Jamie Stanton | |
Greater Western Sydney | Gabrielle Trainor Medal | Alyce Parker | |
Melbourne | Best and fairest | Shelley Scott | |
North Melbourne | Best and fairest | Jasmine Garner | |
Richmond | Best and fairest | Monique Conti | |
St Kilda | Best and fairest | Rosie Dillon Caitlin Greiser Georgia Patrikios Olivia Vesely | |
Western Bulldogs | Susan Alberti Award | Isabel Huntington | |
West Coast | Best and fairest | Dana Hooker |
Rank | Player | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
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1 | Caitlin Greiser | St Kilda | 00 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 27 | 310 | x | x | 10 |
2 | Sabreena Duffy | Fremantle | 44 | 15 | 05 | 05 | 49 | 09 | x | x | 9 |
Kalinda Howarth | Gold Coast | 00 | 00 | 30 | 21 | 02 | 42 | x | x | ||
4 | Kaitlyn Ashmore | North Melbourne | 11 | 01 | 34 | 04 | 48 | 08 | x | x | 8 |
Jesse Wardlaw | Brisbane | 11 | 34 | 15 | 27 | 18 | 08 | x | x | ||
Jasmine Garner | North Melbourne | 00 | 22 | 13 | 03 | 25 | 38 | x | x | ||
7 | Tayla Harris | Carlton | 11 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 17 | x | x | 7 |
Cora Staunton | GWS | 00 | 00 | 11 | 01 | 45 | 27 | x | x | ||
9 | Rebecca Privitelli | GWS | 00 | 00 | 33 | 14 | 26 | 06 | x | x | 6 |
Ashley Sharp | Fremantle | 00 | 00 | 11 | 01 | 23 | 36 | x | x | ||
Daisy Bateman | North Melbourne | 11 | 01 | 23 | 25 | 05 | 16 | x | x |
Source [20]
Club | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
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West Coast | Inaugural coach | Luke Dwyer [21] | 13 December 2018 | ||
Gold Coast | Inaugural coach | David Lake [22] | 5 March 2019 | ||
St Kilda | Inaugural coach | Peta Searle [23] | 17 April 2019 | ||
Richmond | Inaugural coach | Tom Hunter [24] | 19 June 2019 | ||
Richmond | Tom Hunter | End of contract [25] | 15 May 2020 | Ryan Ferguson [26] | 6 November 2020 |
North Melbourne | Scott Gowans | End of contract [27] | 4 June 2020 | Darren Crocker [27] | 4 June 2020 |
West Coast | Luke Dwyer | Resigned [28] | 25 September 2020 | Daniel Pratt [29] | 12 January 2021 |
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