2021 AFL Women's season

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2021 AFL Women's season
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Overview
Date28 January—17 April 2021
Teams14
Premiers Brisbane
1st premiership
Runners-up ‹See Tfd› Adelaide
1st runners-up result
Minor premiers ‹See Tfd› Adelaide
1st minor premiership
Best and fairest Kiara Bowers ( ‹See Tfd› Fremantle)
Brianna Davey ( ‹See Tfd› Collingwood)
15 votes
Leading goalkicker Darcy Vescio ( ‹See Tfd› Carlton)
16 goals
Attendance
Matches played68
Total attendance155,908 (2,293 per match)
Highest (H&A)9,552 (round 6, ‹See Tfd› West Coast v ‹See Tfd› Fremantle)
Highest (finals)22,934 (grand final, ‹See Tfd› Adelaide v Brisbane)
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2022 (S6)  →

The 2021 AFL Women's season was the fifth season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 14 clubs and ran from 28 January to 17 April, comprising a nine-round home-and-away season followed by a three-week finals series featuring the top six clubs.

Contents

Brisbane won the premiership, defeating ‹See Tfd› Adelaide by 18 points in the 2021 AFL Women's Grand Final. Adelaide won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 7–2 win–loss record. ‹See Tfd› Fremantle's Kiara Bowers and ‹See Tfd› Collingwood's Brianna Davey tied for the AFL Women's best and fairest award as the league's best and fairest players, and ‹See Tfd› Carlton's Darcy Vescio won their second AFL Women's leading goalkicker award as the league's leading goalkicker.

Format

The previous two AFLW seasons were formatted with the assistance of conferences, which split the league's clubs into two ranking tables. The AFL elected to remove the conferences for the 2021 season and revert to a single ladder. Under the terms of the existing contractual bargaining agreement between the players and the AFL, teams will play nine regular season matches, before a three-week finals series for the top six teams occurs. [1] Owing to the fact clubs will not get the opportunity to play all of their opponents once, the AFL placed the teams together in a single 2020 ladder and then broke them up into brackets to attempt a fair fixture for the 2021 season. [2]

The season was played during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the season began, Australia had largely settled into a paradigm of most states maintaining zero COVID-19 cases outside of their international travel quarantine systems; this allowed football games to be played in front of crowds, usually with reduced capacity, and unhindered interstate travel was permitted without quarantine. However, the different state governments often responded quickly to small numbers or even single virus cases being discovered in the community; this meant border restrictions or quarantine periods were at times re-introduced at short notice, impacting interstate travel for games; and, in some cases, that city- or state-wide lockdowns could be imposed within the impacted states, [3] precluding football activities altogether. The season's original nine-round fixture was discarded due to such restrictions after only one week, in favour of a floating fixture released around any restrictions in place at the time.

Home-and-away season

All starting times are local time.

Round 1

Round 1
Thursday, 28 January (7:15 pm) ‹See Tfd› Carlton 4.3 (27)def. by ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 5.3 (33) Ikon Park (crowd: 6,712) Report
Friday, 29 January (7:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› St Kilda 8.3 (51)def. ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs 6.6 (42) RSEA Park (crowd: 2,523) Report
Saturday, 30 January (2:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast 5.5 (35)def. by ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 9.2 (56) Metricon Stadium (crowd: 1,902) Report
Saturday, 30 January (2:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› West Coast 2.6 (18)def. by ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 8.8 (56) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,929) Report
Sunday, 31 January (12:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Geelong 1.3 (9)def. by ‹See Tfd› North Melbourne 11.5 (71) GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 3,701) Report
Sunday, 31 January (2:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Richmond 1.6 (12)def. by Brisbane Lions 5.11 (41) Swinburne Centre (crowd: 988) Report
Sunday, 31 January (1:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Fremantle 8.10 (58)def. ‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney 4.4 (28) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3,195) Report

Round 2

Round 2
Friday, 5 February (7:45 pm) ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs 6.6 (42)def. ‹See Tfd› Carlton 5.6 (36) VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 3,479) Report
Saturday, 6 February (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 6.9 (45)def. ‹See Tfd› Geelong 2.4 (16) Victoria Park (crowd: 2,938) Report
Saturday, 6 February (5:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 7.2 (44)def. ‹See Tfd› Richmond 2.4 (16) Casey Fields (crowd: 2,581) Report
Sunday, 7 February (1:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› North Melbourne 5.6 (36)def. ‹See Tfd› St Kilda 1.4 (10) Arden Street Oval (crowd: 1,977) Report
Sunday, 7 February (2:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 10.5 (65)def. ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast 0.2 (2) Hickey Park (crowd: 2,101) Report
Sunday, 7 February (5:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney 2.3 (15)def. by ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 9.8 (62) Blacktown International Sportspark (crowd: 0) Report
Sunday, 7 February (4:15 pm) ‹See Tfd› Fremantle 2.11 (23)def. ‹See Tfd› West Coast 2.2 (14) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 0) Report

Round 3

Round 3
Friday, 12 February (7:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Geelong 1.3 (9)def. by ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs 3.6 (24) GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 1,124) Report
Saturday, 13 February (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney 2.6 (18)def. ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast 1.2 (8) Blacktown ISP Oval (crowd: 625 [7] ) Report
Saturday, 13 February (5:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› St Kilda 2.4 (16)def. by ‹See Tfd› Carlton 6.4 (40) RSEA Park (crowd: 0) Report
Saturday, 13 February (7:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 9.6 (60)def. ‹See Tfd› North Melbourne 8.3 (51) Casey Fields (crowd: 0) Report
Sunday, 14 February (12:40 pm) ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 1.7 (13)def. by ‹See Tfd› Fremantle 7.1 (43) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,717) Report
Sunday, 14 February (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Richmond 4.7 (31)def. by ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 7.6 (48) Swinburne Centre (crowd: 0) Report
Monday, 15 February (4:15 pm) Brisbane Lions 10.5 (65)def. ‹See Tfd› West Coast 2.8 (20) Hickey Park (crowd: 0) Report
  • A COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne saw new border restrictions imposed on travel from Victoria. Planned fixtures between Brisbane Lions and Collingwood at Hickey Park and Richmond and West Coast at Swinburne Centre were switched on Thursday 11 February. [8]
  • Matches in Victoria on Saturday and Sunday were played behind closed doors after a five-day lockdown was imposed in the state on 13–17 February.

Round 4

Round 4
Friday, 19 February (7:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› St Kilda 7.9 (51)def. ‹See Tfd› Geelong 3.4 (22) RSEA Park (crowd: 1,454) Report
Saturday, 20 February (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Carlton 8.3 (51)def. ‹See Tfd› Richmond 7.4 (46) Ikon Park (crowd: 2,212) Report
Saturday, 20 February (2:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Fremantle 7.13 (55)def. ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast 1.0 (6) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2,410) Report
Saturday, 20 February (7:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› North Melbourne 0.8 (8)def. by ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 4.4 (28) Marvel Stadium (crowd: 2,254) Report
Sunday, 21 February (12:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 5.3 (33)def. by ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 6.9 (45) Hickey Park (crowd: 1,518 [9] ) Report
Sunday, 21 February (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs 6.1 (37)def. ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 2.12 (24) VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 3,180) Report
Sunday, 21 February (5:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney 7.6 (48)def. ‹See Tfd› West Coast 4.4 (28) Blacktown ISP Oval (crowd: 974) Report
  • Round 4 fixtures were again set to ensure no interstate travel into or out of Victoria was required.

Round 5

Round 5
Friday, 26 February (7:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Geelong 2.1 (13)def. by ‹See Tfd› Richmond 9.6 (60) GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 1,829 [10] ) Report
Saturday, 27 February (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs 7.5 (47)def. ‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney 3.4 (22) VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 2,461) Report
Saturday, 27 February (2:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Fremantle 1.8 (14)def. by Brisbane Lions 3.7 (25) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3,423) Report
Saturday, 27 February (7:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› North Melbourne 9.5 (59)def. ‹See Tfd› Carlton 6.1 (37) UTAS Stadium (crowd: 820) Report
Sunday, 28 February (12:40 pm) ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 8.13 (61)def. ‹See Tfd› St Kilda 1.2 (8) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,497 [11] ) Report
Sunday, 28 February (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 7.7 (49)def. ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 1.8 (14) Victoria Park (crowd: 2,931) Report
Sunday, 28 February (2:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› West Coast 5.4 (34)def. ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast 4.9 (33) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,119 [12] ) Report
  • Richmond recorded its first ever AFLW win, following ten consecutive losses since its entry to the competition in 2020. [13]

Round 6

Round 6
Friday, 5 March (5:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Richmond 5.2 (32)def. by ‹See Tfd› North Melbourne 10.7 (67) Swinburne Centre (crowd: 803) Report
Saturday, 6 March (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney 2.5 (17)def. by Brisbane Lions 7.13 (55) Manuka Oval (crowd: 1,847) Report
Saturday, 6 March (4:40 pm) ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 13.7 (85)def. ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast 2.3 (15) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,087) Report
Saturday, 6 March (7:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 9.12 (66)def. ‹See Tfd› St Kilda 3.4 (22) Casey Fields (crowd: 1,096) Report
Sunday, 7 March (12:40 pm) ‹See Tfd› Carlton 10.4 (64)def. ‹See Tfd› Geelong 4.7 (31) Ikon Park (crowd: 1,764) Report
Sunday, 7 March (2:40 pm) ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 7.9 (51)def. ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs 2.3 (15) Victoria Park (crowd: 3,017 [14] ) Report
Sunday, 7 March (1:40 pm) ‹See Tfd› West Coast 1.2 (8)def. by ‹See Tfd› Fremantle 11.9 (75) Optus Stadium (crowd: 9,552 [15] ) Report
  • ‹See Tfd› West Coast and ‹See Tfd› Fremantle played a second Western Derby for the season, as border and quarantine restrictions following Victoria's local COVID-19 cases in February precluded the Western Australian clubs from playing any Victorian club without hubbing. It was the first time two sides had met twice in the same AFL Women's home-and-away season. [16]

Round 7

Round 7
Friday, 12 March (6:40 pm) ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast 4.2 (26)def. by ‹See Tfd› Richmond 6.5 (41) Metricon Stadium (crowd: 907 [17] ) Report
Saturday, 13 March (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› St Kilda 3.7 (25)def. by ‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney 7.3 (45) RSEA Park (crowd: 791 [18] ) Report
Saturday, 13 March (5:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› North Melbourne 5.7 (37)def. ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs 3.8 (26) North Hobart Oval (crowd: 1,034 [19] ) Report
Saturday, 13 March (7:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 6.7 (43)def. ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 2.3 (15) Casey Fields (crowd: 445 [20] ) Report
Sunday, 14 March (1:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Carlton 6.5 (41)def. by ‹See Tfd› Fremantle 6.9 (45) Ikon Park (crowd: 2,048) Report
Sunday, 14 March (3:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 4.11 (35)def. ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 4.8 (32) VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 0) Report
Monday, 15 March (2:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› West Coast 8.5 (53)def. ‹See Tfd› Geelong 2.2 (14) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 848 [21] ) Report

Round 8

Round 8
Friday, 19 March (5:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast 4.3 (27)def. by ‹See Tfd› Carlton 13.9 (87) Metricon Stadium (crowd: 272 [23] ) Report
Saturday, 20 March (1:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Geelong 1.3 (9)def. by ‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney 2.4 (16) GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 963) Report
Saturday, 20 March (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 8.11 (59)def. ‹See Tfd› St Kilda 2.1 (13) Victoria Park (crowd: 2,228) Report
Saturday, 20 March (4:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 4.11 (35)def. ‹See Tfd› North Melbourne 2.8 (20) Gabba (crowd: 6,613) Report
Sunday, 21 March (12:40 pm) ‹See Tfd› Richmond 5.12 (42)def. ‹See Tfd› West Coast 5.4 (34) Swinburne Centre (crowd: 619 [24] ) Report
Sunday, 21 March (3:40 pm) ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 12.6 (78)def. ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs 3.4 (22) Norwood Oval (crowd: 1,749 [25] ) Report
Sunday, 21 March (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Fremantle 4.8 (32)def. by ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 5.7 (37) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2,233 [7] ) Report
  • Carlton's score of 13.9 (87) set a new record as the highest score in history of the competition. [26]

Round 9

Round 9
Friday, 26 March (5:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs 7.3 (45)def. ‹See Tfd› Richmond 5.2 (32) VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 1,985 [27] ) Report
Saturday, 27 March (1:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› North Melbourne 4.6 (30)def. ‹See Tfd› Fremantle 4.5 (29) Arden Street Oval (crowd: 1,223) Report
Saturday, 27 March (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 6.2 (38)def. Brisbane Lions 6.0 (36) Casey Fields (crowd: 743 [7] ) Report
Saturday, 27 March (4:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast 3.6 (24)def. by ‹See Tfd› Geelong 6.5 (41) Metricon Stadium (crowd: 1,506 [28] ) Report
Sunday, 28 March (12:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 4.7 (31)def. ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 2.5 (17) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,314 [29] ) Report
Sunday, 28 March (4:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney 4.7 (31)def. by ‹See Tfd› Carlton 4.8 (32) Blacktown ISP Oval (crowd: 903 [30] ) Report
Sunday, 28 March (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› West Coast 3.2 (20)def. by ‹See Tfd› St Kilda 11.10 (76) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 809 [31] ) Report

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Adelaide 9720446214208.428 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions (P)9720390200195.028
3 Collingwood 9720362190190.528
4 Melbourne 9720382293130.428
5 Fremantle 9630374202185.124
6 North Melbourne 9630379266142.524
7 Carlton 9540415330125.820
8 Western Bulldogs 954030034088.220
9 Greater Western Sydney 945024032474.116
10 Richmond 936031236984.612
11 St Kilda 936027239169.612
12 West Coast 927022943253.08
13 Geelong 918016440840.24
14 Gold Coast 909017648236.50
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2021. Source: Womens.AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Progression by round

Team123456789
1 ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 438386124164204204243281
2 Brisbane Lions 4281121123162203242281282
3 ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 4686123162201241243282283
4 ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 4584124125127166206245284
5 ‹See Tfd› Fremantle 4485122161163202241244245
6 ‹See Tfd› North Melbourne 41828587126165205206246
7 ‹See Tfd› Carlton 0909488888128128167207
8 ‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs 084787126165167167168208
9 ‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney 011011410810810810129169169
10 ‹See Tfd› Richmond 01301201101141141181012101210
11 ‹See Tfd› St Kilda 4748498989898118121211
12 ‹See Tfd› West Coast 012010012012412412812811812
13 ‹See Tfd› Geelong 014014014013014013014014413
14 ‹See Tfd› Gold Coast 010013013014013014013013014

Finals series

Qualifying Finals Preliminary Finals Grand Final
1 ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 5.3 (33)
4 ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 5.10 (40) ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 1.9 (15)
5 ‹See Tfd› Fremantle 3.5 (23) ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 3.2 (20)
Brisbane Lions 6.2 (38)
2 Brisbane Lions 7.3 (45)
3 ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 7.8 (50) ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 6.5 (41)
6 ‹See Tfd› North Melbourne 7.2 (44)

Qualifying finals

Qualifying finals
QF B: Saturday, 3 April (1:05 pm) ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 5.10 (40)def. ‹See Tfd› Fremantle 3.5 (23) Casey Fields (crowd: 1,174 [32] ) Report
QF A: Saturday, 3 April (3:10 pm) ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 7.8 (50)def. ‹See Tfd› North Melbourne 7.2 (44) Victoria Park (crowd: 3,010) Report

Preliminary finals

Preliminary finals
PF1: Saturday, 10 April (1:40 pm) ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 5.3 (33)def. ‹See Tfd› Melbourne 1.9 (15) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 6,382 [33] ) Report
PF2: Saturday, 10 April (4:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 7.3 (45)def. ‹See Tfd› Collingwood 6.5 (41) Gabba (crowd: 4,435 [34] ) Report

Grand final

Grand Final
Saturday, 17 April (1:30 pm) ‹See Tfd› Adelaide 3.2 (20)def. by Brisbane Lions 6.2 (38) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 22,934) Report

Win–loss table

+WinQualified for finals
-LossXBye
DrawEliminated
Team123456789QFPFGFRanking
‹See Tfd› Adelaide WCE
38		GWS
47		Frem
30		BL
12		StK
53		GCS
70		Melb
28		WB
56		Coll
14		XMelb
18		BL
18		2
Brisbane Lions Rich
29		GCS
63		WCE
45		Adel
12		Frem
11		GWS
38		Coll
3		NM
15		Melb
2		XColl
4		Adel
18		1
‹See Tfd› Carlton Coll
6		WB
6		StK
24		Rich
5		NM
22		Geel
33		Frem
4		GCS
60		GWS
1		XXX7
‹See Tfd› Collingwood Carl
6		Geel
29		Rich
17		NM
20		Melb
35		WB
36		BL
3		StK
46		Adel
14		NM
6		BL
4		X3
‹See Tfd› Fremantle GWS
30		WCE
9		Adel
30		GCS
49		BL
11		WCE
67		Carl
4		Melb
5		NM
1		Melb
17		XX5
‹See Tfd› Geelong NM
62		Coll
29		WB
15		StK
29		Rich
47		Carl
33		WCE
39		GWS
7		GCS
17		XXX13
Gold Coast Melb
21		BL
63		GWS
10		Frem
49		WCE
1		Adel
70		Rich
15		Carl
60		Geel
17		XXX14
‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney Frem
30		Adel
47		GCS
10		WCE
20		WB
25		BL
38		StK
20		Geel
7		Carl
1		XXX9
‹See Tfd› Melbourne GCS
21		Ric
28		NM
9		WB
13		Coll
35		StK
44		Adel
28		Frem
5		BL
2		Frem
17		Adel
18		X4
‹See Tfd› North Melbourne Geel
62		StK
26		Melb
9		Coll
20		Carl
22		Rich
35		WB
11		BL
15		Frem
1		Coll
6		XX6
‹See Tfd› Richmond BL
29		Melb
28		Coll
17		Carl
5		Geel
47		NM
35		GCS
15		WCE
8		WB
13		XXX10
‹See Tfd› St Kilda WB
9		NM
26		Carl
24		Geel
29		Adel
53		Melb
44		GWS
20		Coll
46		WCE
56		XXX11
‹See Tfd› West Coast Adel
38		Frem
9		BL
45		GWS
20		GCS
1		Frem
67		Geel
39		Rich
8		StK
56		XXX12
‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs StK
9		Carl
6		Geel
15		Melb
13		GWS
25		Coll
36		NM
11		Adel
56		Rich
13		XXX8

Awards

League awards

Best and fairests

ClubAward namePlayerRef.
‹See Tfd› Adelaide Club Champion Ebony Marinoff [44]
Brisbane Lions Best and fairest Ally Anderson
‹See Tfd› Carlton Best and fairest Darcy Vescio
‹See Tfd› Collingwood Best and fairest Brianna Davey
‹See Tfd› Fremantle Fairest and best Kiara Bowers
‹See Tfd› Geelong Best and fairest Amy McDonald
‹See Tfd› Gold Coast Club Champion Lauren Ahrens
‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney Gabrielle Trainor Medal Alyce Parker
‹See Tfd› Melbourne Best and fairest Tyla Hanks & Karen Paxman
‹See Tfd› North Melbourne Best and fairest Jasmine Garner
‹See Tfd› Richmond Best and fairest Monique Conti
‹See Tfd› St Kilda Best and fairest Georgia Patrikios
‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs Best and fairest Ellie Blackburn
‹See Tfd› West Coast Club Champion Isabella Lewis

Leading goalkickers

Source: [45]

Coach changes

ClubOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming coachDate of appointment
‹See Tfd› Gold Coast David Lake Resigned [46] 11 April 2021 Cameron Joyce [47] 2 June 2021
‹See Tfd› Geelong Paul Hood Resigned [48] 10 May 2021 Daniel Lowther [49] 29 June 2021
‹See Tfd› St Kilda Peta Searle Resigned [50] 24 June 2021 Nick Dal Santo [51] 2 August 2021
‹See Tfd› West Coast Daniel Pratt End of contract7 September 2021 Michael Prior [52] 7 September 2021

Club leadership

ClubCoachCaptain(s)Vice-captain(s)Leadership groupRef
‹See Tfd› Adelaide Matthew Clarke Chelsea Randall Sarah Allan, ​ Ange Foley, ​ Eloise Jones [53]
Brisbane Lions Craig Starcevich Emma Zielke Breanna Koenen Emily Bates, ​ Shannon Campbell, ​ Kate Lutkins [54]
‹See Tfd› Carlton Daniel Harford Kerryn Harrington, Katie Loynes Alison Downie, ​ Nicola Stevens, ​ Darcy Vescio [55]
‹See Tfd› Collingwood Stephen Symonds Steph Chiocci, Brianna Davey Sharni Norder [56]
‹See Tfd› Fremantle Trent Cooper Kara Antonio Ebony Antonio, ​ Kiara Bowers, ​ Hayley Miller, ​ Gabby O'Sullivan [57]
‹See Tfd› Geelong Paul Hood Meg McDonald Jordan Ivey Renee Garing, ​ Madeline Keryk, ​ Nina Morrison, ​ Aasta O'Connor [58]
‹See Tfd› Gold Coast David Lake Hannah Dunn, Sam Virgo Sarah Perkins, ​ Jade Pregelj, ​ Jamie Stanton [59]
‹See Tfd› Greater Western Sydney Alan McConnell Alicia Eva Jessica Dal Pos, ​ Pepa Randall, ​ Cora Staunton, ​ Britt Tully [60]
‹See Tfd› Melbourne Mick Stinear Daisy Pearce Karen Paxman Libby Birch, ​ Maddison Gay, ​ Tyla Hanks, ​ Kate Hore, ​ Sarah Lampard, ​ Lily Mithen [61]
‹See Tfd› North Melbourne Darren Crocker Emma Kearney Jasmine Garner, ​ Emma King, ​ Ashleigh Riddell [62]
‹See Tfd› Richmond Ryan Ferguson Katie Brennan Sarah Hosking Christina Bernardi, ​ Harriet Cordner, ​ Sabrina Frederick, ​ Phoebe Monahan, ​ Alana Woodward [63]
‹See Tfd› St Kilda Peta Searle Cat Phillips, Hannah Priest, Kate Shierlaw, Rhiannon Watt Tilly Lucas-Rodd, Kate McCarthy [64]
‹See Tfd› West Coast Daniel Pratt Emma Swanson Dana Hooker Courtney Guard, ​ Alicia Janz, ​ Parris Laurie [65]
‹See Tfd› Western Bulldogs Nathan Burke Ellie Blackburn Brooke Lochland Ashleigh Guest, ​ Bailey Hunt, ​ Isabel Huntington, ​ Kirsty Lamb, ​ Bonnie Toogood [66]

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