2021 premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Not awarded [1] |
Minor premiers | Collingwood 3rd minor premiership |
Best and fairest | Georgia Nanscawen Essendon (17 votes) |
Leading goalkicker | Imogen Barnett Collingwood (20 goals) |
Matches played | 90 |
The 2021 VFL Women's season was the fifth season of the VFL Women's (VFLW). The season commenced on 27 February [2] [3] and was eventually curtailed on 10 September 2021 by the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria, causing the grand final to be cancelled and no premiership awarded. [1] Collingwood were recognised as the minor premiers for their undefeated regular season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Collingwood | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 704 | 237 | 297.0 | 56 | Finals series |
2 | Geelong Cats | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 570 | 327 | 174.3 | 40 | |
3 | Port Melbourne | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 597 | 463 | 128.9 | 40 | |
4 | Casey | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 641 | 410 | 156.3 | 32 | |
5 | Essendon | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 523 | 336 | 155.7 | 32 | |
6 | Southern Saints | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 508 | 441 | 115.2 | 28 | |
7 | Western Bulldogs | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 424 | 559 | 75.8 | 28 | |
8 | Carlton | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 437 | 548 | 79.7 | 24 | |
9 | Hawthorn | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 500 | 531 | 94.2 | 20 | |
10 | North Melbourne | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 390 | 619 | 63.0 | 20 | |
11 | Williamstown | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 242 | 545 | 44.4 | 10 | |
12 | Darebin | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 235 | 755 | 31.1 | 6 |
Match-ups set using the second McIntyre final six system.
Elimination finals | |||||
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Saturday, 3 July (12:00 pm) | Casey 5.2 (32) | def. by | Essendon 5.5 (35) | Casey Fields | Report |
Sunday, 4 July (2:00 pm) | Port Melbourne 3.5 (23) | def. by | Southern Saints 7.15 (57) | ETU Stadium | Report |
Qualifying final | |||||
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Saturday, 3 July (12:00 pm) | Collingwood 4.2 (26) | def. | Geelong Cats 2.8 (20) | Holden Centre | Report |
Semi finals | |||||
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Saturday, 10 July (12:00 pm) | Collingwood 2.6 (18) | def. | Essendon 1.5 (11) | Victoria Park | Report |
Saturday, 10 July (2:00 pm) | Geelong Cats 6.4 (40) | def. | Southern Saints 5.3 (33) | GMHBA Stadium | Report |
Preliminary final | |||||
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Saturday, 31 July (12:00 pm) | Essendon 2.5 (17) | def. by | Geelong Cats 6.9 (45) | Windy Hill | Report |
2021 VFLW Grand Final (cancelled) | |||||
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Collingwood | v | Geelong Cats | TBC | ||
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | Lisa Hardeman Medal: Television broadcast: Kayo Sports | ||||
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B: | Victoria Blackwood (Darebin) | Jasmine Ferguson (Collingwood) | |
HB: | Molly Eastman (North Melbourne) | Lucy Burke (Southern Saints) | Alice Burke (Southern Saints) |
C: | Airlie Runnalls (North Melbourne) | Georgia Nanscawen (Essendon) (c) | Laura Gardiner (Geelong Cats) |
HF: | Sophie Locke (Port Melbourne) | Tara Bohanna (Southern Saints) | Alana Barba (Essendon) |
F: | Imogen Milford (Casey) | Imogen Barnett (Collingwood) | |
Foll: | Olivia Fuller (Geelong Cats) | Eliza West (Casey) | Megan Kiely (North Melbourne) |
Int: | Aimee Whelan (Williamstown) | Claudia Gunjaca (Geelong Cats) | Caitlin Bunker (Collingwood) |
Jorja Borg (Carlton) | Matila Zander (Collingwood) | ||
Coach: | Chloe McMillan (Collingwood) |
Club | Best & Fairest | Ref |
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Carlton | Akayla Peterson | [10] |
Casey | Eliza West | |
Collingwood | Imogen Barnett | |
Darebin | Nicole Callinan | |
Essendon | Eloise Ashley-Cooper | |
Geelong Cats | Claudia Gunjaca | |
Hawthorn | Tamara Luke | |
North Melbourne | Meagan Kiely | |
Port Melbourne | Claire Dyett | |
Southern Saints | Tara Bohanna | |
Western Bulldogs | Simone Ruedin | |
Williamstown | Ruby Tripodi |
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