2022 AFL Women's season 7

For the AFL Women's season that took place from January to April 2022, see 2022 AFL Women's season 6.

2022 AFL Women's season 7
Melbourne players celebrate after winning the 2022 AFL Women's season 7 Grand Final
Date	25 August—27 November 2022
Teams	18
Premiers	Melbourne 1st premiership
Runners-up	Brisbane 3rd runners-up result
Minor premiers	Brisbane 2nd minor premiership
Best and fairest	Ally Anderson (Brisbane) 21 votes
Leading goalkicker	Jesse Wardlaw (Brisbane) 19 goals
Attendance
Matches played	99
Total attendance	265,950 (2,686 per match)
Highest (H&A)	20,652 (round 6, Port Adelaide v Adelaide)
Highest (finals)	7,412 (grand final, Brisbane v Melbourne)
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2022 AFL Women's season 7 was the seventh season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season began on 25 August and ran until 27 November, and was the second AFL Women's season to take place in the 2022 calendar year. ^[1] The season was the first to feature 18 clubs, an increase from 14 the previous season, and the first to have an August start date. ^[2] The season comprised ten home-and-away rounds, just as the previous season was scheduled to before it was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, ^[3] and a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs, like in the Australian Football League (AFL), took place for the first time.

Adelaide was the reigning premier, but lost to Brisbane in the preliminary finals. Brisbane won the minor premiership by finishing atop the ladder at the end of the home-and-away season with a 9–1 win/loss record, but finished runners-up. Melbourne won its first AFL Women's premiership, defeating Brisbane by four points in the 2022 AFL Women's season 7 Grand Final, played at Brighton Homes Arena.

Background

Payment tiers in season 7 ^[4]

Tier	Wage (AU$)
1	$71,935
2	$55,559
3	$47,372
4	$39,184

In August 2021, Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney – the four Australian Football League (AFL) clubs yet to receive an AFLW licence at the time – were granted licences to join the AFL Women's competition in what was then slated to be a 2022–23 season, meaning all 18 clubs would have an AFLW team for the first time. ^[5] In May 2022, a one-year bridging collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was announced which would see the competition's seventh season begin during the AFL pre-finals bye in the last weekend of August and conclude with the grand final in the last weekend of November. ^[4] The CBA also saw player payments rise by 94% across all four payment tiers, with eight players per club occupying the top two tiers and the minimum (tier 4) wage increasing from $20,239 to $39,184. ^[4] Later in May, AFL head of women's football Nicole Livingstone revealed that the season would be named AFLW season 7, in a deviation from previous seasons. ^[6]

The season 7 fixture was announced in early July. ^[7] Match times on Saturdays in September (except 24 September, the date of the AFL Grand Final) were floating to maximise doubleheader opportunities, and the final round was released as a floating fixture to be determined later in the season. ^[7] In August, after the round 1 match between Essendon and Hawthorn was moved from ETU Stadium to Marvel Stadium following a sell-out, ^[8] Livingstone said that the AFL would consider moving more matches to larger venues depending on ticket sales; ^[9] the round 2 match between Melbourne and North Melbourne was moved to the Melbourne Cricket Ground to act as a curtain raiser to the AFL qualifying final between Melbourne and Sydney. ^[10]

Sydney and St Kilda playing in Sydney's inaugural AFLW match

Season 7's Indigenous Round was launched in early September, and was played across rounds 3 and 4. ^[11] The round is held to acknowledge the significant contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls to Australian football and the broader community. ^[11] Aunty Pam Pederson, the youngest daughter of Sir Douglas Nicholls, was announced as the round's honouree, and all 18 teams wore specially-designed guernseys across the two weeks. ^[11] Melbourne rebranded itself as the Narrm Football Club for Indigenous Round, as it did during the corresponding round of the AFL season; Narrm is the traditional name for Melbourne in the Woiwurrung language. ^[12] Pride Round, which was played in round 8, was launched in early October. ^[13] The round is held "to promote and support diversity and inclusion of LGBTQI+ communities and families, and acknowledges the AFL's journey to being a more inclusive sport"; this season's iteration also celebrated allies of LGBTQI+ people within the sport. ^[13] Like with Indigenous Round, all 18 teams wore specially-designed guernseys for the occasion. ^[14]

The season began on 25 August with a match between Carlton and Collingwood ^[15] and concluded on 27 November with the 2022 AFL Women's season 7 Grand Final, contested by Brisbane and Melbourne. ^[16] The season featured ten home-and-away rounds, the same as the previous season, and a four-week finals series, up from three weeks the previous season; the finals were contested by the top eight teams, up from six the previous season, ^[17] and the finals system was the same as the AFL's. ^[18] Melbourne won its first AFL Women's premiership, defeating Brisbane by four points in the grand final, played at Brighton Homes Arena. ^[16] All matches throughout season 7 were broadcast live on the Seven Network and Fox Footy, and could be streamed via Kayo, womens.afl and the official AFL and AFLW apps. ^[19]

Coach appointments

New coach	Club	Date of appointment	Previous coach	Ref.
Bec Goddard	Hawthorn	12 August 2021	Inaugural	[20]
Scott Gowans	Sydney	4 February 2022	Inaugural	[21]
Natalie Wood	Essendon	18 March 2022	Inaugural	[22]
Lauren Arnell	Port Adelaide	12 April 2022	Inaugural	[23]
Cameron Bernasconi	Greater Western Sydney	12 April 2022	Alan McConnell	[24]

Club leadership

Club	Coach	Captain(s)	Vice-captain(s)	Leadership group	Ref.
Adelaide	Matthew Clarke	Chelsea Randall	Sarah Allan	Eloise Jones, Ebony Marinoff, Stevie-Lee Thompson	[25]
Brisbane	Craig Starcevich	Breanna Koenen	Nat Grider	Ally Anderson, Emily Bates	[26]
Carlton	Daniel Harford	Kerryn Peterson	Jessica Dal Pos, Darcy Vescio	Mimi Hill, Lucy McEvoy, Breann Moody	[27]
Collingwood	Stephen Symonds	Steph Chiocci, Brianna Davey	Brittany Bonnici, Ruby Schleicher	Lauren Butler, Chloe Molloy	[28]
Essendon	Natalie Wood	Steph Cain, Bonnie Toogood		Georgia Nanscawen, Jacqui Vogt	[29]
Fremantle	Trent Cooper	Hayley Miller	Angelique Stannett	Janelle Cuthbertson, Gabby O'Sullivan, Laura Pugh	[30]
Geelong	Daniel Lowther	Meg McDonald	Nina Morrison	Julia Crockett-Grills, Chantel Emonson, Georgie Rankin, Rebecca Webster	[31]
Gold Coast	Cameron Joyce	Tara Bohanna	Elizabeth Keaney, Jamie Stanton	Ellie Hampson	[32]
Greater Western Sydney	Cameron Bernasconi	Alicia Eva	Alyce Parker	Nicola Barr, Chloe Dalton, Pepa Randall	[33]
Hawthorn	Bec Goddard	Tilly Lucas-Rodd	Jess Duffin	Tamara Luke, Louise Stephenson	[34]
Melbourne	Mick Stinear	Daisy Pearce	Kate Hore	Libby Birch, Tyla Hanks	[35]
North Melbourne	Darren Crocker	Emma Kearney	Jasmine Garner, Emma King	Nicole Bresnehan, Ellie Gavalas, Ashleigh Riddell, Sarah Wright	[36]
Port Adelaide	Lauren Arnell	Erin Phillips	Angela Foley	Hannah Dunn, Gemma Houghton, Justine Mules	[37]
Richmond	Ryan Ferguson	Katie Brennan	Sarah Hosking	Monique Conti, Rebecca Miller, Gabby Seymour	[38]
St Kilda	Nick Dal Santo	Hannah Priest	Bianca Jakobsson, Kate Shierlaw	Nicola Stevens	[39]
Sydney	Scott Gowans	Maddy Collier, Brooke Lochland, Lauren Szigeti		Rebecca Privitelli, Lisa Steane, Alana Woodward	[40]
West Coast	Michael Prior	Emma Swanson	Dana Hooker	Aisling McCarthy	[41]
Western Bulldogs	Nathan Burke	Ellie Blackburn		Bailey Hunt, Kirsty Lamb, Katie Lynch	[42]

Home-and-away season

All starting times are local time. Sources: womens.afl (fixture and results), Australian Football (crowd figures)

Round 1

	Round 1
Thursday, 25 August (7:10 pm)	Carlton 3.0 (18)	def. by	Collingwood 5.6 (36)	Ikon Park (crowd: 4,128)	Report Stats
Friday, 26 August (7:10 pm)	Adelaide 4.2 (26)	def. by	Melbourne 6.8 (44)	ACH Group Stadium (crowd: 3,417)	Report Stats
Saturday, 27 August (1:10 pm)	North Melbourne 6.4 (40)	def.	Gold Coast 2.2 (14)	Blundstone Arena (crowd: 2,459)	Report Stats
Saturday, 27 August (1:10 pm)	West Coast 6.4 (40)	def.	Port Adelaide 4.4 (28)	Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,846)	Report Stats
Saturday, 27 August (5:10 pm)	Sydney 4.3 (27)	def. by	St Kilda 8.8 (56)	North Sydney Oval (crowd: 8,264)	Report Stats
Saturday, 27 August (7:10 pm)	Essendon 7.11 (53)	def.	Hawthorn 4.3 (27)	Marvel Stadium (crowd: 12,092)	Report Stats
Sunday, 28 August (12:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 6.5 (41)	def.	Greater Western Sydney 5.4 (34)	Ikon Park (crowd: 1,890)	Report Stats
Sunday, 28 August (2:10 pm)	Brisbane 11.10 (76)	def.	Fremantle 4.3 (27)	The Gabba (crowd: 3,421)	Report Stats
Sunday, 28 August (4:10 pm)	Geelong 2.3 (15)	def.	Richmond 1.5 (11)	GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 4,252)	Report Stats
The Adelaide v Melbourne match was originally scheduled to be played at Norwood Oval, however after a heavy workload of matches at the time and heavy rainfall, the AFL moved the match to ACH Group Stadium due to the condition of Norwood Oval's playing surface. [43] The crowd of 8,264 at the Sydney v St Kilda match is the largest attendance for an AFLW match in New South Wales. [44] The Essendon v Hawthorn match was originally scheduled to be played at ETU Stadium, however after tickets for the match sold out in less than two hours and following pushes from coaches and fans, the AFL moved the match to Marvel Stadium to allow more fans to attend. [8] Umpire Emma Stark made her AFLW umpiring debut in the Essendon v Hawthorn match at the age of 16, becoming the youngest field umpire to officiate at AFL or AFLW level. [45]

Round 2

	Round 2
Friday, 2 September (5:00 pm)	Melbourne 3.8 (26)	def.	North Melbourne 4.0 (24)	Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 17,851)	Report Stats
Saturday, 3 September (11:40 am)	Richmond 4.3 (27)	def. by	Adelaide 5.6 (36)	Swinburne Centre (crowd: 1,075)	Report Stats
Saturday, 3 September (1:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 1.3 (9)	def. by	Western Bulldogs 3.10 (28)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 5,367)	Report Stats
Saturday, 3 September (11:40 am)	Fremantle 0.1 (1)	def. by	Geelong 3.9 (27)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 1,086)	Report Stats
Sunday, 4 September (11:10 am)	Essendon 4.7 (31)	def. by	Carlton 5.2 (32)	ETU Stadium (crowd: 2,738)	Report Stats
Sunday, 4 September (1:10 pm)	Collingwood 6.9 (45)	def.	Sydney 2.2 (14)	Victoria Park (crowd: 1,976)	Report Stats
Sunday, 4 September (3:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney 3.2 (20)	def. by	Brisbane 10.7 (67)	Manuka Oval (crowd: 2,342)	Report Stats
Sunday, 4 September (4:10 pm)	Hawthorn 1.4 (10)	def. by	St Kilda 9.9 (63)	Box Hill City Oval (crowd: 2,262)	Report Stats
Sunday, 4 September (5:10 pm)	Gold Coast 7.5 (47)	def.	West Coast 2.2 (14)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 860)	Report Stats
The Melbourne v North Melbourne match was originally scheduled to be played at ETU Stadium, but was moved to the Melbourne Cricket Ground to act as a curtain raiser to the AFL qualifying final between Melbourne and Sydney. [10] Tickets needed to be purchased for the AFL final to access the AFLW match. [46] Greater Western Sydney's losing margin of 47 points against Brisbane was its equal-biggest loss in the AFLW [47] until its 96-point loss in round 5. [48] Gold Coast's winning margin of 33 points against West Coast was its biggest win in the AFLW until its 34-point win in round 7. [49]

Round 3

	Round 3 (Indigenous Round week 1)
Friday, 9 September (5:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 3.5 (23)	def.	Fremantle 3.2 (20)	Ikon Park (crowd: 1,058)	Report Stats
Saturday, 10 September (12:10 pm)	Adelaide 4.6 (30)	def.	North Melbourne 2.4 (16)	Wigan Oval (crowd: 2,034)	Report Stats
Saturday, 10 September (2:40 pm)	Sydney 2.6 (18)	def. by	Greater Western Sydney 9.11 (65)	Sydney Cricket Ground (crowd: 4,233)	Report Stats
Saturday, 10 September (4:10 pm)	Geelong 1.5 (11)	def. by	Collingwood 2.3 (15)	GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 1,957)	Report Stats
Saturday, 10 September (4:40 pm)	Brisbane 12.10 (82)	def.	Gold Coast 1.3 (9)	The Gabba (crowd: 2,582)	Report Stats
Sunday, 11 September (12:10 pm)	Carlton 4.3 (27)	drew with	Port Adelaide 4.3 (27)	Ikon Park (crowd: 1,664)	Report Stats
Sunday, 11 September (2:10 pm)	St Kilda 3.2 (20)	def. by	Narrm 6.10 (46)	RSEA Park (crowd: 2,758)	Report Stats
Sunday, 11 September (4:10 pm)	Richmond 7.2 (44)	def.	Hawthorn 1.3 (9)	Swinburne Centre (crowd: 2,031)	Report Stats
Sunday, 11 September (4:10 pm)	West Coast 4.8 (32)	def. by	Essendon 13.6 (84)	Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,501)	Report Stats
Melbourne rebranded itself as the Narrm Football Club for Indigenous Round; Narrm is the traditional name for Melbourne in the Woiwurrung language. [12] Greater Western Sydney's score of 9.11 (65) and winning margin of 47 points against Sydney is its highest score [50] and biggest win in the AFLW. [48] Gold Coast's losing margin of 73 points against Brisbane is its biggest loss in the AFLW. [51] Essendon's score of 13.6 (84) against West Coast is the highest score of any team in its debut season in AFLW history. [52] Its first-half score of 9.4 (58) was also the highest first-half score in AFLW history [53] until it was surpassed in round 10. [54]

Round 4

	Round 4 (Indigenous Round week 2)
Friday, 16 September (5:10 pm)	North Melbourne 4.4 (28)	def.	Geelong 2.4 (16)	University of Tasmania Stadium (crowd: 540)	Report Stats
Saturday, 17 September (11:10 am)	Greater Western Sydney 1.3 (9)	def. by	West Coast 2.4 (16)	Giants Stadium (crowd: 727)	Report Stats
Saturday, 17 September (12:05 pm)	Gold Coast 5.12 (42)	def.	St Kilda 4.4 (28)	Great Barrier Reef Arena (crowd: 1,117)	Report Stats
Saturday, 17 September (12:40 pm)	Port Adelaide 10.8 (68)	def.	Sydney 0.2 (2)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,741)	Report Stats
Saturday, 17 September (12:05 pm)	Fremantle 5.2 (32)	drew with	Carlton 5.2 (32)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 1,023)	Report Stats
Saturday, 17 September (3:10 pm)	Hawthorn 1.1 (7)	def. by	Western Bulldogs 6.1 (37)	Box Hill City Oval (crowd: 1,108)	Report Stats
Sunday, 18 September (12:10 pm)	Collingwood 2.4 (16)	def. by	Adelaide 2.9 (21)	Victoria Park (crowd: 876)	Report Stats
Sunday, 18 September (2:10 pm)	Essendon 3.6 (24)	def. by	Richmond 3.8 (26)	ETU Stadium (crowd: 3,044)	Report Stats
Sunday, 18 September (4:10 pm)	Narrm 4.3 (27)	def. by	Brisbane 6.6 (42)	Casey Fields (crowd: 757)	Report Stats
Melbourne rebranded itself as the Narrm Football Club for Indigenous Round; Narrm is the traditional name for Melbourne in the Woiwurrung language. [12] Carlton became the first team in AFLW history to play in consecutive draws. [55] The Collingwood v Adelaide match marked the first time an AFLW match was officiated by three female field umpires. [56]

Round 5

	Round 5
Thursday, 22 September (1:10 pm)	West Coast 3.5 (23)	def. by	Fremantle 3.8 (26)	Optus Stadium (crowd: 6,552)	Report Stats
Thursday, 22 September (5:10 pm)	Geelong 11.5 (71)	def.	St Kilda 3.3 (21)	GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 2,898)	Report Stats
Friday, 23 September (12:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs 4.4 (28)	def. by	North Melbourne 6.7 (43)	Swinburne Centre (crowd: 2,121)	Report Stats
Friday, 23 September (3:10 pm)	Collingwood 4.4 (28)	def.	Essendon 2.5 (17)	AIA Vitality Centre (crowd: 3,412)	Report Stats
Friday, 23 September (5:10 pm)	Sydney 4.7 (31)	def. by	Hawthorn 5.5 (35)	Swinburne Centre (crowd: 2,055)	Report Stats
Friday, 23 September (7:30 pm)	Carlton 1.2 (8)	def. by	Melbourne 7.8 (50)	Ikon Park (crowd: 1,580)	Report Stats
Saturday, 24 September (11:10 am)	Richmond 2.6 (18)	def.	Brisbane 1.8 (14)	Swinburne Centre (crowd: 1,426)	Report Stats
Sunday, 25 September (1:10 pm)	Gold Coast 7.4 (46)	def.	Port Adelaide 5.2 (32)	Bond University (crowd: 1,419)	Report Stats
Sunday, 25 September (2:40 pm)	Adelaide 15.7 (97)	def.	Greater Western Sydney 0.1 (1)	Wigan Oval (crowd: 1,991)	Report Stats
The Gold Coast v Port Adelaide match was originally scheduled to be played at Kombumerri Park, however the AFL moved the match to Bond University due to the condition of Kombumerri Park's playing surface. [57] Adelaide's score of 15.7 (97) and winning margin of 96 points against Greater Western Sydney is its highest score in the AFLW and the biggest win in AFLW history. [58]

Round 6

	Round 6 (Good for Footy Round)
Friday, 30 September (6:10 pm)	Hawthorn 6.8 (44)	def.	West Coast 6.5 (41)	SkyBus Stadium (crowd: 1,560)	Report Stats
Friday, 30 September (7:30 pm)	Port Adelaide 0.3 (3)	def. by	Adelaide 8.15 (63)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 20,652)	Report Stats
Saturday, 1 October (12:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney 4.5 (29)	def.	Carlton 1.6 (12)	Henson Park (crowd: 1,162)	Report Stats
Saturday, 1 October (2:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 5.6 (36)	def. by	Geelong 5.7 (37)	Mars Stadium (crowd: 1,731)	Report Stats
Saturday, 1 October (4:10 pm)	St Kilda 5.4 (34)	def. by	Collingwood 4.12 (36)	RSEA Park (crowd: 2,578)	Report Stats
Saturday, 1 October (6:10 pm)	Richmond 3.5 (23)	def.	Gold Coast 3.1 (19)	Swinburne Centre (crowd: 1,644)	Report Stats
Sunday, 2 October (12:10 pm)	Brisbane 8.14 (62)	def.	Essendon 3.0 (18)	Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex (crowd: 1,477)	Report Stats
Sunday, 2 October (12:10 pm)	Fremantle 5.6 (36)	def. by	Melbourne 10.6 (66)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 1,548)	Report Stats
Sunday, 2 October (5:10 pm)	North Melbourne 9.13 (67)	def.	Sydney 0.1 (1)	Swinburne Centre (crowd: 1,356)	Report Stats
The North Melbourne v Sydney match was originally scheduled to be played at Arden Street Oval, however after heavy use and bad weather, the AFL moved the match to Swinburne Centre due to the condition of Arden Street Oval's playing surface. [59] North Melbourne's winning margin of 66 points against Sydney is its biggest win in the AFLW. [60]

Round 7

	Round 7
Friday, 7 October (6:10 pm)	St Kilda 2.5 (17)	def. by	Carlton 6.8 (44)	RSEA Park (crowd: 1,234)	Report Stats
Friday, 7 October (5:10 pm)	West Coast 3.6 (24)	def. by	Richmond 6.7 (43)	Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,259)	Report Stats
Saturday, 8 October (1:10 pm)	Sydney 2.3 (15)	def. by	Gold Coast 7.7 (49)	Henson Park (crowd: 1,619)	Report Stats
Saturday, 8 October (2:40 pm)	Adelaide 7.7 (49)	def.	Fremantle 5.1 (31)	Wigan Oval (crowd: 2,800)	Report Stats
Saturday, 8 October (5:10 pm)	North Melbourne 3.8 (26)	def. by	Brisbane 5.3 (33)	Arden Street Oval (crowd: 1,644)	Report Stats
Saturday, 8 October (7:10 pm)	Hawthorn 4.5 (29)	def.	Port Adelaide 1.10 (16)	SkyBus Stadium (crowd: 2,029)	Report Stats
Sunday, 9 October (1:10 pm)	Essendon 4.4 (28)	def. by	Geelong 6.7 (43)	Reid Oval (crowd: 4,560)	Report Stats
Sunday, 9 October (3:10 pm)	Melbourne 10.13 (73)	def.	Western Bulldogs 1.3 (9)	Casey Fields (crowd: 2,154)	Report Stats
Sunday, 9 October (5:10 pm)	Collingwood 6.10 (46)	def.	Greater Western Sydney 2.2 (14)	Victoria Park (crowd: 1,663)	Report Stats
Gold Coast's winning margin of 34 points against Sydney is its biggest win in the AFLW. [49]

Round 8

	Round 8 (Pride Round)
Friday, 14 October (6:30 pm)	Carlton 5.4 (34)	def. by	Richmond 6.8 (44)	Ikon Park (crowd: 1,919)	Report Stats
Friday, 14 October (7:30 pm)	Brisbane 8.5 (53)	def.	Adelaide 4.7 (31)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 1,233)	Report Stats
Saturday, 15 October (12:40 pm)	Port Adelaide 4.5 (29)	def. by	North Melbourne 7.12 (54)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,818)	Report Stats
Saturday, 15 October (3:10 pm)	Essendon 7.6 (48)	def.	Sydney 7.2 (44)	Ikon Park (crowd: 2,658)	Report Stats
Saturday, 15 October (5:40 pm)	Geelong 4.10 (34)	def.	West Coast 4.1 (25)	Ikon Park (crowd: 1,085)	Report Stats
Saturday, 15 October (6:40 pm)	Gold Coast 1.3 (9)	def. by	Melbourne 9.4 (58)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 1,004)	Report Stats
Sunday, 16 October (1:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 4.11 (35)	def.	St Kilda 3.2 (20)	Mars Stadium (crowd: 1,714)	Report Stats
Sunday, 16 October (3:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney 4.10 (34)	def.	Hawthorn 5.3 (33)	Henson Park (crowd: 2,006)	Report Stats
Sunday, 16 October (2:10 pm)	Fremantle 0.3 (3)	def. by	Collingwood 4.8 (32)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 2,117)	Report Stats

Round 9

	Round 9
Friday, 21 October (5:10 pm)	Adelaide 4.6 (30)	def.	Geelong 4.4 (28)	Wigan Oval (crowd: 2,573)	Report Stats
Friday, 21 October (6:40 pm)	Gold Coast 6.6 (42)	def.	Carlton 2.3 (15)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 683)	Report Stats
Saturday, 22 October (1:10 pm)	Collingwood 4.1 (25)	def. by	North Melbourne 9.3 (57)	Victoria Park (crowd: 1,504)	Report Stats
Saturday, 22 October (3:10 pm)	Sydney 4.4 (28)	def. by	Fremantle 6.6 (42)	Henson Park (crowd: 2,577)	Report Stats
Saturday, 22 October (2:10 pm)	West Coast 3.5 (23)	def. by	Western Bulldogs 8.7 (55)	Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,102)	Report Stats
Saturday, 22 October (7:10 pm)	Hawthorn 1.1 (7)	def. by	Brisbane 9.7 (61)	SkyBus Stadium (crowd: 2,164)	Report Stats
Sunday, 23 October (1:10 pm)	St Kilda 4.11 (35)	def.	Port Adelaide 5.3 (33)	RSEA Park (crowd: 1,514)	Report Stats
Sunday, 23 October (3:10 pm)	Richmond 9.4 (58)	def.	Greater Western Sydney 2.3 (15)	Mildura Sporting Precinct (crowd: 2,359)	Report Stats
Sunday, 23 October (5:10 pm)	Melbourne 7.8 (50)	def.	Essendon 1.3 (9)	Casey Fields (crowd: 1,518)	Report Stats

Round 10

	Round 10
Friday, 28 October (6:10 pm)	Carlton 4.7 (31)	def. by	Western Bulldogs 5.4 (34)	Ikon Park (crowd: 1,193)	Report Stats
Friday, 28 October (7:10 pm)	Brisbane 8.7 (55)	def.	Collingwood 1.4 (10)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 1,180)	Report Stats
Saturday, 29 October (1:10 pm)	Melbourne 11.13 (79)	def.	West Coast 0.1 (1)	Casey Fields (crowd: 726)	Report Stats
Saturday, 29 October (3:10 pm)	St Kilda 2.1 (13)	def. by	Adelaide 4.5 (29)	RSEA Park (crowd: 1,167)	Report Stats
Saturday, 29 October (5:10 pm)	Geelong 15.12 (102)	def.	Sydney 4.3 (27)	GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 2,084)	Report Stats
Saturday, 29 October (4:10 pm)	Fremantle 7.7 (49)	def.	Hawthorn 7.2 (44)	Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 1,302)	Report Stats
Sunday, 30 October (12:40 pm)	Port Adelaide 1.4 (10)	def. by	Essendon 5.7 (37)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,096)	Report Stats
Sunday, 30 October (3:10 pm)	North Melbourne 3.9 (27)	drew with	Richmond 4.3 (27)	Arden Street Oval (crowd: 3,147)	Report Stats
Sunday, 30 October (5:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney 7.2 (44)	def.	Gold Coast 4.8 (32)	Henson Park (crowd: 1,491)	Report Stats
West Coast's losing margin of 78 points against Melbourne is its biggest loss in the AFLW. [61] Geelong's score of 15.12 (102) and winning margin of 75 points is its highest score and biggest win in the AFLW; [62] its first-half score of 9.6 (60) is the highest first-half score in AFLW history. [54]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane	10	9	1	0	545	193	282.4	36	Finals series
2	Melbourne (P)	10	9	1	0	519	184	282.1	36
3	Adelaide	10	8	2	0	412	234	176.1	32
4	Richmond	10	7	2	1	321	217	147.9	30
5	Geelong	10	7	3	0	384	222	173.0	28
6	Collingwood	10	7	3	0	289	244	118.4	28
7	Western Bulldogs	10	7	3	0	326	297	109.8	28
8	North Melbourne	10	6	3	1	382	229	166.8	26
9	Gold Coast	10	5	5	0	309	351	88.0	20
10	Essendon	10	4	6	0	349	354	98.6	16
11	Greater Western Sydney	10	4	6	0	265	420	63.1	16
12	Fremantle	10	3	6	1	267	400	66.8	14
13	St Kilda	10	3	7	0	309	373	82.8	12
14	Carlton	10	2	6	2	253	342	74.0	12
15	Hawthorn	10	3	7	0	245	429	57.1	12
16	West Coast	10	2	8	0	239	449	53.2	8
17	Port Adelaide	10	1	8	1	255	361	70.6	6
18	Sydney	10	0	10	0	207	577	35.9	0

Source: womens.afl
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(P) Premiers

Progression by round

4	Finished the round in first place	0	Finished the round in last place
4	Won the minor premiership	0	Won the wooden spoon
4	Finished the round inside the top eight
41	Subscript indicates the ladder position at the end of the round

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Brisbane	42	83	121	161	161	201	241	281	321	361
Melbourne	46	86	124	124	164	203	243	282	322	362
Adelaide	013	410	88	125	162	202	242	244	283	323
Richmond	011	013	410	88	128	168	206	246	284	304
Geelong	48	81	85	810	126	166	205	245	247	285
Collingwood	44	84	122	123	163	204	244	283	285	286
Western Bulldogs	49	85	123	162	165	167	169	208	248	287
North Melbourne	41	47	411	89	127	165	167	207	246	268
Gold Coast	018	49	414	812	129	129	168	169	209	209
Essendon	45	48	86	86	810	810	812	1210	1210	1610
Greater Western Sydney	010	015	412	415	416	813	815	1212	1213	1611
Fremantle	017	018	016	216	615	617	617	617	1015	1412
St Kilda	43	82	87	87	811	811	813	814	1211	1213
Carlton	015	411	69	811	812	814	1210	1211	1212	1214
Hawthorn	014	017	018	017	417	815	1211	1213	1214	1215
West Coast	47	412	413	813	813	812	814	815	816	816
Port Adelaide	012	014	215	614	614	616	616	616	617	617
Sydney	016	016	017	018	018	018	018	018	018	018

Source: Australian Football

Home matches and membership

The following table includes all home match attendance figures from the home-and-away season.

Team	Home match attendance					Members [63]
	Hosted	Total	Highest	Lowest	Average
Adelaide	5	12,699	3,417	1,891	2,540	6,706
Brisbane	5	9,442	3,421	1,026	1,888	2,323
Carlton	5	10,484	4,128	1,580	2,097	3,882
Collingwood	5	9,771	3,412	1,076	1,954	5,621
Essendon	5	24,340	12,092	2,658	4,868	4,245
Fremantle	5	7,076	2,117	1,023	1,415	2,552
Geelong	5	12,276	4,252	1,085	2,548	5,938
Gold Coast	5	5,083	1,419	683	1,017	1,194
Greater Western Sydney	5	7,728	2,342	727	1,546	2,984
Hawthorn	5	9,128	2,262	1,108	1,826	5,427
Melbourne	5	23,006	17,851	726	4,601	3,362
North Melbourne	5	9,146	3,147	540	1,829	3,349
Port Adelaide	5	33,674	20,652	2,096	6,735	4,782
Richmond	5	8,535	2,359	1,075	1,707	2,662
St Kilda	5	9,251	2,758	1,167	1,850	5,114
Sydney	5	18,866	8,264	1,619	3,773	7,757
West Coast	5	12,415	6,552	1,257	2,483	3,538
Western Bulldogs	5	8,450	2,057	1,058	1,690	4,132
Total/overall	90	231,370	20,652	540	2,571	75,568

Source: Australian Football

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	5 November, Metricon Stadium
	1	Brisbane	5.9 (39)
	4	Richmond	3.4 (22)			12 November, Swinburne Centre
						Richmond		6.2 (38)
	5 November, GMHBA Stadium					North Melbourne		11.8 (74)				18 November, Metricon Stadium
	5	Geelong	1.8 (14)									Brisbane		7.4 (46)
	8	North Melbourne	2.4 (16)									Adelaide		3.5 (23)			27 November, Brighton Homes Arena
																	Brisbane		2.3 (15)
	6 November, Victoria Park											19 November, Ikon Park					Melbourne		2.7 (19)
	6	Collingwood	5.10 (40)									Melbourne		5.3 (33)
	7	Western Bulldogs	5.5 (35)			12 November, Wigan Oval						North Melbourne		2.4 (16)
						Adelaide		3.5 (23)
	4 November, Ikon Park					Collingwood		1.5 (11)
	2	Melbourne	7.6 (48)
	3	Adelaide	4.3 (27)

All starting times are local time. Sources: womens.afl (fixture and results), Australian Football (crowd figures)

Finals week 1

	Second qualifying final
Friday, 4 November (7:10 pm)	Melbourne 7.6 (48)	def.	Adelaide 4.3 (27)	Ikon Park (crowd: 2,555)	Report Stats

	First qualifying final
Saturday, 5 November (3:10 pm)	Brisbane 5.9 (39)	def.	Richmond 3.4 (22)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 2,392)	Report Stats

	First elimination final
Saturday, 5 November (7:10 pm)	Geelong 1.8 (14)	def. by	North Melbourne 2.4 (16)	GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 4,338)	Report Stats

	Second elimination final
Sunday, 6 November (3:10 pm)	Collingwood 5.10 (40)	def.	Western Bulldogs 5.5 (35)	Victoria Park (crowd: 4,823)	Report Stats
Collingwood forward Eliza James became the first player to kick four goals in a final. [64]

Finals week 2

	First semi-final
Saturday, 12 November (1:40 pm)	Richmond 6.2 (38)	def. by	North Melbourne 11.8 (74)	Swinburne Centre (crowd: 2,439)	Report Stats

	Second semi-final
Saturday, 12 November (3:40 pm)	Adelaide 3.5 (23)	def.	Collingwood 1.5 (11)	Wigan Oval (crowd: 2,476)	Report Stats
The semi-final between Adelaide and Collingwood was delayed by 30 minutes due to lightning, and by a further 20 minutes during the quarter-time break. [65]

Finals week 3

	First preliminary final
Friday, 18 November (6:40 pm)	Brisbane 7.4 (46)	def.	Adelaide 3.5 (23)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 2,553)	Report Stats

	Second preliminary final
Saturday, 19 November (3:10 pm)	Melbourne 5.3 (33)	def.	North Melbourne 2.4 (16)	Ikon Park (crowd: 5,592)	Report Stats

Grand final

Main article: AFL Women's season seven Grand Final

	Grand final
Sunday, 27 November (1:40 pm)	Brisbane 2.3 (15)	def. by	Melbourne 2.7 (19)	Brighton Homes Arena (crowd: 7,412)	Report Stats

Win/loss table

The following table can be sorted from biggest winning margin to biggest losing margin for each round. If two or more matches in a round are decided by the same margin, these margins are sorted by percentage (i.e. the lowest-scoring winning team is ranked highest and the lowest-scoring losing team is ranked lowest). Home matches are in bold, and opponents are listed above the margins.

+	Win		Qualified for finals
-	Loss	X	Bye
	Draw		Eliminated

Team	Home-and-away season										Ladder	Finals series
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		F1	F2	F3	GF
Adelaide	MEL -18	RIC +9	NM +14	COL +5	GWS +96	PA +60	FRE +18	BL -22	GEE +2	STK +15	3 (8–2–0)	MEL -21	COL +12	BL -23
Brisbane	FRE +49	GWS +47	GC +73	MEL +15	RIC -4	ESS +44	NM +7	ADE +22	HAW +54	COL +45	1 (9–1–0)	RIC +17	X	ADE +23	MEL -4
Carlton	COL -18	ESS +1	PA 0	FRE 0	MEL -42	GWS -17	STK +27	RIC -10	GC -27	WB -3	14 (2–6–2)
Collingwood	CAR +18	SYD +31	GEE +4	ADE -5	ESS +11	STK +2	GWS +32	FRE +29	NM -32	BL -45	6 (7–3–0)	WB +5	ADE -12
Essendon	HAW +26	CAR -1	WC +52	RIC -2	COL -11	BL -44	GEE -15	SYD +4	MEL -41	PA +27	10 (4–6–0)
Fremantle	BL -49	GEE -26	WB -3	CAR 0	WC +3	MEL -30	ADE -18	COL -29	SYD +14	HAW +5	12 (3–6–1)
Geelong	RIC +4	FRE +26	COL -4	NM -12	STK +50	WB +1	ESS +15	WC +9	ADE -2	SYD +75	5 (7–3–0)	NM -2
Gold Coast	NM -26	WC +33	BL -73	STK +14	PA +14	RIC -4	SYD +34	MEL -49	CAR +27	GWS -12	9 (5–5–0)
Greater Western Sydney	WB -7	BL -47	SYD +47	WC -7	ADE -96	CAR +17	COL -32	HAW +1	RIC -43	GC +12	11 (4–6–0)
Hawthorn	ESS -26	STK -53	RIC -35	WB -30	SYD +4	WC +3	PA +13	GWS -1	BL -54	FRE -5	15 (3–7–0)
Melbourne	ADE +18	NM +2	STK +26	BL -15	CAR +42	FRE +30	WB +64	GC +49	ESS +41	WC +78	2 (9–1–0)	ADE +21	X	NM +17	BL +4
North Melbourne	GC +26	MEL -2	ADE -14	GEE +12	WB +15	SYD +66	BL -7	PA +25	COL +32	RIC 0	8 (6–3–1)	GEE +2	RIC +36	MEL -17
Port Adelaide	WC -12	WB -19	CAR 0	SYD +66	GC -14	ADE -60	HAW -13	NM -25	STK -2	ESS -27	17 (1–8–1)
Richmond	GEE -4	ADE -9	HAW +35	ESS +2	BL +4	GC +4	WC +19	CAR +10	GWS +43	NM 0	4 (7–2–1)	BL -17	NM -36
St Kilda	SYD +29	HAW +53	MEL -26	GC -14	GEE -50	COL -2	CAR -27	WB -15	PA +2	ADE -15	13 (3–7–0)
Sydney	STK -29	COL -31	GWS -47	PA -66	HAW -4	NM -66	GC -34	ESS -4	FRE -14	GEE -75	18 (0–10–0)
West Coast	PA +12	GC -33	ESS -52	GWS +7	FRE -3	HAW -3	RIC -19	GEE -9	WB -32	MEL -78	16 (2–8–0)
Western Bulldogs	GWS +7	PA +19	FRE +3	HAW +30	NM -15	GEE -1	MEL -64	STK +15	WC +32	CAR +3	7 (7–3–0)	COL -5

Source: Australian Football

Season notes

Fremantle chose to not renew the contract of senior coach Trent Cooper (left) at the end of the season, while Carlton and senior coach Daniel Harford (right) parted ways following a club review

• Brisbane kicked 33 goals across the first three rounds of the season, an AFLW record, ^[66] and became the first AFLW team to score more than 200 points across the first three rounds of a season. ^[67]
• Four teams recorded scores of 0.1 (1), the lowest score in AFLW history, during the season: Fremantle in round 2 against Geelong, ^[68] Greater Western Sydney in round 5 against Adelaide, ^[58] Sydney in round 6 against North Melbourne ^[69] and West Coast in round 10 against Melbourne. ^[70]
• Brisbane won the minor premiership by the closest practical margin, finishing above Melbourne on the ladder by 0.3 percentage points; had Melbourne scored just one more point during the season, it would have won the minor premiership. ^[70]

Coach departures

Outgoing coach	Club	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Trent Cooper	Fremantle	Contract not renewed	7 November 2022 [71]	Lisa Webb	10 February 2023 [72]
Daniel Harford	Carlton	Parted ways following club review	31 January 2023 [73]	Mathew Buck	4 April 2023 [74]

Awards

Major awards

See also: 2022 AFL Women's season 7 best and fairest, 2022 AFL Women's season 7 All-Australian team, and 2022 AFL Women's season 7 Rising Star

Brisbane players Shannon Campbell (left) and Ally Anderson (right) won the grand final best-on-ground and league best and fairest awards, respectively

• The AFL Women's Grand Final best-on-ground medal was awarded to Brisbane's Shannon Campbell, who became the first player to win the award in a losing team. ^[75]
• The AFL Women's best and fairest was awarded to Brisbane's Ally Anderson. ^[76]
• The AFLPA most valuable player was awarded to Richmond's Monique Conti; Adelaide captain Chelsea Randall was voted as best captain and most courageous player, while Richmond's Eilish Sheerin was voted as best first-year player. ^[77]
• The AFLCA AFLW champion player of the year was awarded to North Melbourne's Jasmine Garner; ^[78] Brisbane coach Craig Starcevich was voted as coach of the year. ^[79]
• The AFL Women's All-Australian team was announced on 22 November; Garner was named captain, while Brisbane captain Breanna Koenen was named vice-captain. ^[80] North Melbourne captain Emma Kearney was selected for the seventh consecutive season. ^[80] Anderson was not selected, becoming the first AFLW player to win the league best and fairest award but miss All-Australian selection in the same season. ^[81]
• The AFL Women's leading goalkicker was awarded to Brisbane's Jesse Wardlaw. ^[82]
• The AFL Women's Rising Star was awarded to Port Adelaide's Hannah Ewings. ^[83]
• The Goal of the Year was awarded to Gold Coast's Ashanti Bush. ^[84]
• The Mark of the Year was awarded to Geelong's Chloe Scheer. ^[84]

Leading goalkickers

1	Led the goalkicking at the end of the round
1	Led the goalkicking at the end of the home-and-away season
11	Subscript indicates the player's goal tally to that point of the season
–	Did not play during that round
X	Had a bye during that round

#	Player	Team	Home-and-away season (AFL Women's leading goalkicker)										Finals series				Total	Games	Average
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	F1	F2	F3	GF
1	Jesse Wardlaw	Brisbane	22	13	47	29	–9	211	112	214	317	219	120	X20	222	022	22	12	1.83
2	Kate Hore	Melbourne	11	01	12	24	15	38	19	211	314	216	016	X16	117	017	17	13	1.31
3	Courtney Wakefield	Richmond	00	22	13	25	27	07	07	411	112	113	013	114			14	12	1.17
	Ashleigh Woodland	Adelaide	33	14	04	15	05	49	211	011	011	213	114	014	014		14	13	1.08
	Eden Zanker	Melbourne	11	01	23	14	04	26	28	210	111	213	114	X14	014	014	14	13	1.08
6	Chloe Scheer	Geelong	00	00	00	00	33	14	37	18	19	413	013				13	11	1.18
	Kate Shierlaw	St Kilda	44	26	28	19	110	111	011	011	112	113					13	10	1.30
8	Tahlia Randall	North Melbourne	33	03	03	03	14	37	07	18	210	010	010	111	112		12	13	0.92
9	Greta Bodey	Brisbane	22	24	37	07	07	18	19	110	111	011	011	X11	011	011	11	13	0.85
	Tayla Harris	Melbourne	11	01	01	–1	34	15	27	310	010	010	010	X10	010	111	11	12	0.92
	Courtney Hodder	Brisbane	22	13	03	14	04	15	16	17	07	29	09	X9	211	011	11	13	0.85
	Danielle Ponter	Adelaide	11	01	23	–3	–3	–3	14	15	27	29	110	010	111		11	10	1.10
	Aine Tighe	Fremantle	11	01	12	24	26	17	07	07	07	411					11	10	1.10

Source: Australian Football

Club best and fairest

Club	Award	Player	Ref.
Adelaide	Club Champion	Anne Hatchard	[85]
Brisbane	Best and fairest	Emily Bates	[86]
Carlton	Best and fairest	Mimi Hill	[87]
Collingwood	Best and fairest	Jordyn Allen	[88]
Essendon	Best and fairest	Madison Prespakis	[89]
Fremantle	Fairest and best	Kiara Bowers	[90]
Geelong	Best and fairest	Amy McDonald	[91]
Gold Coast	Club Champion	Charlie Rowbottom	[92]
Greater Western Sydney	Gabrielle Trainor Medal	Alyce Parker	[93]
Hawthorn	Best and fairest	Tilly Lucas-Rodd	[94]
Melbourne	Best and fairest	Kate Hore	[95]
North Melbourne	Best and fairest	Jasmine Garner	[96]
Port Adelaide	Best and fairest	Hannah Ewings	[97]
Richmond	Best and fairest	Monique Conti	[98]
St Kilda	Best and fairest	Kate Shierlaw	[99]
Sydney	Club Champion	Cynthia Hamilton	[100]
West Coast	Club Champion	Emma Swanson	[101]
Western Bulldogs	Best and fairest	Ellie Blackburn	[102]

See also

• 2022 AFL Women's season 6
• 2022 AFL season

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