2022 VFL Women's season

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2022 premiership season
Teams12
Premiers Essendon
1st premiership
Minor premiers Essendon
1st minor premiership
Best and fairest Georgia Nanscawen
Essendon (33 votes)
Leading goalkicker Federica Frew
Essendon (29 goals)
Matches played91
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The 2022 VFL Women's season was the sixth season of the VFL Women's (VFLW). The season commenced on 12 February and concluded with the grand final on 3 July. [1] Essendon went through the season undefeated and won its first VFLW premiership, defeating the Southern Saints by 35 points in the grand final; this resulted in the first completed VFLW season since 2019 after COVID-19 disruptions affected the previous two seasons. [2]

Contents

The season consisted of 14 games for each of the 12 clubs, all of whom returned from the 2021 VFL Women's season. [3] For the first time, all matches were available to watch via the AFL website/app or the VFL/VFLW YouTube channel. [4]

Clubs

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Essendon (P)141202906250362.452 Finals series
2 Hawthorn 141211798220362.750
3 Casey 141130701331211.844
4 Geelong Cats 141040581366158.740
5 Southern Saints 14941537424126.738
6 Collingwood 1477045049990.228
7 North Melbourne 1468041255774.024
8 Darebin 1459030756854.020
9 Carlton 1449139259965.418
10 Port Melbourne 14311030566246.112
11 Williamstown 14211136354167.110
12 Western Bulldogs 14014014487916.40
Source: AFL.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers


Finals series

Match-ups set using the second McIntyre final six system .

Qualifying finalSemi-finalsPreliminary finalGrand final
June 11, Windy Hill
1 Essendon 8.12 (60)
2 Hawthorn 1.1 (7)June 19, Windy Hill July 3, ETU Stadium
Essendon 11.10 (76) Essendon 6.6 (42)
Elimination finals Casey 1.3 (9)June 26, ETU Stadium Southern Saints 0.7 (7)
June 12, Casey Fields   Casey 2.3 (15)
3 Casey 7.3 (45)June 19, Box Hill City Oval Southern Saints 5.5 (35)
6 Collingwood 1.4 (10) Hawthorn 6.3 (39)
June 11, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds Southern Saints 8.7 (55)
4 Geelong Cats 2.6 (18)
5 Southern Saints 4.2 (26)

Qualifying and elimination finals

Qualifying final
Saturday, 11 June (11:05 am) Essendon 8.12 (60)def. Hawthorn 1.1 (7) Windy Hill Report
Elimination finals
Saturday, 11 June (1:05 pm) Geelong Cats 2.6 (18)def. by Southern Saints 4.2 (26) Deakin University Elite Sports Precinct Report
Sunday, 12 June (11:35 am) Casey 7.3 (45)def. Collingwood 1.4 (10) Casey Fields Report

Semi finals

Semi finals
Sunday, 19 June (11:05 am) Essendon 11.10 (76)def. Casey 1.3 (9) Windy Hill Report
Sunday, 19 June (1:05 pm) Hawthorn 6.3 (39)def. by Southern Saints 8.7 (55) Box Hill City Oval Report

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Sunday, 26 June (4:05 pm) Casey 2.3 (15)def. by Southern Saints 5.5 (35) ETU Stadium Report

Grand final

2022 VFLW Grand Final
Sunday, 3 July (12:15 pm) Essendon def. Southern Saints ETU Stadium Report
2.2 (14)
4.3 (27)
6.6 (42)
 6.6 (42)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		0.0 (0)
0.4 (4)
0.4 (4)
 0.7 (7)		Lisa Hardeman Medal: Alana Barba (Essendon)
Television broadcast: Seven Network
Frew, Tierney 2
Doonan, Nalder 1		GoalsNil
Barba, Nanscawen, Radford, TierneyBestCapsalis, Stuart
Nanscawen (knee)InjuriesNil

Awards

[5]

2022 VFL Women's Team of the Year
B:Eliza Vale (Western Bulldogs)Katelyn Lee (Collingwood)
HB:Grace Buchan (Southern Saints)Jenna Richardson (Hawthorn)Nicole Callinan (Darebin)
C:Samantha Johnson (Casey)Hannah Stuart (Southern Saints)Winnie Laing (Southern Saints)
HF: Mia-Rae Clifford (c) (Essendon)Renee Tierney (Essendon)Tahlia Fellows (Casey)
F:Federica Frew (Essendon)Tamara Luke (Hawthorn)
Foll:Elizabeth McGrath (North Melbourne) Georgia Nanscawen (Essendon)Laura Gardiner (Geelong Cats)
Int:Amelia Radford (Essendon)Matilda Zander (Collingwood)Olivia Barton (Port Melbourne)
Paige Sheppard (Geelong Cats)Tayla Kearns (Southern Saints)
Coach:Brendan Major (Essendon)

Club best and fairest winners

ClubBest & FairestRef
Carlton Millie Klingbeil [6]
Casey Sammie Johnson [7]
Collingwood Matilda Zander [8]
Darebin Nicole Callinan [9]
Essendon Georgia Nanscawen [10]
Geelong Cats Paige Sheppard [11]
Hawthorn Jordan Mifsud [12]
North Melbourne Liz McGrath [13]
Port Melbourne Kaitlyn O'Keefe [14]
Southern Saints Hannah Stuart [15]
Western Bulldogs Eliza Vale [16]
Williamstown Ruby Tripodi [17]
Gabrielle Biedenweb-Webster

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