2024 AFL Women's season | |
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Overview | |
Date | 30 August—30 November 2024 |
Teams | 18 |
Premiers | North Melbourne 1st premiership |
Runners-up | Brisbane 4th runners-up result |
Minor premiers | North Melbourne 1st minor premiership |
Best and fairest | Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide) 23 votes |
Leading goalkicker | Aishling Moloney (Geelong) Taylor Smith (Brisbane) 21 goals |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 108 |
Total attendance | 308,661 (2,858 per match) |
Highest (H&A) | 23,085 (week 2, Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide) |
Highest (finals) | 12,122 (grand final, North Melbourne v Brisbane) |
The 2024 AFL Women's season was the ninth season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 18 clubs and ran from 30 August to 30 November, comprising an eleven-match home-and-away season over ten weeks, followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
North Melbourne won the premiership, defeating Brisbane by 30 points in the 2024 AFL Women's Grand Final. North Melbourne won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 10–0–1 win–loss–draw record and, by winning its three finals, recorded an undefeated season for the first in the competition's history. Adelaide's Ebony Marinoff won the AFL Women's best and fairest award as the league's best and fairest player, while Geelong's Aishling Moloney and Brisbane's Taylor Smith tied for the AFL Women's leading goalkicker award as the league's leading goalkickers.
In February 2024, Australian Football League (AFL) executive general manager Laura Kane announced that pre-season training for the 2024 season would commence on 3 June, and that the season would begin during the last weekend of August, coinciding with the AFL's pre-finals bye weekend, as had been the case the previous two seasons. [1] In February, an eleven-match home-and-away season was confirmed, an increase from ten matches in 2023, along with four weeks of finals. [2] Although players were on twelve-month contracts for the first time, [1] the announcement came earlier than in previous seasons following requests from players to allow sufficient notice to plan living and work arrangements. [2] Clubs had offered voluntary training during the off-season, with some allowing select players to play in state league competitions for additional exposure. [1]
The 2024 season fixture was released in May, with the eleven-match home-and-away season scheduled over ten weeks. [3] The compressed period of the season took place during weeks 4 to 7, with each club playing two matches in one of the four weeks; [4] consequently, the fixture was divided by weeks rather than rounds, and matches were played on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during the compressed period to align with school holidays across Australia [5] and focus on increased attendance and television viewership. [4] Leading into the season, reigning grand finalists North Melbourne and Brisbane were heavily favoured to at least make the grand final again in 2024, with experts from Code Sports [6] and ESPN predicting that one of the two clubs would win the premiership [7] and 17 of the 18 club captains tipping either North Melbourne or Brisbane as the club most likely to reach the grand final outside of their own. [8]
The season began on 30 August with a match between Sydney and Collingwood, [9] and will conclude on 30 November with the 2024 AFL Women's Grand Final. [10] All matches throughout the season will be broadcast live on the Seven Network, Fox Footy and Kayo. [11] Sydney was awarded the right to host the opening match of the season after averaging the highest home crowds during the 2023 home-and-away season with 4,637, more than 2,000 over the league average; the match marked the first time the season opener was held outside of Victoria. [12] The Dreamtime match between Essendon and Richmond, to take place during Indigenous Round in week 9, will be played in Darwin for the first time, [3] while Sydney hosted Richmond in the competition's first match in Coffs Harbour in week 3; [10] the season was the first to not feature a Hampson–Hardeman Cup between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs. [13] The season marked an AFLW record for female senior coaches with five, including new coaches Tamara Hyett (Western Bulldogs) and Daisy Pearce (West Coast). [14]
In August, the AFL announced that a new "smart footy" ball-tracking technology would be introduced for the upcoming season at all venues, in which a chip is embedded in the football and tracked by sensors around the field; the system, which had been trialled for 18 months (including at Victorian Football League (VFL) and VFL Women's (VFLW) level), would be used to assist with reviewing scores, including alerting officials when the football crosses the goal line, hits the goal post or is touched mid-shot. [15] After the technology was successfully used twice in week 1, marking the first use of a score review system in the AFLW, AFL general manager of footy operations Josh Mahoney said that the league would work towards implementing graphics in television broadcasts and at venues to give fans an insight into the review process, similar to the replays used for score reviews in the AFL. [16]
New coach | Club | Date of appointment | Previous coach | Ref. |
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Daisy Pearce | West Coast | 11 December 2023 | Michael Prior | [17] |
Sam Wright | Collingwood | 22 December 2023 | Stephen Symonds | [18] |
Daniel Webster | Hawthorn | 5 February 2024 | Bec Goddard | [19] |
Tamara Hyett | Western Bulldogs | 16 February 2024 | Nathan Burke | [20] |
All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au
Official practice matches | |||||
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Friday, 16 August (1:30 pm) | West Coast 3.5 (23) | def. by | St Kilda 8.7 (55) | Mineral Resources Park | |
Friday, 16 August (7:15 pm) | Brisbane 5.7 (37) | def. | Richmond 5.5 (35) | Brighton Homes Arena | |
Saturday, 17 August (11:00 am) | Greater Western Sydney 3.2 (20) | def. by | North Melbourne 11.11 (77) | Blacktown ISP Oval | |
Saturday, 17 August (10:00 am) | Fremantle 6.9 (45) | def. | Collingwood 2.3 (15) | Fremantle Community Bank Oval | |
Saturday, 17 August (1:00 pm) | Essendon 4.9 (33) | def. | Geelong 3.5 (23) | Windy Hill | |
Saturday, 17 August (2:00 pm) | Sydney 4.4 (28) | def. by | Hawthorn 11.11 (77) | Sydney Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 17 August (5:15 pm) | Gold Coast 10.8 (68) | def. | Western Bulldogs 3.2 (20) | People First Stadium | |
Sunday, 18 August (11:00 am) | Port Adelaide 9.8 (62) | def. | Melbourne 8.4 (52) | Alberton Oval | |
Sunday, 18 August (1:00 pm) | Adelaide 7.8 (50) | def. | Carlton 5.2 (32) | Thomas Farms Oval | |
All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au
Week 1 | |||||
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Friday, 30 August (7:15 pm) | Sydney 8.2 (50) | def. | Collingwood 4.11 (35) | North Sydney Oval (crowd: 5,489) | |
Friday, 30 August (7:15 pm) | West Coast 6.4 (40) | def. | Richmond 5.9 (39) | Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 2,166) | |
Saturday, 31 August (1:05 pm) | Greater Western Sydney 10.12 (72) | def. | Western Bulldogs 1.3 (9) | Manuka Oval (crowd: 2,003) | |
Saturday, 31 August (3:05 pm) | Essendon 3.3 (21) | def. by | Fremantle 10.4 (64) | Windy Hill (crowd: 2,820) | |
Saturday, 31 August (5:05 pm) | Gold Coast 2.8 (20) | def. by | St Kilda 11.8 (74) | People First Stadium (crowd: 1,749) | |
Saturday, 31 August (7:15 pm) | Geelong 6.4 (40) | def. by | Melbourne 6.6 (42) | GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 3,838) | |
Saturday, 31 August (7:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 5.5 (35) | def. by | Adelaide 7.7 (49) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 5,194) | |
Sunday, 1 September (1:05 pm) | Hawthorn 9.12 (66) | def. | Carlton 4.4 (28) | Kinetic Stadium (crowd: 2,794) | |
Sunday, 1 September (3:05 pm) | Brisbane 5.4 (34) | def. by | North Melbourne 12.6 (78) | Brighton Homes Arena (crowd: 3,395) | |
Week 2 | |||||
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Friday, 6 September (4:30 pm) | Western Bulldogs 0.6 (6) | def. by | Port Adelaide 7.4 (46) | Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 23,085) | |
Saturday, 7 September (11:05 am) | Melbourne 2.3 (15) | def. by | Brisbane 5.3 (33) | Casey Fields (crowd: 1,534) | |
Saturday, 7 September (11:05 am) | West Coast 3.7 (25) | def. by | Essendon 6.5 (41) | Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 2,079) | |
Saturday, 7 September (1:05 pm) | Collingwood 3.8 (26) | def. by | Hawthorn 11.7 (73) | Victoria Park (crowd: 3,283) | |
Sunday, 8 September (1:05 pm) | Richmond 5.8 (38) | def. | Greater Western Sydney 4.3 (27) | Swinburne Centre (crowd: 997) | |
Sunday, 8 September (1:05 pm) | Gold Coast 5.8 (38) | def. by | Carlton 5.9 (39) | Great Barrier Reef Arena (crowd: 1,319) | |
Sunday, 8 September (3:05 pm) | North Melbourne 5.6 (36) | drew with | Geelong 5.6 (36) | Arden Street Oval (crowd: 3,019) | |
Sunday, 8 September (3:05 pm) | St Kilda 6.6 (42) | def. | Sydney 4.2 (26) | RSEA Park (crowd: 2,694) | |
Sunday, 8 September (3:05 pm) | Fremantle 0.6 (6) | def. by | Adelaide 5.9 (39) | Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 2,669) | |
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Week 3 | |||||
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Thursday, 12 September (7:15 pm) | Western Bulldogs 3.3 (21) | def. by | West Coast 5.2 (32) | Mission Whitten Oval (crowd: 1,545) | |
Friday, 13 September (5:05 pm) | Brisbane 10.12 (72) | def. | Collingwood 3.2 (20) | Brighton Homes Arena (crowd: 2,168) | |
Saturday, 14 September (12:35 pm) | Sydney 3.4 (22) | def. by | Richmond 10.8 (68) | C.ex Coffs International Stadium (crowd: 2,279) | |
Saturday, 14 September (2:35 pm) | Carlton 4.5 (29) | def. | Geelong 0.5 (5) | Ikon Park (crowd: 2,417) | |
Saturday, 14 September (4:05 pm) | Port Adelaide 4.5 (29) | def. by | Fremantle 5.7 (37) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,016) | |
Sunday, 15 September (12:35 pm) | Adelaide 9.4 (58) | def. | Hawthorn 4.8 (32) | Thomas Farms Oval (crowd: 3,142) | |
Sunday, 15 September (1:05 pm) | Melbourne 3.3 (21) | def. by | North Melbourne 11.5 (71) | Casey Fields (crowd: 2,023) | |
Sunday, 15 September (3:05 pm) | Essendon 2.3 (15) | def. by | St Kilda 3.5 (23) | Windy Hill (crowd: 3,009) | |
Sunday, 15 September (5:05 pm) | Greater Western Sydney 5.6 (36) | drew with | Gold Coast 5.6 (36) | Manuka Oval (crowd: 1,507) | |
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Week 4 | |||||
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Tuesday, 17 September (7:15 pm) | Collingwood 3.1 (19) | def. by | West Coast 5.6 (36) | Ikon Park (crowd: 1,325) | |
Wednesday, 18 September (7:15 pm) | Brisbane 11.15 (81) | def. | Western Bulldogs 5.4 (34) | Brighton Homes Arena (crowd: 2,712) | |
Thursday, 19 September (7:15 pm) | Richmond 6.3 (39) | def. | Carlton 0.6 (6) | Ikon Park (crowd: 1,855) | |
Friday, 20 September (5:05 pm) | North Melbourne 6.6 (42) | def. | Port Adelaide 1.0 (6) | Mission Whitten Oval (crowd: 943) | |
Saturday, 21 September (12:05 pm) | Gold Coast 4.3 (27) | def. by | Geelong 15.6 (96) | People First Stadium (crowd: 1,612) | |
Saturday, 21 September (2:05 pm) | St Kilda 2.5 (17) | def. by | Hawthorn 11.8 (74) | RSEA Park (crowd: 2,822) | |
Saturday, 21 September (12:05 pm) | Fremantle 7.5 (47) | def. | Melbourne 6.5 (41) | Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 1,633) | |
Sunday, 22 September (12:35 pm) | Adelaide 9.8 (62) | def. | Essendon 4.5 (29) | Thomas Farms Oval (crowd: 2,311) | |
Sunday, 22 September (3:05 pm) | Collingwood 2.3 (15) | def. by | Western Bulldogs 9.3 (57) | Victoria Park (crowd: 2,430) | |
Sunday, 22 September (3:05 pm) | Sydney 6.7 (43) | def. | Greater Western Sydney 6.4 (40) | Henson Park (crowd: 5,530) | |
Sunday, 22 September (3:05 pm) | West Coast 2.4 (16) | def. by | Brisbane 8.13 (61) | Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,765) | |
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Week 5 | |||||
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Tuesday, 24 September (7:15 pm) | Richmond 6.12 (48) | def. | Port Adelaide 3.9 (27) | Ikon Park (crowd: 1,493) | |
Wednesday, 25 September (7:15 pm) | Carlton 1.4 (10) | def. by | North Melbourne 12.7 (79) | Ikon Park (crowd: 2,027) | |
Thursday, 26 September (7:15 pm) | Geelong 9.7 (61) | def. by | Hawthorn 12.7 (79) | GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 2,771) | |
Friday, 27 September (12:05 pm) | Collingwood 4.3 (27) | def. | Gold Coast 3.6 (24) | Swinburne Centre (crowd: 1,492) | |
Friday, 27 September (2:05 pm) | Essendon 11.6 (72) | def. | Melbourne 1.1 (7) | Windy Hill (crowd: 3,325) | |
Friday, 27 September (4:05 pm) | St Kilda 2.2 (14) | def. by | Fremantle 3.7 (25) | RSEA Park (crowd: 2,176) | |
Friday, 27 September (7:15 pm) | Western Bulldogs 5.9 (39) | def. | Sydney 5.2 (32) | Mission Whitten Oval (crowd: 2,856) | |
Sunday, 29 September (1:05 pm) | North Melbourne 3.9 (27) | def. | Richmond 2.3 (15) | University of Tasmania Stadium (crowd: 753) | |
Sunday, 29 September (3:05 pm) | Greater Western Sydney 6.4 (40) | def. by | West Coast 10.4 (64) | Henson Park (crowd: 938) | |
Sunday, 29 September (3:05 pm) | Brisbane 5.5 (35) | def. | Adelaide 5.3 (33) | Brighton Homes Arena (crowd: 6,102) | |
Sunday, 29 September (4:35 pm) | Port Adelaide 8.10 (58) | def. | Carlton 3.5 (23) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,706) | |
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Week 6 | |||||
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Tuesday, 1 October (7:15 pm) | Geelong 3.9 (27) | def. by | Fremantle 6.9 (45) | GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 2,033) | |
Wednesday, 2 October (5:15 pm) | Hawthorn 4.11 (35) | def. | Gold Coast 3.4 (22) | Kinetic Stadium (crowd: 2,291) | |
Wednesday, 2 October (7:15 pm) | Essendon 4.3 (27) | def. | Sydney 3.6 (24) | Mission Whitten Oval (crowd: 1,460) | |
Thursday, 3 October (7:15 pm) | Melbourne 6.5 (41) | def. | Greater Western Sydney 3.7 (25) | Ikon Park (crowd: 1,264) | |
Friday, 4 October (7:15 pm) | Adelaide 3.8 (26) | def. | St Kilda 3.4 (22) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,994) | |
Saturday, 5 October (1:05 pm) | North Melbourne 8.11 (59) | def. | Western Bulldogs 0.4 (4) | Arden Street Oval (crowd: 2,457) | |
Saturday, 5 October (3:05 pm) | Richmond 7.4 (46) | def. | Collingwood 1.4 (10) | Swinburne Centre (crowd: 1,742) | |
Saturday, 5 October (3:05 pm) | West Coast 5.6 (36) | def. by | Port Adelaide 7.7 (49) | Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 2,470) | |
Saturday, 5 October (7:15 pm) | Carlton 1.7 (13) | def. by | Brisbane 9.14 (68) | Ikon Park (crowd: 1,452) | |
Sunday, 6 October (12:05 pm) | Gold Coast 4.3 (27) | def. by | Essendon 5.6 (36) | People First Stadium (crowd: 1,329) | |
Sunday, 6 October (3:05 pm) | Sydney 6.5 (41) | def. by | Geelong 5.14 (44) | Henson Park (crowd: 3,127) | |
Sunday, 6 October (2:05 pm) | Fremantle 3.7 (25) | def. by | Hawthorn 5.4 (34) | Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 2,259) | |
Week 7 (Pride Round) | |||||
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Tuesday, 8 October (7:15 pm) | St Kilda 7.7 (49) | def. | Greater Western Sydney 2.3 (15) | Kinetic Stadium (crowd: 1,427) | |
Wednesday, 9 October (7:15 pm) | Adelaide 1.8 (14) | def. by | Melbourne 2.4 (16) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,586) | |
Thursday, 10 October (7:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 4.9 (33) | def. | Collingwood 3.7 (25) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,526) | |
Friday, 11 October (7:15 pm) | Western Bulldogs 0.3 (3) | def. by | Essendon 3.8 (26) | Mission Whitten Oval (crowd: 4,011) | |
Saturday, 12 October (1:05 pm) | Hawthorn 11.8 (74) | def. | West Coast 1.2 (8) | Kinetic Stadium (crowd: 2,357) | |
Saturday, 12 October (3:05 pm) | Richmond 6.10 (46) | def. | Geelong 5.9 (39) | Swinburne Centre (crowd: 2,455) | |
Saturday, 12 October (4:05 pm) | Brisbane 6.8 (44) | def. | Gold Coast 4.4 (28) | Brighton Homes Arena (crowd: 3,142) | |
Saturday, 12 October (4:15 pm) | Fremantle 4.6 (30) | def. by | Carlton 5.4 (34) | Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 2,051) | |
Sunday, 13 October (1:05 pm) | North Melbourne 14.3 (87) | def. | Sydney 4.3 (27) | North Hobart Oval (crowd: 1,515) | |
Sunday, 13 October (3:05 pm) | St Kilda 5.0 (30) | def. by | Melbourne 6.8 (44) | RSEA Park (crowd: 3,073) | |
Sunday, 13 October (5:05 pm) | Greater Western Sydney 4.4 (28) | def. by | Adelaide 14.8 (92) | Henson Park (crowd: 1,061) | |
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Week 8 | |||||
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Thursday, 17 October (7:15 pm) | Carlton 4.4 (28) | def. by | Western Bulldogs 9.7 (61) | Ikon Park (crowd: 1,320) | |
Friday, 18 October (7:15 pm) | Port Adelaide 7.5 (47) | def. | St Kilda 5.2 (32) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,486) | |
Saturday, 19 October (1:05 pm) | Hawthorn 9.7 (61) | def. | Greater Western Sydney 3.6 (24) | Kinetic Stadium (crowd: 2,106) | |
Saturday, 19 October (3:05 pm) | Sydney 6.10 (46) | def. by | Gold Coast 7.8 (50) | Henson Park (crowd: 2,570) | |
Saturday, 19 October (5:05 pm) | Melbourne 8.3 (51) | def. | Richmond 5.8 (38) | Casey Fields (crowd: 2,026) | |
Saturday, 19 October (4:05 pm) | West Coast 1.6 (12) | def. by | Fremantle 5.5 (35) | Sullivan Logistics Stadium (crowd: 6,047) | |
Sunday, 20 October (1:05 pm) | Geelong 7.5 (47) | def. | Brisbane 5.7 (37) | GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 2,850) | |
Sunday, 20 October (3:05 pm) | Essendon 1.1 (7) | def. by | North Melbourne 8.10 (58) | Windy Hill (crowd: 4,336) | |
Sunday, 20 October (5:05 pm) | Collingwood 2.1 (13) | def. by | Adelaide 8.8 (56) | Victoria Park (crowd: 1,775) | |
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Week 9 (Indigenous Round week 1) | |||||
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Thursday, 24 October (6:45 pm) | Hawthorn 3.5 (23) | def. | Melbourne 2.5 (17) | Cazalys Stadium (crowd: 2,602) | |
Friday, 25 October (7:15 pm) | Adelaide 4.9 (33) | def. by | North Melbourne 6.5 (41) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 3,275) | |
Saturday, 26 October (2:05 pm) | Greater Western Sydney 4.1 (25) | def. by | Fremantle 7.13 (55) | Henson Park (crowd: 1,335) | |
Saturday, 26 October (3:05 pm) | Gold Coast 3.6 (24) | def. by | Port Adelaide 8.10 (58) | People First Stadium (crowd: 2,160) | |
Saturday, 26 October (3:05 pm) | West Coast 3.5 (23) | def. by | Geelong 9.2 (56) | Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 2,015) | |
Saturday, 26 October (7:15 pm) | Essendon 6.6 (42) | drew with | Richmond 6.6 (42) | TIO Stadium (crowd: 4,407) | |
Sunday, 27 October (1:05 pm) | Western Bulldogs 5.6 (36) | def. | St Kilda 5.5 (35) | Mars Stadium (crowd: 1,918) | |
Sunday, 27 October (3:05 pm) | Collingwood 4.4 (28) | def. by | Carlton 5.2 (32) | Victoria Park (crowd: 2,873) | |
Sunday, 27 October (4:05 pm) | Brisbane 11.12 (78) | def. | Sydney 1.4 (10) | Brighton Homes Arena (crowd: 3,117) | |
Week 10 (Indigenous Round week 2) | |||||
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Friday, 1 November (7:15 pm) | Geelong 4.4 (28) | def. by | Adelaide 4.8 (32) | GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 2,233) | |
Saturday, 2 November (1:05 pm) | Melbourne 11.8 (74) | def. | Collingwood 4.3 (27) | Ikon Park (crowd: 1,854) | |
Saturday, 2 November (3:05 pm) | Sydney 10.14 (74) | def. | West Coast 4.4 (28) | Henson Park (crowd: 2,685) | |
Saturday, 2 November (5:05 pm) | North Melbourne 11.12 (78) | def. | Gold Coast 2.3 (15) | Arden Street Oval (crowd: 2,162) | |
Saturday, 2 November (7:15 pm) | Carlton 3.6 (24) | def. by | Essendon 9.6 (60) | Ikon Park (crowd: 2,655) | |
Sunday, 3 November (1:05 pm) | St Kilda 6.5 (41) | def. by | Brisbane 10.8 (68) | RSEA Park (crowd: 1,678) | |
Sunday, 3 November (3:05 pm) | Richmond 3.5 (23) | def. by | Hawthorn 6.10 (46) | Swinburne Centre (crowd: 2,087) | |
Sunday, 3 November (4:35 pm) | Port Adelaide 7.1 (43) | def. | Greater Western Sydney 6.6 (42) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 4,148) | |
Sunday, 3 November (4:05 pm) | Fremantle 4.11 (35) | def. | Western Bulldogs 3.3 (21) | Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 2,520) | |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | North Melbourne (P) | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 656 | 208 | 315.4 | 42 | Finals series |
2 | Hawthorn | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 597 | 309 | 193.2 | 40 | |
3 | Brisbane | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 611 | 335 | 182.4 | 36 | |
4 | Adelaide | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 494 | 285 | 173.3 | 32 | |
5 | Fremantle | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 404 | 297 | 136.0 | 32 | |
6 | Port Adelaide | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 431 | 364 | 118.4 | 28 | |
7 | Richmond | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 442 | 337 | 131.2 | 26 | |
8 | Essendon | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 376 | 359 | 104.7 | 26 | |
9 | Melbourne | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 369 | 420 | 87.9 | 24 | |
10 | Geelong | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 479 | 437 | 109.6 | 18 | |
11 | St Kilda | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 379 | 396 | 95.7 | 16 | |
12 | Western Bulldogs | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 291 | 461 | 63.1 | 16 | |
13 | West Coast | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 320 | 509 | 62.9 | 16 | |
14 | Carlton | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 266 | 532 | 50.0 | 16 | |
15 | Sydney | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 395 | 538 | 73.4 | 12 | |
16 | Greater Western Sydney | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 374 | 531 | 70.4 | 6 | |
17 | Gold Coast | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 311 | 569 | 54.7 | 6 | |
18 | Collingwood | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 245 | 553 | 44.3 | 4 |
For readability purposes, weeks 4 to 7 are split into each club's five matches, with no fixed ladder positions being given for the first four matches of this period due to the spread of matches.
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 | W1 | W2 | W3 | Weeks 4–7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
North Melbourne | 45 | 64 | 103 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 301 | 341 | 381 | 421 |
Hawthorn | 44 | 81 | 85 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 282 | 322 | 362 | 402 |
Brisbane | 014 | 412 | 86 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 283 | 284 | 323 | 363 |
Adelaide | 47 | 83 | 122 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 244 | 283 | 284 | 324 |
Fremantle | 43 | 47 | 87 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 206 | 246 | 285 | 325 |
Port Adelaide | 012 | 46 | 411 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 169 | 207 | 247 | 286 |
Richmond | 010 | 48 | 84 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 245 | 245 | 266 | 267 |
Essendon | 016 | 413 | 412 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 207 | 208 | 228 | 268 |
Melbourne | 48 | 411 | 414 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1611 | 209 | 209 | 249 |
Geelong | 011 | 215 | 215 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1013 | 1412 | 1810 | 1810 |
St Kilda | 42 | 82 | 121 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 168 | 1610 | 1611 | 1611 |
Western Bulldogs | 018 | 018 | 018 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 815 | 1213 | 1613 | 1612 |
West Coast | 49 | 410 | 88 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 1610 | 1611 | 1612 | 1613 |
Carlton | 015 | 414 | 89 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1212 | 1214 | 1614 | 1614 |
Sydney | 46 | 49 | 413 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 814 | 815 | 815 | 1215 |
Greater Western Sydney | 41 | 45 | 610 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 616 | 616 | 616 | 616 |
Gold Coast | 017 | 016 | 216 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 218 | 617 | 617 | 617 |
Collingwood | 013 | 017 | 017 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 417 | 418 | 418 | 418 |
Source: Australian Football
The following table includes all home match attendance figures from the home-and-away season.
Team | Hosted | Total | Highest | Lowest | Average | ||
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2023 [71] | 2024 [72] | Change | |||||
Adelaide | 5 | 14,308 | 3,275 | 2,311 | 4,073 | 2,862 | 1,211 |
Brisbane | 6 | 20,636 | 6,102 | 2,168 | 2,912 | 3,439 | 527 |
Carlton | 5 | 9,871 | 2,655 | 1,320 | 2,677 | 1,974 | 703 |
Collingwood | 6 | 13,178 | 3,283 | 1,325 | 2,470 | 2,196 | 274 |
Essendon | 6 | 19,357 | 4,407 | 1,460 | 2,954 | 3,226 | 272 |
Fremantle | 5 | 11,132 | 2,669 | 1,633 | 2,405 | 2,226 | 179 |
Geelong | 5 | 13,665 | 3,838 | 2,033 | 3,489 | 2,733 | 756 |
Gold Coast | 5 | 8,169 | 2,160 | 1,319 | 1,460 | 1,634 | 174 |
Greater Western Sydney | 5 | 6,844 | 2,003 | 938 | 1,478 | 1,369 | 109 |
Hawthorn | 5 | 12.150 | 2,794 | 2,106 | 2,400 | 2,430 | 30 |
Melbourne | 5 | 8,701 | 2,026 | 1,264 | 3,240 | 1,740 | 1,500 |
North Melbourne | 6 | 10,923 | 3,019 | 753 | 2,016 | 1,821 | 195 |
Port Adelaide | 6 | 18,076 | 5,194 | 1,706 | 2,373 | 3,013 | 640 |
Richmond | 6 | 10,629 | 2,455 | 997 | 2,041 | 1,772 | 269 |
St Kilda | 5 | 8,621 | 3,073 | 1,427 | 2,293 | 1,724 | 569 |
Sydney | 6 | 21,680 | 5,530 | 2,279 | 4,637 | 3,613 | 1,024 |
West Coast | 6 | 16,542 | 6,047 | 1,765 | 1,192 | 2,757 | 1,565 |
Western Bulldogs | 5 | 33,415 | 23,085 | 1,545 | 2,425 | 6,683 | 4,258 |
Total/overall | 99 | 263,162 | 23,085 | 753 | 2,585 | 2,658 | 73 |
Source: Australian Football
Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||
8 November, Ikon Park | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Melbourne | 5.8 (38) | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Adelaide | 5.1 (31) | 16 November, Norwood Oval | ||||||||||||||||
Adelaide | 7.7 (49) | ||||||||||||||||||
9 November, Fremantle Community Bank Oval | Fremantle | 1.6 (12) | 23 November, Ikon Park | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Fremantle | 5.6 (36) | North Melbourne | 12.6 (78) | |||||||||||||||
8 | Essendon | 4.2 (26) | Port Adelaide | 2.9 (21) | 30 November, Ikon Park | ||||||||||||||
North Melbourne | 6.3 (39) | ||||||||||||||||||
10 November, Alberton Oval | 23 November, Brighton Homes Arena | Brisbane | 1.3 (9) | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Port Adelaide | 11.6 (72) | Brisbane | 7.8 (50) | |||||||||||||||
7 | Richmond | 7.6 (48) | 16 November, Ikon Park | Adelaide | 4.8 (32) | ||||||||||||||
Hawthorn | 6.13 (49) | ||||||||||||||||||
10 November, Ikon Park | Port Adelaide | 7.8 (50) | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Hawthorn | 4.8 (32) | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Brisbane | 6.2 (38) | |||||||||||||||||
All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au
First qualifying final | |||||
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Friday, 8 November (7:15 pm) | North Melbourne 5.8 (38) | def. | Adelaide 5.1 (31) | Ikon Park (crowd: 3,689) | |
2.1 (13) 2.1 (13) 5.4 (34) 5.8 (38) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 | 2.0 (12) 3.0 (18) 4.0 (24) 5.1 (31) | |||
Eddey 2, T. Randall, Shierlaw, Smith | Goals | Gould 2, C. Randall 2, Ponter | |||
Garner, Riddell, Eddey, Shierlaw, M. King | Best | C. Randall, Marinoff, Gould, J. Allan, Ponter | |||
First elimination final | |||||
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Saturday, 9 November (4:00 pm) | Fremantle 5.6 (36) | def. | Essendon 4.2 (26) | Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 4,934) | |
0.2 (2) 2.3 (15) 3.4 (22) 5.6 (36) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 | 2.0 (12) 2.0 (12) 4.2 (26) 4.2 (26) | |||
Lally, Miller, O'Sullivan, Runnalls, Strom | Goals | Bannister, A. Clarke, Gough, Walker | |||
Strom, O'Driscoll, O'Sullivan, Newton, McCarthy, Runnalls | Best | Nanscawen, Morcom, Keaney, Cain, Gay | |||
Second qualifying final | |||||
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Sunday, 10 November (1:05 pm) | Hawthorn 4.8 (32) | def. by | Brisbane 6.2 (38) | Ikon Park (crowd: 4,985) | |
2.5 (17) 3.6 (24) 3.7 (25) 4.8 (32) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 | 2.1 (13) 2.1 (13) 5.1 (31) 6.2 (38) | |||
Ashmore, Eardley, McDonagh, Stephenson | Goals | Davidson 2, C. Svarc 2, Hartill, Smith | |||
Bates, Fleming, West, Richardson | Best | Koenen, Grider, R. Svarc, C. Svarc, Dunne | |||
Second elimination final | |||||
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Sunday, 10 November (2:35 pm) | Port Adelaide 11.6 (72) | def. | Richmond 7.6 (48) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 5,172) | |
3.2 (20) 5.4 (34) 8.6 (54) 11.6 (72) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 | 1.0 (6) 3.3 (21) 5.5 (35) 7.6 (48) | |||
Saint 3, Houghton 2, Teakle 2, Boag, Lamb, Levicki, Wendland | Goals | Greiser 3, Brennan 2, Yassir 2 | |||
Dowrick, Scholz, Houghton, Saint, Lamb, Teakle | Best | Sheerin, Conti, Yassir, Greiser, Miller | |||
First semi-final | |||||
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Saturday, 16 November (3:05 pm) | Adelaide 7.7 (49) | def. | Fremantle 1.6 (12) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,011) | |
1.1 (7) 5.3 (33) 7.5 (47) 7.7 (49) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 | 0.3 (3) 0.4 (4) 1.5 (11) 1.6 (12) | |||
Ballard, Levy, Marinoff, Martin, Munyard, Ponter, Randall | Goals | Seth | |||
Marinoff, J. Allan, Newman, Prowse, Randall, Hatchard | Best | Newton, O'Sullivan, McCarthy, O'Driscoll, Strom | |||
Second semi-final | |||||
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Saturday, 16 November (7:30 pm) | Hawthorn 6.13 (49) | def. by | Port Adelaide 7.8 (50) | Ikon Park (crowd: 3,680) | |
2.3 (15) 3.8 (26) 5.12 (42) 6.13 (49) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 | 1.0 (6) 3.2 (20) 3.2 (20) 7.8 (50) | |||
Bodey 2, Ashmore, Fleming, McDonagh, Stephenson | Goals | Dowrick 2, Houghton 2, Boag, O'Dea, Scholz | |||
West, Fleming, Bodey, Bates, Gilroy | Best | Brooksby, Goody, Houghton, Dowrick, Scholz | |||
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First preliminary final | |||||
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Saturday, 23 November (3:05 pm) | North Melbourne 12.6 (78) | def. | Port Adelaide 2.9 (21) | Ikon Park (crowd: 4,387) | |
4.2 (26) 8.4 (52) 11.5 (71) 12.6 (78) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 | 0.0 (0) 0.2 (2) 0.6 (6) 2.9 (21) | |||
Wall 3, Gatt 2, O'Loughlin 2, Randall 2, Shierlaw 2, Garner | Goals | Houghton, Pope | |||
Garner, Riddell, Gatt, Wall, Tripodi, Wright | Best | Window, Dowrick, Goody, Moloney | |||
Second preliminary final | |||||
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Saturday, 23 November (6:30 pm) | Brisbane 7.8 (50) | def. | Adelaide 4.8 (32) | Brighton Homes Arena (crowd: 4,519) | |
0.3 (3) 2.4 (16) 6.5 (41) 7.8 (50) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 | 1.3 (9) 3.5 (23) 3.7 (25) 4.8 (32) | |||
Davidson 2, Dawes, Ellenger, Hampson, Hodder, C. Svarc | Goals | Randall 2, Gould, Kustermann | |||
Grider, O'Dwyer, Anderson, C. Svarc, Hodder, Davidson, Koenen | Best | Marinoff, Randall, Biddell, Hatchard, Ponter | |||
Grand final | |||||
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Saturday, 30 November (7:45 pm) | North Melbourne 6.3 (39) | def. | Brisbane 1.3 (9) | Ikon Park (crowd: 12,122) | |
3.0 (18) 4.1 (25) 4.1 (25) 6.3 (39) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 | 1.1 (7) 1.2 (8) 1.3 (9) 1.3 (9) | Best on ground: Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne) [74] Field umpires: Matt Adams, Gabby Simmonds, Sam Whetton [75] National anthem: Bobby Fox [76] | ||
O'Loughlin 3, Wall 2, Craven | Goals | Hampson | |||
Garner, Riddell, Kearney, Craven, Wright | Best | Dawes, Anderson, O'Dwyer, Dunne | |||
For readability purposes, weeks 4 to 7 are split into each club's five matches. 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 | |||||||||||||
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W1 | W2 | W3 | Weeks 4–7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF | ||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Adelaide | PA +14 | FRE +33 | HAW +26 | ESS +33 | BRI -2 | STK +4 | MEL -2 | GWS +64 | COL +43 | NM -8 | GEE +4 | 4 (8–3–0) | NM -7 | FRE +37 | BRI -18 | |
Brisbane | NM -44 | MEL +18 | COL +52 | WB +47 | WC +45 | ADE +2 | CAR +55 | GC +16 | GEE -10 | SYD +68 | STK +27 | 3 (9–2–0) | HAW +6 | X | ADE +18 | NM -30 |
Carlton | HAW -38 | GC +1 | GEE +24 | RIC -33 | NM -69 | PA -35 | BRI -55 | FRE +4 | WB -33 | COL +4 | ESS -36 | 14 (4–7–0) | ||||
Collingwood | SYD -15 | HAW -47 | BRI -52 | WC -17 | WB -42 | GC +3 | RIC -36 | PA -8 | ADE -43 | CAR -4 | MEL -47 | 18 (1–10–0) | ||||
Essendon | FRE -43 | WC +16 | STK -8 | ADE -33 | MEL +65 | SYD +3 | GC +9 | WB +23 | NM -51 | RIC 0 | CAR +36 | 8 (6–4–1) | FRE -10 | |||
Fremantle | ESS +43 | ADE -33 | PA +8 | MEL +6 | STK +11 | GEE +18 | HAW -9 | CAR -4 | WC +23 | GWS +30 | WB +14 | 5 (8–3–0) | ESS +10 | ADE -37 | ||
Geelong | MEL -2 | NM 0 | CAR -24 | GC +69 | HAW -18 | FRE -18 | SYD +3 | RIC -7 | BRI +10 | WC +33 | ADE -4 | 10 (4–6–1) | ||||
Gold Coast | STK -54 | CAR -1 | GWS 0 | GEE -69 | COL -3 | HAW -13 | ESS -9 | BRI -16 | SYD +4 | PA -34 | NM -63 | 17 (1–9–1) | ||||
Greater Western Sydney | WB +63 | RIC -11 | GC 0 | SYD -3 | WC -24 | MEL -16 | STK -34 | ADE -64 | HAW -37 | FRE -30 | PA -1 | 16 (1–9–1) | ||||
Hawthorn | CAR +38 | COL +47 | ADE -26 | STK +57 | GEE +18 | GC +13 | FRE +9 | WC +66 | GWS +37 | MEL +6 | RIC +23 | 2 (10–1–0) | BRI -6 | PA -1 | ||
Melbourne | GEE +2 | BRI -18 | NM -50 | FRE -6 | ESS -65 | GWS +16 | ADE +2 | STK +14 | RIC +13 | HAW -6 | COL +47 | 9 (6–5–0) | ||||
North Melbourne | BRI +44 | GEE 0 | MEL +50 | PA +36 | CAR +69 | RIC +12 | WB +55 | SYD +60 | ESS +51 | ADE +8 | GC +63 | 1 (10–0–1) | ADE +7 | X | PA +57 | BRI +30 |
Port Adelaide | ADE -14 | WB +40 | FRE -8 | NM -36 | RIC -21 | CAR +35 | WC +13 | COL +8 | STK +15 | GC +34 | GWS +1 | 6 (7–4–0) | RIC +24 | HAW +1 | NM -57 | |
Richmond | WC -1 | GWS +11 | SYD +46 | CAR +33 | PA +21 | NM -12 | COL +36 | GEE +7 | MEL -13 | ESS 0 | HAW -23 | 7 (6–4–1) | PA -24 | |||
St Kilda | GC +54 | SYD +16 | ESS +8 | HAW -57 | FRE -11 | ADE -4 | GWS +34 | MEL -14 | PA -15 | WB -1 | BRI -27 | 11 (4–7–0) | ||||
Sydney | COL +15 | STK -16 | RIC -46 | GWS +3 | WB -7 | ESS -3 | GEE -3 | NM -60 | GC -4 | BRI -68 | WC +46 | 15 (3–8–0) | ||||
West Coast | RIC +1 | ESS -16 | WB +11 | COL +17 | BRI -45 | GWS +24 | PA -13 | HAW -66 | FRE -23 | GEE -33 | SYD -46 | 13 (4–7–0) | ||||
Western Bulldogs | GWS -63 | PA -40 | WC -11 | BRI -47 | COL +42 | SYD +7 | NM -55 | ESS -23 | CAR +33 | STK +1 | FRE -14 | 12 (4–7–0) |
Source: Australian Football
Outgoing coach | Club | Manner of departure | Date of departure | Caretaker coach | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
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Cameron Joyce | Gold Coast | Dismissed with two years remaining on contract | 2 December 2024 [78] | — |
For readability purposes, weeks 4 to 7 are split into each club's five matches.
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 | |||||||||||||
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W1 | W2 | W3 | Weeks 4–7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF | ||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Taylor Smith | Brisbane | 11 | 12 | 35 | 49 | 211 | 213 | 114 | 216 | 016 | 319 | 221 | 122 | X22 | 022 | 022 | 22 | 14 | 1.57 |
2 | Aishling Moloney | Geelong | 00 | 22 | 02 | 46 | 39 | 110 | 212 | 113 | 215 | 621 | 021 | 21 | 11 | 1.91 | ||||
3 | Caitlin Gould | Adelaide | –0 | 00 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 17 | 07 | 310 | 313 | 114 | 317 | 219 | 019 | 120 | 20 | 13 | 1.54 | |
4 | Alice O'Loughlin | North Melbourne | 22 | –2 | 24 | 26 | 06 | 17 | 07 | 310 | 010 | 010 | 414 | 014 | X14 | 216 | 319 | 19 | 13 | 1.46 |
5 | Kate Shierlaw | North Melbourne | 11 | 12 | 57 | 18 | –8 | 08 | –8 | 19 | 312 | 214 | 115 | 116 | X16 | 218 | 018 | 18 | 12 | 1.50 |
6 | Gemma Houghton | Port Adelaide | 11 | 12 | 02 | 02 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 19 | 09 | 211 | 112 | 214 | 216 | 117 | 17 | 14 | 1.21 | |
7 | Aine McDonagh | Hawthorn | 22 | 24 | 15 | 27 | 29 | 110 | 010 | 111 | 011 | 112 | 214 | 115 | 116 | 16 | 13 | 1.23 | ||
Danielle Ponter | Adelaide | 00 | 11 | 56 | 28 | 08 | 08 | 08 | 311 | 011 | 314 | 014 | 115 | 116 | 016 | 16 | 14 | 1.14 | ||
9 | Tahlia Randall | North Melbourne | 11 | 12 | 02 | 02 | 35 | 05 | 16 | 28 | 210 | 010 | 212 | 113 | X13 | 215 | 015 | 15 | 14 | 1.07 |
Other end-of-week leaders | ||||||||||||||||||||
Zarlie Goldsworthy | Greater Western Sydney | 44 | 15 | 16 | 28 | 19 | 110 | 010 | 212 | 012 | 012 | 113 | 13 | 11 | 1.18 | |||||
Julia Teakle | Port Adelaide | 11 | 45 | 27 | 18 | 08 | 19 | 09 | 09 | –9 | –9 | –9 | 211 | 011 | 011 | 11 | 11 | 1.00 |
Source: Australian Football
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