2024 VFL Women's season | |
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Date | 22 March − 21 July |
Teams | 12 |
Premiers | North Melbourne 1st premiership |
Minor premiers | Williamstown 1st minor premiership |
Leading goalkicker | Monique De Matteo Darebin (24 goals) |
Matches played | 94 |
The 2024 VFL Women's season was the eighth season of the VFL Women's (VFLW), the state level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season ran from 22 March to 21 July, comprising a home-and-away season, followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs.
The season was contested by 12 clubs. It also included matches against New South Wales AFL Women's teams Greater Western Sydney and Sydney; the New South Wales teams were not premiership eligible, but there was be premiership points available for the Victorian clubs in the matches. [1]
Prior to the start of the season, there was speculation that Collingwood would affiliate with Williamstown for the 2024 VFLW season "as part of broader reviews from the AFL and the club into the direction of the VFLW". However, no affiliation agreement resulted from the reviews. [2]
North Melbourne defeated Western Bulldogs in the Grand Final played at ETU Stadium, scoring a record high score of 10.8 (68) points against the Bulldogs 7.6 (48) to claim the club's first VFL Women's premiership.
New coach | Club | Date of appointment | Previous coach | Ref. |
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Lache Walker | Darebin | 14 September 2023 | Kate Tyndall | [3] |
Michael Ericson | Box Hill | November 2023 | Cherie O'Neill | [4] |
Brett Gourley | North Melbourne | 21 November 2023 | Steph Binder | [5] |
Cherie O'Neill | Essendon | 31 January 2024 | Travis Cloke | [6] |
+ | Win | Draw | |
- | Loss | X | Bye |
Team | Home-and-away season | Finals series | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | FW1 | FW2 | FW3 | GF | |
Box Hill | CAS +108 | GEE +96 | COL +34 | WIL +10 | NM +50 | SYD -63 | WB -25 | SS +11 | DAR -8 | CAR +60 | ESS -10 | GEE +90 | NM -9 | PM 0 | PM -18 | |||
Carlton | GEE +31 | NM -21 | GWS -8 | COL -17 | PM +8 | WB -18 | GEE +3 | DAR -25 | WIL -28 | BOX -60 | CAS -10 | ESS +24 | SS +75 | DAR -9 | ||||
Casey | BOX -108 | WB -21 | NM +3 | PM +23 | SYD -85 | SS +16 | WIL 0 | ESS -41 | GEE +13 | DAR -21 | CAR +10 | COL -15 | WB -33 | SS -16 | ||||
Collingwood | SS -8 | PM -40 | BOX -34 | CAR +17 | DAR +28 | ESS -17 | SYD +2 | GEE +42 | WB -30 | NM -5 | SS -4 | CAS +15 | DAR +9 | WIL -10 | ||||
Darebin | WIL -76 | SS -25 | ESS -30 | GEE -7 | COL -28 | WIL -38 | PM -8 | CAR +25 | BOX +8 | CAS +21 | NM -6 | WB +18 | COL -9 | CAR +9 | ||||
Essendon | PM -47 | WIL 0 | DAR +30 | WB -2 | SS +9 | COL +17 | GWS -47 | CAS +41 | NM -66 | PM +12 | BOX +10 | CAR -24 | WIL -18 | GEE +49 | NM -63 | |||
Geelong Cats | CAR -31 | BOX -96 | SS +18 | DAR +7 | GWS -85 | NM +24 | CAR -3 | COL -42 | CAS -13 | WIL -86 | WB -71 | BOX -90 | PM -47 | ESS -49 | ||||
Greater Western Sydney | X | X | CAR +8 | SS +62 | GEE +85 | PM +25 | ESS +47 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
North Melbourne | WB +22 | CAR +21 | CAS -3 | SYD -89 | BOX -50 | GEE -24 | SS +1 | WIL -4 | ESS +66 | COL +5 | DAR +6 | PM +11 | BOX +9 | WB -7 | ESS +63 | WIL +18 | X | WB +20 |
Port Melbourne | ESS +47 | COL +40 | WIL +23 | CAS -23 | CAR -8 | GWS -25 | DAR +8 | WB -33 | SS +4 | ESS -12 | WIL -2 | NM -11 | GEE +47 | BOX 0 | BOX +18 | WB -12 | ||
Southern Saints | COL +8 | DAR +25 | GEE -18 | GWS -62 | ESS -9 | CAS -16 | NM -1 | BOX -11 | PM -4 | WB -10 | COL +4 | WIL -30 | CAR -75 | CAS +16 | ||||
Sydney | X | X | WB +62 | NM +89 | CAS +85 | BOX +63 | COL -2 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
Western Bulldogs | NM -22 | CAS +21 | SYD -62 | ESS +2 | WIL -21 | CAR +18 | BOX +25 | PM +33 | COL +30 | SS +10 | GEE +71 | DAR -18 | CAS +33 | NM +7 | WIL -18 | PM +12 | WIL +44 | NM -20 |
Williamstown | DAR +76 | ESS 0 | PM -23 | BOX -10 | WB +21 | DAR +38 | CAS 0 | NM +4 | CAR +28 | GEE +86 | PM +2 | SS +30 | ESS +18 | COL +10 | WB +18 | NM -18 | WB -44 | |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Williamstown | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 594 | 314 | 189.2 | 44 | Finals series |
2 | Western Bulldogs | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 619 | 492 | 125.8 | 40 | |
3 | Box Hill | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 734 | 390 | 188.2 | 34 | |
4 | North Melbourne (P) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 519 | 555 | 93.5 | 32 | |
5 | Essendon | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 446 | 482 | 92.5 | 30 | |
6 | Port Melbourne | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 458 | 403 | 113.6 | 26 | |
7 | Collingwood | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 341 | 375 | 90.9 | 24 | |
8 | Casey | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 457 | 732 | 62.4 | 22 | |
9 | GWS Giants (E) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 72 | 415.3 | 20 | |
10 | Carlton | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 447 | 502 | 89.0 | 20 | |
11 | Darebin | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 341 | 487 | 70.0 | 20 | |
12 | Sydney Swans (E) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 418 | 121 | 345.5 | 16 | |
13 | Southern Saints | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 319 | 503 | 63.4 | 16 | |
14 | Geelong Cats | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 287 | 851 | 33.7 | 12 |
Match-ups set using the second McIntyre final six system .
Qualifying final | Semi-finals | Preliminary final | Grand final | |||||||||||||||
30 June, DSV Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Williamstown | 7.3 (45) | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Western Bulldogs | 4.3 (27) | 7 July, DSV Stadium | 21 July, ETU Stadium | ||||||||||||||
Williamstown | 5.5 (35) | North Melbourne | 10.8 (68) | |||||||||||||||
Elimination finals | North Melbourne | 8.5 (53) | 14 July, ETU Stadium | Western Bulldogs | 7.6 (48) | |||||||||||||
29 June, Fenjiu Stadium | Williamstown | 2.4 (16) | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Box Hill | 4.7 (31) | 6 July, Mission Whitten Oval | Western Bulldogs | 9.6 (60) | |||||||||||||
6 | Port Melbourne | 7.7 (49) | Western Bulldogs | 5.4 (34) | ||||||||||||||
30 June, Arden Street Oval | Port Melbourne | 3.4 (22) | ||||||||||||||||
4 | North Melbourne | 12.4 (76) | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Essendon | 2.1 (13) | ||||||||||||||||
Qualifying final | |||||
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Sunday, 30 June (2:00 pm) | Williamstown 7.3 (43) | def. | Western Bulldogs 4.3 (27) | DSV Stadium | Report |
Elimination finals | |||||
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Saturday, 29 June (11:30 am) | Box Hill 4.7 (31) | def. by | Port Melbourne 7.7 (49) | Fenjiu Stadium | Report |
Sunday, 30 June (1:00 pm) | North Melbourne 12.4 (76) | def. | Essendon 2.1 (13) | Arden Street Oval | Report |
Semi finals | |||||
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Saturday, 6 July (1:00 pm) | Western Bulldogs 5.4 (34) | def. | Port Melbourne 3.4 (22) | Mission Whitten Oval | Report |
Sunday, 7 July (2:00 pm) | Williamstown 5.5 (35) | def. by | North Melbourne 8.5 (53) | DSV Stadium | Report |
Preliminary final | |||||
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Sunday, 14 July (12:30 pm) | Williamstown 2.4 (16) | def. by | Western Bulldogs 9.6 (60) | ETU Stadium | Report |
2024 VFLW Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday, 21 July (12:10 pm) | North Melbourne | def. | Western Bulldogs | ETU Stadium | Report |
4.2 (26) 6.4 (40) 6.6 (42) 10.8 (68) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 0.1 (1) 2.4 (16) 6.6 (42) 7.6 (48) | Umpires: G Devenish, A Bailes, N Walsh [7] Lisa Hardeman Medal: Nyakoat Dojiok (North Melbourne) Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
N. Dojiok 4 E. Paterno 2 A. Barba, M. Di Cosmo, G. Nicholas, A. Rhodes | Goals | M. Clifford, R. Saulitis, M. McLeod, I. Milford, T. Pulcino, J. Tabb, K. Hardingham | |||
N. Dojiok, A. Rhodes, A. Barba, M. Di Cosmo, M. McSweeney, K. Reynolds, N. Hales | Best | D. Carbone, K. Hardingham, T. Hurst, C. Ugle, T. Pulcino, J. Tabb | |||
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