2024 VFL Women's season

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2024 VFL Women's season
2024 VFL Women's Premiership Cup.jpg
Date22 March − 21 July
Teams12
Premiers North Melbourne
1st premiership
Minor premiers Williamstown
1st minor premiership
Leading goalkickerMonique De Matteo
Darebin (24 goals)
Matches played94
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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.

Contents

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.

Coach appointments

New coachClubDate of appointmentPrevious coachRef.
Lache Walker Darebin 14 September 2023Kate Tyndall [3]
Michael Ericson Box Hill November 2023Cherie O'Neill [4]
Brett Gourley North Melbourne 21 November 2023Steph Binder [5]
Cherie O'Neill Essendon 31 January 2024 Travis Cloke [6]

Win/loss table

Key
+WinDraw
-LossXBye
TeamHome-and-away seasonFinals series
1234567891011121314FW1FW2FW3GF
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 XXCAR
+8		SS
+62		GEE
+85		PM
+25		ESS
+47		XXXXXXX
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		XWB
+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 XXWB
+62		NM
+89		CAS
+85		BOX
+63		COL
-2		XXXXXXX
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

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Williamstown 141022594314189.244 Finals series
2 Western Bulldogs 141040619492125.840
3 Box Hill 14851734390188.234
4 North Melbourne (P)1486051955593.532
5 Essendon 1476144648292.530
6 Port Melbourne 14671458403113.626
7 Collingwood 1468034137590.924
8 Casey 1458145773262.422
9 GWS Giants (E)550029972415.320
10 Carlton 1459044750289.020
11 Darebin 1459034148770.020
12 Sydney Swans (E)5410418121345.516
13 Southern Saints 14410031950363.416
14 Geelong Cats 14311028785133.712
Source: AFL.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(E) Club playing a limited number of exhibition matches, ineligible for progression to finals series; (P) Premiers

Progression by round

  Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 6.
  Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.
  Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Box Hill 48121620202024242828323234
Carlton 4444881212121212162020
Casey 00488121414181822222222
Collingwood 0004881216161616202424
Darebin 0000000481212161620
Essendon 026610141418182226262630
Geelong Cats 00488121212121212121212
Greater Western Sydney −−48121620–−−−−−−
North Melbourne 4888881212162024283232
Port Melbourne 48121212121616202020202426
Southern Saints 488888888812121216
Sydney −−48121616−−−−−−−
Western Bulldogs 00488121620242832323640
Williamstown 466610141620242832364044
Source: AFL.com.au

Finals series

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

Qualifying finalSemi-finalsPreliminary finalGrand 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 and elimination finals

Qualifying final
Sunday, 30 June (2:00 pm) Williamstown 7.3 (43)def. Western Bulldogs 4.3 (27) DSV Stadium Report
Elimination finals
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

Semi finals
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

Preliminary final
Sunday, 14 July (12:30 pm) Williamstown 2.4 (16)def. by Western Bulldogs 9.6 (60) ETU Stadium Report

Grand Final

2024 VFLW Grand Final
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		GoalsM. 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. HalesBestD. Carbone, K. Hardingham, T. Hurst, C. Ugle, T. Pulcino, J. Tabb
  • North Melbourne won their first VFL Women's premiership, scoring a record high score in a VFLW Grand Final. [8]

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