2024 VFL Women's season

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2024 VFL Women's season
Date22 March − 21 July
Teams12
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The 2024 VFL Women's season will be the eighth season of the VFL Women's (VFLW), the state level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season will run 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 will be contested by 12 clubs. It will also include matches against New South Wales AFL Women's teams Greater Western Sydney and Sydney; the New South Wales teams are not premiership eligible, but there will 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]

Coach appointments

New coachClubDate of appointmentPrevious coachRef.
Lache Walker Darebin 14 September 2023Kate Tyndall [3]
Michael Ericson Box Hill November 2023Cherie O'Neill [4]
Cherie O'Neill Essendon TBA Travis Cloke [5]

Win/loss table

Updated to the end of round 5.

Key
+WinDraw
-LossXBye
TeamHome-and-away seasonFinals series
1234567891011121314F1F2F3GF
Box Hill CAS
+108		GEE
+96		COL
+34		WIL
+10		NM
+50		SYDWBSSDARCARESSGEENMPM
Carlton GEE
+31		NM
-21		GWS
-8		COL
-17		PM
+8		WBGEEDARWILBOXCASESSSSDAR
Casey BOX
-108		WB
-21		NM
+3		PM
+23		SYD
-85		SSWILESSGEEDARCARCOLWBSS
Collingwood SS
-8		PM
-40		BOX
-34		CAR
+17		DAR
+28		ESSSYDGEEWBNMSSCASDARWIL
Darebin WIL
-76		SS
-25		ESS
-30		GEE
-7		COL
-28		WILPMCARBOXCASNMWBCOLCAR
Essendon PM
-47		WIL
0		DAR
+30		WB
-2		SS
+9		COLGWSCASNMPMBOXCARWILGEE
Geelong Cats CAR
-31		BOX
-96		SS
+18		DAR
+7		GWS
-85		NMCARCOLCASWILWBBOXPMESS
Greater Western Sydney XXCAR
+8		SS
+62		GEE
+85		PMESSXXXXXXX
North Melbourne WB
+22		CAR
+21		CAS
-3		SYD
-89		BOX
-50		GEESSWILESSCOLDARPMBOXWB
Port Melbourne ESS
+47		COL
+40		WIL
+23		CAS
-23		CAR
-8		GWSDARWBSSESSWILNMGEEBOX
Southern Saints COL
+8		DAR
+25		GEE
-18		GWS
-62		ESS
-9		CASNMBOXPMWBCOLWILCARCAS
Sydney XXWB
+62		NM
+89		CAS
+85		BOXCOLXXXXXXX
Western Bulldogs NM
-22		CAS
+21		SYD
-62		ESS
+2		WIL
-21		CARBOXPMCOLSSGEEDARCASNM
Williamstown DAR
+76		ESS
0		PM
-23		BOX
-10		WB
+21		DARCASNMCARGEEPMSSESSCOL

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Box Hill 550036567544.820 Finals series
2 Sydney Swans (E)330030165463.112
3 GWS Giants (E)330020146437.012
4 Port Melbourne 5320204125163.212
5 Williamstown 5221189125151.210
6 Essendon 522114215293.410
7 Carlton 523015015795.58
8 Collingwood 523011114875.08
9 Western Bulldogs 523018927169.78
10 Southern Saints 523012217868.58
11 North Melbourne 523017727664.18
12 Casey 523016835647.28
13 Geelong Cats 523012631340.38
14 Darebin 50506022626.50
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2024. 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

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 48121620
Carlton 44448
Casey 00488
Collingwood 00048
Darebin 00000
Essendon 026610
Geelong Cats 00488
Greater Western Sydney −−4812−−−−−−−
North Melbourne 48888
Port Melbourne 48121212
Southern Saints 48888
Sydney −−4812−−−−−−−
Western Bulldogs 00488
Williamstown 466610
Source: AFL.com.au

Finals series

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

Qualifying and elimination finals

Qualifying final
TBC (TBC)TBCvTBCTBC
Elimination finals
TBC (TBC)TBCvTBCTBC
TBC (TBC)TBCvTBCTBC

Semi finals

Semi finals
TBC (TBC)TBCvTBCTBC
TBC (TBC)TBCvTBCTBC

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
TBC (TBC)TBCvTBCTBC

Grand Final

2023 VFLW Grand Final
Sunday, 30 July (12:15 pm)TBCvTBCTBC



 		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final


 		Lisa Hardeman Medal: TBC
Television broadcast: Seven Network

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References

  1. ↑ "Sydney to compete in rebel VFLW competition". Sydney Swans. 9 February 2024.
  2. ↑ Cherny, Daniel. "Collingwood VFLW program issues emblematic of state league's major concerns". The Mercury.
  3. ↑ "Lache Walker: A New Era of Leadership for Darebin Falcons VFLW team". Darebin Falcons. 14 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Club Statement: Cherie O'Neill". Box Hill Hawks. 4 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "O'Neill to lead Bombers' VFLW program". Essendon Football Club. 31 January 2024.
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