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.
| 2024 VFL Women's season | |
|---|---|
| Date | 22 March − 21 July |
| Teams | 12 |
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 edit
| New coach | Club | Date of appointment | Previous coach | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lache Walker | Darebin | 14 September 2023 | Kate Tyndall | [3] |
| Michael Ericson | Box Hill | November 2023 | Cherie O'Neill | [4] |
| Cherie O'Neill | Essendon | TBA | Travis Cloke | [5] |
Win/loss table edit
Updated to the end of round 7.
- Fixture list
- Home matches are in bold and opponents are listed above the margins.
| + | Win | Draw | |
| - | Loss | X | Bye |
| Team | Home-and-away season | Finals series | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF | |
| Box Hill | CAS +108 |
GEE +96 |
COL +34 |
WIL +10 |
NM +50 |
SYD -63 |
WB -25 |
SS | DAR | CAR | ESS | GEE | NM | PM | ||||
| Carlton | GEE +31 |
NM -21 |
GWS -8 |
COL -17 |
PM +8 |
WB -18 |
GEE +3 |
DAR | WIL | BOX | CAS | ESS | SS | DAR | ||||
| Casey | BOX -108 |
WB -21 |
NM +3 |
PM +23 |
SYD -85 |
SS +16 |
WIL 0 |
ESS | GEE | DAR | CAR | COL | WB | SS | ||||
| Collingwood | SS -8 |
PM -40 |
BOX -34 |
CAR +17 |
DAR +28 |
ESS -17 |
SYD +2 |
GEE | WB | NM | SS | CAS | DAR | WIL | ||||
| Darebin | WIL -76 |
SS -25 |
ESS -30 |
GEE -7 |
COL -28 |
WIL -38 |
PM -8 |
CAR | BOX | CAS | NM | WB | COL | CAR | ||||
| Essendon | PM -47 |
WIL 0 |
DAR +30 |
WB -2 |
SS +9 |
COL +17 |
GWS -47 |
CAS | NM | PM | BOX | CAR | WIL | GEE | ||||
| Geelong Cats | CAR -31 |
BOX -96 |
SS +18 |
DAR +7 |
GWS -85 |
NM +24 |
CAR -3 |
COL | CAS | WIL | WB | BOX | PM | ESS | ||||
| 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 | ESS | COL | DAR | PM | BOX | WB | ||||
| Port Melbourne | ESS +47 |
COL +40 |
WIL +23 |
CAS -23 |
CAR -8 |
GWS -25 |
DAR +8 |
WB | SS | ESS | WIL | NM | GEE | BOX | ||||
| Southern Saints | COL +8 |
DAR +25 |
GEE -18 |
GWS -62 |
ESS -9 |
CAS -16 |
NM -1 |
BOX | PM | WB | COL | WIL | CAR | CAS | ||||
| 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 | COL | SS | GEE | DAR | CAS | NM | ||||
| Williamstown | DAR +76 |
ESS 0 |
PM -23 |
BOX -10 |
WB +21 |
DAR +38 |
CAS 0 |
NM | CAR | GEE | PM | SS | ESS | COL | ||||
Ladder edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GWS Giants (E) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 72 | 415.3 | 20 | Finals series |
| 2 | Box Hill | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 414 | 204 | 202.9 | 20 | |
| 3 | Sydney Swans (E) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 418 | 121 | 345.5 | 16 | |
| 4 | Williamstown | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 287 | 185 | 155.1 | 16 | |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 245 | 183 | 133.9 | 16 | |
| 6 | Western Bulldogs | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 287 | 326 | 88.0 | 16 | |
| 7 | Essendon | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 214 | 254 | 84.3 | 14 | |
| 8 | Casey | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 250 | 422 | 59.2 | 14 | |
| 9 | Carlton | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 208 | 230 | 90.4 | 12 | |
| 10 | Collingwood | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 195 | 247 | 78.9 | 12 | |
| 11 | North Melbourne | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 236 | 358 | 65.9 | 12 | |
| 12 | Geelong Cats | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 215 | 381 | 56.4 | 12 | |
| 13 | Southern Saints | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 170 | 243 | 70.0 | 8 | |
| 14 | Darebin | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 94 | 306 | 30.7 | 0 |
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 edit
Finals series edit
Match-ups set using the second McIntyre final six system.
Qualifying and elimination finals edit
| Qualifying final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBC (TBC) | TBC | v | TBC | TBC | |
| Elimination finals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBC (TBC) | TBC | v | TBC | TBC | |
| TBC (TBC) | TBC | v | TBC | TBC | |
Semi finals edit
| Semi finals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBC (TBC) | TBC | v | TBC | TBC | |
| TBC (TBC) | TBC | v | TBC | TBC | |
Preliminary final edit
| Preliminary final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBC (TBC) | TBC | v | TBC | TBC | |
Grand Final edit
| 2024 VFLW Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 30 July (12:15 pm) | TBC | v | TBC | TBC | |
| Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
Lisa Hardeman Medal: TBC Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||||
References edit
- ^ "Sydney to compete in rebel VFLW competition". Sydney Swans. 9 February 2024.
- ^ Cherny, Daniel. "Collingwood VFLW program issues emblematic of state league's major concerns". The Mercury.
- ^ "Lache Walker: A New Era of Leadership for Darebin Falcons VFLW team". Darebin Falcons. 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Club Statement: Cherie O'Neill". Box Hill Hawks. 4 September 2023.
- ^ "O'Neill to lead Bombers' VFLW program". Essendon Football Club. 31 January 2024.