2024 VFL Women's season

2024 VFL Women's season
2024 VFL Women's season
Date	22 March − 21 July
Teams	12
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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.

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.

Key
+	Win		Draw
-	Loss	X	Bye

Team	Home-and-away season														Finals series
Team	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 +11	DAR	CAR	ESS	GEE	NM	PM
Carlton	GEE +31	NM -21	GWS -8	COL -17	PM +8	WB -18	GEE +3	DAR -25	WIL	BOX	CAS	ESS	SS	DAR
Casey	BOX -108	WB -21	NM +3	PM +23	SYD -85	SS +16	WIL 0	ESS -41	GEE	DAR	CAR	COL	WB	SS
Collingwood	SS -8	PM -40	BOX -34	CAR +17	DAR +28	ESS -17	SYD +2	GEE +42	WB	NM	SS	CAS	DAR	WIL
Darebin	WIL -76	SS -25	ESS -30	GEE -7	COL -28	WIL -38	PM -8	CAR +25	BOX	CAS	NM	WB	COL	CAR
Essendon	PM -47	WIL 0	DAR +30	WB -2	SS +9	COL +17	GWS -47	CAS +41	NM	PM	BOX	CAR	WIL	GEE
Geelong Cats	CAR -31	BOX -96	SS +18	DAR +7	GWS -85	NM +24	CAR -3	COL -42	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 -4	ESS	COL	DAR	PM	BOX	WB
Port Melbourne	ESS +47	COL +40	WIL +23	CAS -23	CAR -8	GWS -25	DAR +8	WB -33	SS	ESS	WIL	NM	GEE	BOX
Southern Saints	COL +8	DAR +25	GEE -18	GWS -62	ESS -9	CAS -16	NM -1	BOX -11	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 +33	COL	SS	GEE	DAR	CAS	NM
Williamstown	DAR +76	ESS 0	PM -23	BOX -10	WB +21	DAR +38	CAS 0	NM +4	CAR	GEE	PM	SS	ESS	COL

Ladder[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Box Hill	8	6	2	0	443	222	199.5	24	Finals series
2	GWS Giants (E)	5	5	0	0	299	72	415.3	20
3	Williamstown	8	4	2	2	319	213	149.8	20
4	Western Bulldogs	8	5	3	0	335	341	98.2	20
5	Essendon	8	4	3	1	281	280	100.4	18
6	Sydney Swans (E)	5	4	1	0	418	121	345.5	16
7	Port Melbourne	8	4	4	0	260	231	112.6	16
8	Collingwood	8	4	4	0	238	248	96.0	16
9	Casey	8	3	4	1	276	489	56.4	14
10	Carlton	8	3	5	0	231	278	83.1	12
11	North Melbourne	8	3	5	0	264	390	67.7	12
12	Geelong Cats	8	3	5	0	216	424	50.9	12
13	Southern Saints	8	2	6	0	188	272	69.1	8
14	Darebin	8	1	7	0	142	329	43.2	4

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 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[edit]

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
Box Hill	4	8	12	16	20	20	20	24
Carlton	4	4	4	4	8	8	12	12
Casey	0	0	4	8	8	12	14	14
Collingwood	0	0	0	4	8	8	12	16
Darebin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Essendon	0	2	6	6	10	14	14	18
Geelong Cats	0	0	4	8	8	12	12	12
Greater Western Sydney	−	−	4	8	12	16	20	–	−	−	−	−	−	−
North Melbourne	4	8	8	8	8	8	12	12
Port Melbourne	4	8	12	12	12	12	16	16
Southern Saints	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Sydney	−	−	4	8	12	16	16	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Western Bulldogs	0	0	4	8	8	12	16	20
Williamstown	4	6	6	6	10	14	16	20

Source: AFL.com.au

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.

External links[edit]

Official website

[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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