2022 NAB League Girls season explained

Competition:NAB League Girls
Year:2022
Teams:13 (and 3 academy teams)
Premiers:Western Jets
Count:1
Minor Premiers:Dandenong Stingrays
Mpcount:1
Wooden Spooners:Gippsland Power
Wscount:3
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 NAB League Girls season was the sixth season of the NAB League Girls competition for under-19 female Australian rules footballers in Victoria. The season commenced on 22 January and concluded with the Grand Final on 8 April.[1] The premiership was won by the Western Jets, who claimed their first title by defeating the Dandenong Stingrays in the grand final.[2]

Format

The league consisted of 13 full-time teams (12 from Victoria and 1 from Tasmania) that competed in a nine-match, ten-round regular season. There were also three academy teams that partook in guest matches but were not eligible for finals (those teams were Brisbane Lions Academy, Gold Coast Suns Academy and Northern Territory).[1] The finals series was determined via a conference system. The top two teams based in regional Victoria and Tasmania and top two teams from metropolitan Victoria (i.e.: Melbourne) compete in a knockout preliminary final, with the two winners to meet in the grand final and play off for the premiership.[1] Teams that failed to qualify for the preliminary finals played off in repechage round. The duration of quarters was lengthened from 17 to 20 minutes.[3] One match per round was streamed via the Herald Sun website, and all other matches were streamed on the NAB League app.[4]

Ladder

NOTE: This ladder does not include the repechage round of fixtures between teams who did not qualify for the preliminary finals.

Finals series

Grand Final

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NAB League Girls 2022 fixture released: Next generation of women's talent on show from this weekend. AFL.com.au. 18 January 2022.
  2. Web site: Flying high: Jets claim first NAB League premiership in last-gasp thriller. womens.afl. 8 April 2022.
  3. Web site: Big changes coming to the NAB League Girls season. womens.afl. 18 January 2022. Brendan Rhodes.
  4. Web site: AFL and News Corp expand streaming partnership to NAB League Girls. womens.afl. 20 January 2022.