2022 VFL Women's season explained

Competition:vflw
Year:2022
Teams:12
Count:1
Mpcount:1
Matches:91
Top Goal Scorer:Federica Frew
Bestandfairest:Georgia Nanscawen
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 VFL Women's season was the sixth season of the VFL Women's (VFLW). The season commenced on 12 February and concluded with the grand final on 3 July.[1] went through the season undefeated and won its first VFLW premiership, defeating the by 35 points in the grand final; this resulted in the first completed VFLW season since 2019 after COVID-19 disruptions affected the previous two seasons.[2]

The season consisted of 14 games for each of the 12 clubs, all of whom returned from the 2021 VFL Women's season.[3] For the first time, all matches were available to watch via the AFL website/app or the VFL/VFLW YouTube channel.[4]

Clubs

Ladder

Finals series

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

Grand final

Awards

[5]

Club best and fairest winners

Club Best & Fairest
Millie Klingbeil [6]
Sammie Johnson [7]
Matilda Zander [8]
Nicole Callinan [9]
[10]
Paige Sheppard [11]
Jordan Mifsud [12]
Liz McGrath [13]
Kaitlyn O'Keefe [14]
Hannah Stuart [15]
Eliza Vale [16]
Ruby Tripodi [17]
Gabrielle Biedenweb-Webster

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Black. Sarah. VFLW season brought forward to better align with AFLW. womens.afl. 30 November 2021. 13 December 2021.
  2. News: Vinall. Marnie. 'Living the dream': Essendon get VFLW premiership ahead of inaugural AFLW season. The Age. 3 July 2022. 4 July 2022.
  3. News: 2022 rebel VFLW Premiership Season launched. afl.com.au. 3 February 2022. 3 February 2022.
  4. News: All rebel VFLW matches to be live streamed in 2022. afl.com.au. 11 February 2022. 25 March 2022.
  5. Web site: 2022 VFL and VFLW Awards: Gribble and Nanscawen go back-to-back . afl.com.au . 12 September 2022 . 13 September 2022.
  6. Web site: Hann . Benjamin . AFL news Klingbeil claims top spot in VFLW Best and Fairest . carltonfc.com.au . 7 July 2022 . 24 June 2022.
  7. Web site: Munro and Johnson win big at Casey awards night . . 30 September 2022 . 29 September 2022.
  8. Web site: Augustes . Steph . Matilda Zander claims 2022 VFLW best and fairest . collingwoodfc.com.au . 7 July 2022 . 2 July 2022.
  9. Web site: Ryan . Brigid . VFLW Season 2022 – Counting the Votes . falcons.org.au . Darebin Falcons . 7 July 2022 . 1 July 2022.
  10. Web site: Nanscawen crowned 2022 VFLW best & fairest . essendonfc.com.au . 17 July 2022 . 15 July 2022.
  11. Web site: Sheppard Crowned Cats' VFLW Best and Fairest . Geelong Football Club . 7 July 2022 . 25 June 2022.
  12. Web site: Mifsud takes out Hawthorn's 2022 VFLW best and fairest . hawthornfc.com.au . 8 July 2022 . 13 July 2022.
  13. Web site: Woods . Dan . McGrath caps stellar season with best and fairest recognition . nmfc.com.au . North Melbourne Football Club . 7 July 2022 . 25 June 2022.
  14. Web site: Port Melbourne Football Club on Instagram . Instagram . 11 October 2022 . 8 October 2022 . The 2022 VFLW Best and Fairest, @noodle_711.
  15. Web site: Stuart claims Southern Saints' Best & Fairest . saints.com.au . 16 July 2022 . 17 July 2022.
  16. Web site: VFLW: Vale claims 2022 Best and Fairest . westernbulldogs.com.au . 7 July 2022 . 17 June 2022.
  17. Web site: Farley . Paddy . ALL SQUARE FOR THE VFLW BEST AND FAIREST . . 27 September 2022 . 26 September 2022.