2022 VFL Women's season explained
Competition: | vflw |
Year: | 2022 |
Teams: | 12 |
Count: | 1 |
Mpcount: | 1 |
Matches: | 91 |
Top Goal Scorer: | Federica Frew
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Bestandfairest: | Georgia Nanscawen
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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
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Ladder
Finals series
Match-ups set using the second McIntyre final six system.
Grand final
Awards
- Lambert-Pearce Medal (Best and Fairest): Georgia Nanscawen – 33 votes
- Rohenna Young Medal (Leading Goal kicker): Federica Frew – 29 goals
- Debbie Lee Medal (Rising Star): Tahlia Fellows
- Coaches MVP: Georgia Nanscawen
- Coach of the Year: Brendan Major
- Lisa Hardeman Medal (Best on ground VFL Women's Grand Final): Alana Barba
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Club best and fairest winners
Club | Best & Fairest | |
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| 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
- News: Black. Sarah. VFLW season brought forward to better align with AFLW. womens.afl. 30 November 2021. 13 December 2021.
- News: Vinall. Marnie. 'Living the dream': Essendon get VFLW premiership ahead of inaugural AFLW season. The Age. 3 July 2022. 4 July 2022.
- News: 2022 rebel VFLW Premiership Season launched. afl.com.au. 3 February 2022. 3 February 2022.
- News: All rebel VFLW matches to be live streamed in 2022. afl.com.au. 11 February 2022. 25 March 2022.
- Web site: 2022 VFL and VFLW Awards: Gribble and Nanscawen go back-to-back . afl.com.au . 12 September 2022 . 13 September 2022.
- Web site: Hann . Benjamin . AFL news Klingbeil claims top spot in VFLW Best and Fairest . carltonfc.com.au . 7 July 2022 . 24 June 2022.
- Web site: Munro and Johnson win big at Casey awards night . . 30 September 2022 . 29 September 2022.
- Web site: Augustes . Steph . Matilda Zander claims 2022 VFLW best and fairest . collingwoodfc.com.au . 7 July 2022 . 2 July 2022.
- Web site: Ryan . Brigid . VFLW Season 2022 – Counting the Votes . falcons.org.au . Darebin Falcons . 7 July 2022 . 1 July 2022.
- Web site: Nanscawen crowned 2022 VFLW best & fairest . essendonfc.com.au . 17 July 2022 . 15 July 2022.
- Web site: Sheppard Crowned Cats' VFLW Best and Fairest . Geelong Football Club . 7 July 2022 . 25 June 2022.
- Web site: Mifsud takes out Hawthorn's 2022 VFLW best and fairest . hawthornfc.com.au . 8 July 2022 . 13 July 2022.
- 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.
- Web site: Port Melbourne Football Club on Instagram . Instagram . 11 October 2022 . 8 October 2022 . The 2022 VFLW Best and Fairest, @noodle_711.
- Web site: Stuart claims Southern Saints' Best & Fairest . saints.com.au . 16 July 2022 . 17 July 2022.
- Web site: VFLW: Vale claims 2022 Best and Fairest . westernbulldogs.com.au . 7 July 2022 . 17 June 2022.
- Web site: Farley . Paddy . ALL SQUARE FOR THE VFLW BEST AND FAIREST . . 27 September 2022 . 26 September 2022.