2024 AFL Women's season explained

Year:2024
Date:30 August—30 November 2024
Teams:18
Premcount:1
Rucount:4
Mpcount:1
Bestandfairest:Ebony Marinoff
Votes:23
Leadinggoalkicker:Aishling Moloney
Taylor Smith
Goals:21
Matches:108
Attendance:308,661
Highattendha:23,085 (week 2, v)
Highattendfinals:12,122 (grand final, v)

The 2024 AFL Women's season was the ninth season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 18 clubs and ran from 30 August to 30 November, comprising an eleven-match home-and-away season over ten weeks, followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

won the premiership, defeating by 30 points in the 2024 AFL Women's Grand Final. North Melbourne won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 10–0–1 win–loss–draw record and, by winning its three finals, recorded an undefeated season for the first in the competition's history. 's Ebony Marinoff won the AFL Women's best and fairest award as the league's best and fairest player, while 's Aishling Moloney and Brisbane's Taylor Smith tied for the AFL Women's leading goalkicker award as the league's leading goalkickers.

Background

In February 2024, Australian Football League (AFL) executive general manager Laura Kane announced that pre-season training for the 2024 season would commence on 3 June, and that the season would begin during the last weekend of August, coinciding with the AFL's pre-finals bye weekend, as had been the case the previous two seasons.[1] In February, an eleven-match home-and-away season was confirmed, an increase from ten matches in 2023, along with four weeks of finals.[2] Although players were on twelve-month contracts for the first time,[1] the announcement came earlier than in previous seasons following requests from players to allow sufficient notice to plan living and work arrangements.[2] Clubs had offered voluntary training during the off-season, with some allowing select players to play in state league competitions for additional exposure.[1]

The 2024 season fixture was released in May, with the eleven-match home-and-away season scheduled over ten weeks.[3] The compressed period of the season took place during weeks 4 to 7, with each club playing two matches in one of the four weeks;[4] consequently, the fixture was divided by weeks rather than rounds, and matches were played on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays during the compressed period to align with school holidays across Australia[5] and focus on increased attendance and television viewership.[4] Leading into the season, reigning grand finalists and were heavily favoured to at least make the grand final again in 2024, with experts from Code Sports[6] and ESPN predicting that one of the two clubs would win the premiership[7] and 17 of the 18 club captains tipping either North Melbourne or Brisbane as the club most likely to reach the grand final outside of their own.[8]

Overview

The season began on 30 August with a match between and,[9] and will conclude on 30 November with the 2024 AFL Women's Grand Final.[10] All matches throughout the season will be broadcast live on the Seven Network, Fox Footy and Kayo.[11] Sydney was awarded the right to host the opening match of the season after averaging the highest home crowds during the 2023 home-and-away season with 4,637, more than 2,000 over the league average; the match marked the first time the season opener was held outside of Victoria.[12] The Dreamtime match between and, to take place during Indigenous Round in week 9, will be played in Darwin for the first time,[3] while Sydney hosted Richmond in the competition's first match in Coffs Harbour in week 3;[10] the season was the first to not feature a Hampson–Hardeman Cup between and the .[13] The season marked an AFLW record for female senior coaches with five, including new coaches Tamara Hyett (Western Bulldogs) and Daisy Pearce .[14]

In August, the AFL announced that a new "smart footy" ball-tracking technology would be introduced for the upcoming season at all venues, in which a chip is embedded in the football and tracked by sensors around the field; the system, which had been trialled for 18 months (including at Victorian Football League (VFL) and VFL Women's (VFLW) level), would be used to assist with reviewing scores, including alerting officials when the football crosses the goal line, hits the goal post or is touched mid-shot.[15] After the technology was successfully used twice in week 1, marking the first use of a score review system in the AFLW, AFL general manager of footy operations Josh Mahoney said that the league would work towards implementing graphics in television broadcasts and at venues to give fans an insight into the review process, similar to the replays used for score reviews in the AFL.[16]

Coach appointments

New coach Club Date of appointment Previous coach
scope=row Daisy Pearce11 December 2023 align=center [17]
scope=row Sam Wright22 December 2023 align=center [18]
scope=row Daniel Webster5 February 2024 align=center [19]
scope=row Tamara Hyett16 February 2024 align=center [20]

Club leadership

ClubCoachLeadership group
Captain(s) Vice-captain(s) style=width:27.5em Other leader(s)
scope=row Matthew Clarke[21] Jessica Allan, Najwa Allen, Anne Hatchard, Eloise Jones[22]
scope=row Craig Starcevich[23] Ally Anderson, Sophie Conway, Belle Dawes, Cathy Svarc
scope=row Mathew Buck[24] Mimi Hill, Abbie McKay[25]
scope=row Sam Wright[26] Lauren Butler, Mikala Cann, Sabrina Frederick[27]
scope=row Natalie Wood[28] Sophie Alexander, Maddison Gay, Bess Keaney[29]
scope=row Lisa Webb[30] Ashleigh Brazill, Emma O'Driscoll[31]
scope=row Daniel Lowther[32] Mikayla Bowen, Chantel Emonson, Amy McDonald[33]
scope=row Cameron Joyce[34] Georgia Clayden, Charlie Rowbottom, Claudia Whitfort[35]
scope=row Cameron Bernasconi[36] Tarni Evans, Alyce Parker
scope=row Daniel Webster[37] Jasmine Fleming, Tilly Lucas-Rodd, Jenna Richardson[38]
scope=row Mick Stinear[39] Sarah Lampard, Paxy Paxman[40]
scope=row Darren Crocker[41] Libby Birch, Bella Eddey, Jasmine Ferguson, Ash Riddell, Kate Shierlaw[42]
scope=row Lauren Arnell[43] Angela Foley, Ashleigh Saint[44]
scope=row Ryan Ferguson[45] Monique Conti, Sarah Hosking
scope=row Nick Dal Santo[46] Georgia Patrikios, Tyanna Smith, Serene Watson[47]
scope=row Scott Gowans[48] Lucy McEvoy, Chloe Molloy[49]
scope=row Daisy Pearce[50] Jess Hosking, Matilda Sergeant[51]
scope=row Tamara Hyett[52] Elle Bennetts, Ellie Blackburn, Jess Fitzgerald, Isabella Grant, Isabelle Pritchard[53]

Pre-season

All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au

Home-and-away season

All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au

Week 10

Ladder

Progression by round

For readability purposes, weeks 4 to 7 are split into each club's five matches, with no fixed ladder positions being given for the first four matches of this period due to the spread of matches.

TeamW1W2W3Weeks 4–7W8W9W10
class=unsortable style=width:2.5em 1class=unsortable style=width:2.5em 2class=unsortable style=width:2.5em 3class=unsortable style=width:2.5em 4style=width:1.5em 5
align=left bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB 14 18 22 26 bgcolor=C9F0FF bgcolor=C9F0FF bgcolor=C9F0FF bgcolor=CCFFCC
align=left bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=C9F0FF bgcolor=FFFFBB 12 16 20 24 bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB
align=left bgcolor=FFFFBB 12 16 20 24 bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB
align=left bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB 16 16 20 20 bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB
align=left bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB 12 16 20 20 bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB
align=left bgcolor=FFFFBB 4 4 8 12 bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB
align=left bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB 12 16 16 20 bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB
align=left 4 8 12 16 bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB
align=left bgcolor=FFFFBB 4 4 8 12
align=left 6 6 6 10
align=left bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=FFFFBB bgcolor=C9F0FF 12 12 12 16 bgcolor=FFFFBB
align=left bgcolor=FFCFCF bgcolor=FFCFCF bgcolor=FFCFCF 0 4 8 8
align=left bgcolor=FFFFBB 12 12 16 16
align=left 8 8 8 8
align=left bgcolor=FFFFBB 8 8 8 8
align=left bgcolor=C9F0FF bgcolor=FFFFBB 6 6 6 6
align=left 2 2 2 2 bgcolor=FFCFCF
align=left 0 0 4 4 bgcolor=FFCFCF bgcolor=FFCFCF bgcolor=C0C0C0

Source: Australian Football

Home match attendance

The following table includes all home match attendance figures from the home-and-away season.

TeamHostedTotalHighestLowestAverage
2023[54] 2024[55] Change
align=left 5 14,308 3,275 2,311scope=row style=text-align:center 4,0732,862
align=left 6 20,636 6,102 2,168scope=row style=text-align:center 2,9123,439
align=left 5 9,871 2,655 1,320scope=row style=text-align:center 2,6771,974
align=left 6 13,178 3,283 1,325scope=row style=text-align:center 2,4702,196
align=left 6 19,357 4,407 1,460scope=row style=text-align:center 2,9543,226
align=left 5 11,132 2,669 1,633scope=row style=text-align:center 2,4052,226
align=left 5 13,665 3,838 2,033scope=row style=text-align:center 3,4892,733
align=left 5 8,169 2,160 1,319scope=row style=text-align:center 1,4601,634
align=left 5 6,844 2,003 938scope=row style=text-align:center 1,4781,369
align=left 5 12.150 2,794 2,106scope=row style=text-align:center 2,4002,430
align=left 5 8,701 2,026 1,264scope=row style=text-align:center 3,2401,740
align=left 6 10,923 3,019 753scope=row style=text-align:center 2,0161,821
align=left 6 18,076 5,194 1,706scope=row style=text-align:center 2,3733,013
align=left 6 10,629 2,455 997scope=row style=text-align:center 2,0411,772
align=left 5 8,621 3,073 1,427scope=row style=text-align:center 2,2931,724
align=left 6 21,680 5,530 2,279scope=row style=text-align:center 4,6373,613
align=left 6 16,542 6,047 1,765scope=row style=text-align:center 1,1922,757
align=left 5 33,415 23,085 1,545scope=row style=text-align:center 2,4256,683
Total/overall 99 263,162 23,085 753 2,585 2,658 73

Source: Australian Football

Finals series

All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au

Grand final

See main article: 2024 AFL Women's Grand Final.

Win–loss table

For readability purposes, weeks 4 to 7 are split into each club's five matches. Home matches are in bold and opponents are listed above the margins.

Team Home-and-away season Finals series
W1W2W3Weeks 4–7W8W9W10F1F2F3GF
class=unsortable 1class=unsortable 2class=unsortable 3class=unsortable 4class=unsortable 5
align=left bgcolor=CCFFCC PA
+14
bgcolor=CCFFCC FRE
+33
bgcolor=CCFFCC HAW
+26
bgcolor=CCFFCC ESS
+33
bgcolor=FFCFCF BRI
-2
bgcolor=CCFFCC STK
+4
bgcolor=FFCFCF MEL
-2
bgcolor=CCFFCC GWS
+64
bgcolor=CCFFCC COL
+43
bgcolor=FFCFCF NM
-8
bgcolor=CCFFCC GEE
+4
bgcolor=FFFFBB 4
(8–3–0)
bgcolor=FFCFCF NM
-7
bgcolor=CCFFCC FRE
+37
bgcolor=FFCFCF BRI
-18
bgcolor=C0C0C0
align=left bgcolor=FFCFCF NM
-44
bgcolor=CCFFCC MEL
+18
bgcolor=CCFFCC COL
+52
bgcolor=CCFFCC WB
+47
bgcolor=CCFFCC WC
+45
bgcolor=CCFFCC ADE
+2
bgcolor=CCFFCC CAR
+55
bgcolor=CCFFCC GC
+16
bgcolor=FFCFCF GEE
-10
bgcolor=CCFFCC SYD
+68
bgcolor=CCFFCC STK
+27
bgcolor=FFFFBB 3
(9–2–0)
bgcolor=CCFFCC HAW
+6
X bgcolor=CCFFCC ADE
+18
bgcolor=FFCFCF NM
-30
align=left bgcolor=FFCFCF HAW
-38
bgcolor=CCFFCC GC
+1
bgcolor=CCFFCC GEE
+24
bgcolor=FFCFCF RIC
-33
bgcolor=FFCFCF NM
-69
bgcolor=FFCFCF PA
-35
bgcolor=FFCFCF BRI
-55
bgcolor=CCFFCC FRE
+4
bgcolor=FFCFCF WB
-33
bgcolor=CCFFCC COL
+4
bgcolor=FFCFCF ESS
-36
14
(4–7–0)
align=left bgcolor=FFCFCF SYD
-15
bgcolor=FFCFCF HAW
-47
bgcolor=FFCFCF BRI
-52
bgcolor=FFCFCF WC
-17
bgcolor=FFCFCF WB
-42
bgcolor=CCFFCC GC
+3
bgcolor=FFCFCF RIC
-36
bgcolor=FFCFCF PA
-8
bgcolor=FFCFCF ADE
-43
bgcolor=FFCFCF CAR
-4
bgcolor=FFCFCF MEL
-47
18
(1–10–0)
align=left bgcolor=FFCFCF FRE
-43
bgcolor=CCFFCC WC
+16
bgcolor=FFCFCF STK
-8
bgcolor=FFCFCF ADE
-33
bgcolor=CCFFCC MEL
+65
bgcolor=CCFFCC SYD
+3
bgcolor=CCFFCC GC
+9
bgcolor=CCFFCC WB
+23
bgcolor=FFCFCF NM
-51
bgcolor=CCCCFF RIC
0
bgcolor=CCFFCC CAR
+36
bgcolor=FFFFBB 8
(6–4–1)
bgcolor=FFCFCF FRE
-10
align=left bgcolor=CCFFCC ESS
+43
bgcolor=FFCFCF ADE
-33
bgcolor=CCFFCC PA
+8
bgcolor=CCFFCC MEL
+6
bgcolor=CCFFCC STK
+11
bgcolor=CCFFCC GEE
+18
bgcolor=FFCFCF HAW
-9
bgcolor=FFCFCF CAR
-4
bgcolor=CCFFCC WC
+23
bgcolor=CCFFCC GWS
+30
bgcolor=CCFFCC WB
+14
bgcolor=FFFFBB 5
(8–3–0)
bgcolor=CCFFCC ESS
+10
bgcolor=FFCFCF ADE
-37
align=left bgcolor=FFCFCF MEL
-2
bgcolor=CCCCFF NM
0
bgcolor=FFCFCF CAR
-24
bgcolor=CCFFCC GC
+69
bgcolor=FFCFCF HAW
-18
bgcolor=FFCFCF FRE
-18
bgcolor=CCFFCC SYD
+3
bgcolor=FFCFCF RIC
-7
bgcolor=CCFFCC BRI
+10
bgcolor=CCFFCC WC
+33
bgcolor=FFCFCF ADE
-4
10
(4–6–1)
align=left bgcolor=FFCFCF STK
-54
bgcolor=FFCFCF CAR
-1
bgcolor=CCCCFF GWS
0
bgcolor=FFCFCF GEE
-69
bgcolor=FFCFCF COL
-3
bgcolor=FFCFCF HAW
-13
bgcolor=FFCFCF ESS
-9
bgcolor=FFCFCF BRI
-16
bgcolor=CCFFCC SYD
+4
bgcolor=FFCFCF PA
-34
bgcolor=FFCFCF NM
-63
17
(1–9–1)
align=left bgcolor=CCFFCC WB
+63
bgcolor=FFCFCF RIC
-11
bgcolor=CCCCFF GC
0
bgcolor=FFCFCF SYD
-3
bgcolor=FFCFCF WC
-24
bgcolor=FFCFCF MEL
-16
bgcolor=FFCFCF STK
-34
bgcolor=FFCFCF ADE
-64
bgcolor=FFCFCF HAW
-37
bgcolor=FFCFCF FRE
-30
bgcolor=FFCFCF PA
-1
16
(1–9–1)
align=left bgcolor=CCFFCC CAR
+38
bgcolor=CCFFCC COL
+47
bgcolor=FFCFCF ADE
-26
bgcolor=CCFFCC STK
+57
bgcolor=CCFFCC GEE
+18
bgcolor=CCFFCC GC
+13
bgcolor=CCFFCC FRE
+9
bgcolor=CCFFCC WC
+66
bgcolor=CCFFCC GWS
+37
bgcolor=CCFFCC MEL
+6
bgcolor=CCFFCC RIC
+23
bgcolor=FFFFBB 2
(10–1–0)
bgcolor=FFCFCF BRI
-6
bgcolor=FFCFCF PA
-1
align=left bgcolor=CCFFCC GEE
+2
bgcolor=FFCFCF BRI
-18
bgcolor=FFCFCF NM
-50
bgcolor=FFCFCF FRE
-6
bgcolor=FFCFCF ESS
-65
bgcolor=CCFFCC GWS
+16
bgcolor=CCFFCC ADE
+2
bgcolor=CCFFCC STK
+14
bgcolor=CCFFCC RIC
+13
bgcolor=FFCFCF HAW
-6
bgcolor=CCFFCC COL
+47
9
(6–5–0)
align=left bgcolor=CCFFCC BRI
+44
bgcolor=CCCCFF GEE
0
bgcolor=CCFFCC MEL
+50
bgcolor=CCFFCC PA
+36
bgcolor=CCFFCC CAR
+69
bgcolor=CCFFCC RIC
+12
bgcolor=CCFFCC WB
+55
bgcolor=CCFFCC SYD
+60
bgcolor=CCFFCC ESS
+51
bgcolor=CCFFCC ADE
+8
bgcolor=CCFFCC GC
+63
bgcolor=FFFFBB 1
(10–0–1)
bgcolor=CCFFCC ADE
+7
X bgcolor=CCFFCC PA
+57
bgcolor=CCFFCC BRI
+30
align=left bgcolor=FFCFCF ADE
-14
bgcolor=CCFFCC WB
+40
bgcolor=FFCFCF FRE
-8
bgcolor=FFCFCF NM
-36
bgcolor=FFCFCF RIC
-21
bgcolor=CCFFCC CAR
+35
bgcolor=CCFFCC WC
+13
bgcolor=CCFFCC COL
+8
bgcolor=CCFFCC STK
+15
bgcolor=CCFFCC GC
+34
bgcolor=CCFFCC GWS
+1
bgcolor=FFFFBB 6
(7–4–0)
bgcolor=CCFFCC RIC
+24
bgcolor=CCFFCC HAW
+1
bgcolor=FFCFCF NM
-57
bgcolor=C0C0C0
align=left bgcolor=FFCFCF WC
-1
bgcolor=CCFFCC GWS
+11
bgcolor=CCFFCC SYD
+46
bgcolor=CCFFCC CAR
+33
bgcolor=CCFFCC PA
+21
bgcolor=FFCFCF NM
-12
bgcolor=CCFFCC COL
+36
bgcolor=CCFFCC GEE
+7
bgcolor=FFCFCF MEL
-13
bgcolor=CCCCFF ESS
0
bgcolor=FFCFCF HAW
-23
bgcolor=FFFFBB 7
(6–4–1)
bgcolor=FFCFCF PA
-24
align=left bgcolor=CCFFCC GC
+54
bgcolor=CCFFCC SYD
+16
bgcolor=CCFFCC ESS
+8
bgcolor=FFCFCF HAW
-57
bgcolor=FFCFCF FRE
-11
bgcolor=FFCFCF ADE
-4
bgcolor=CCFFCC GWS
+34
bgcolor=FFCFCF MEL
-14
bgcolor=FFCFCF PA
-15
bgcolor=FFCFCF WB
-1
bgcolor=FFCFCF BRI
-27
11
(4–7–0)
align=left bgcolor=CCFFCC COL
+15
bgcolor=FFCFCF STK
-16
bgcolor=FFCFCF RIC
-46
bgcolor=CCFFCC GWS
+3
bgcolor=FFCFCF WB
-7
bgcolor=FFCFCF ESS
-3
bgcolor=FFCFCF GEE
-3
bgcolor=FFCFCF NM
-60
bgcolor=FFCFCF GC
-4
bgcolor=FFCFCF BRI
-68
bgcolor=CCFFCC WC
+46
15
(3–8–0)
align=left bgcolor=CCFFCC RIC
+1
bgcolor=FFCFCF ESS
-16
bgcolor=CCFFCC WB
+11
bgcolor=CCFFCC COL
+17
bgcolor=FFCFCF BRI
-45
bgcolor=CCFFCC GWS
+24
bgcolor=FFCFCF PA
-13
bgcolor=FFCFCF HAW
-66
bgcolor=FFCFCF FRE
-23
bgcolor=FFCFCF GEE
-33
bgcolor=FFCFCF SYD
-46
13
(4–7–0)
align=left bgcolor=FFCFCF GWS
-63
bgcolor=FFCFCF PA
-40
bgcolor=FFCFCF WC
-11
bgcolor=FFCFCF BRI
-47
bgcolor=CCFFCC COL
+42
bgcolor=CCFFCC SYD
+7
bgcolor=FFCFCF NM
-55
bgcolor=FFCFCF ESS
-23
bgcolor=CCFFCC CAR
+33
bgcolor=CCFFCC STK
+1
bgcolor=FFCFCF FRE
-14
12
(4–7–0)

Source: Australian Football

Season notes

Awards

Major awards

See also: 2024 AFL Women's best and fairest, 2024 AFL Women's All-Australian team and 2024 AFL Women's Rising Star.

Leading goalkickers

For readability purposes, weeks 4 to 7 are split into each club's five matches.

! rowspan=3 style=width:2em | #! rowspan=3 | Player! rowspan=3 | Team! colspan=11 | Home-and-away season
(AFL Women's leading goalkicker)! colspan=4 | Finals series! rowspan=3 | Total! rowspan=3 | Games! rowspan=3 | Average|-! rowspan=2 | W1! rowspan=2 | W2! rowspan=2 | W3! colspan=5 | Weeks 4–7! rowspan=2 | W8! rowspan=2 | W9! rowspan=2 | W10! rowspan=2 | F1! rowspan=2 | F2! rowspan=2 | F3! rowspan=2 | GF|-! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 1| align=left | Taylor Smith || align=left | || 11 || 12 || 35 || 49 || 211 || 213 || 114 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 216 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 016 || 319 || bgcolor=CCFFCC | 221 || 122 || X22 || 022 || 022 || 22 || 14 || 1.57|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 2| align=left | Aishling Moloney || align=left | || 00 || 22 || 02 || 46 || 39 || 110 || 212 || 113 || 215 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 621 || bgcolor=CCFFCC | 021 || colspan=4 | || 21 || 11 || 1.91|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 3| align=left | Caitlin Gould || align=left | || –0 || 00 || 22 || 24 || 26 || 17 || 07 || 310 || 313 || 114 || 317 || 219 || 019 || 120 || || 20 || 13 || 1.54|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 4| align=left | Alice O'Loughlin || align=left | || 22 || –2 || 24 || 26 || 06 || 17 || 07 || 310 || 010 || 010 || 414 || 014 || X14 || 216 || 319 || 19 || 13 || 1.46|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 5| align=left | Kate Shierlaw || align=left | || 11 || 12 || 57 || 18 || –8 || 08 || –8 || 19 || 312 || 214 || 115 || 116 || X16 || 218 || 018 || 18 || 12 || 1.50|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 6| align=left | Gemma Houghton || align=left | || 11 || 12 || 02 || 02 || 24 || 26 || 28 || 19 || 09 || 211 || 112 || 214 || 216 || 117 || || 17 || 14 || 1.21|-! scope=row style=text-align:center rowspan=2 | 7| align=left | Aine McDonagh || align=left | || 22 || 24 || 15 || 27 || 29 || 110 || 010 || 111 || 011 || 112 || 214 || 115 || 116 || colspan=2 | || 16 || 13 || 1.23|-| align=left | Danielle Ponter || align=left | || 00 || 11 || 56 || 28 || 08 || 08 || 08 || 311 || 011 || 314 || 014 || 115 || 116 || 016 || || 16 || 14 || 1.14|-! scope=row style=text-align:center | 9| align=left | Tahlia Randall || align=left | || 11 || 12 || 02 || 02 || 35 || 05 || 16 || 28 || 210 || 010 || 212 || 113 || X13 || 215 || 015 || 15 || 14 || 1.07|-! colspan=21 | Other end-of-week leaders|-! rowspan=2 | | align=left | Zarlie Goldsworthy || align=left | || bgcolor=C9F0FF |44 || bgcolor=C9F0FF |15 || 16 || 28 || 19 || 110 || 010 || 212 || 012 || 012 || 113 || colspan=4 | || 13 || 11 || 1.18|-| align=left | Julia Teakle || align=left | || 11 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 45 || bgcolor=C9F0FF | 27 || 18 || 08 || 19 || 09 || 09 || –9 || –9 || –9 || 211 || 011 || 011 || || 11 || 11 || 1.00|}

Source: Australian Football

Club best and fairest

Player(s) Club Award
scope=row
scope=row
scope=row
scope=row
scope=row
scope=row
scope=row Nina Morrisonalign=center [66]
scope=row Charlie Rowbottomalign=center [67]
scope=row Rebecca Beesonalign=center [68]
scope=row
scope=row
scope=row
scope=row
scope=row
scope=row
scope=row
scope=row Ella Robertsalign=center [69]
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Player movement and draft

See main article: 2024–25 AFL Women's player movement period and 2024 AFL Women's draft. The player movement period will run from November 2024 to March 2025, including the 2024 AFL Women's draft, the competition's first fully national draft, will be held on 16 December 2024.[70]

See also

Sources

Notes and References

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