2022 AFL Women's season

The 2022 AFL Women's season will be the sixth season of the elite women's Australian rules football competition. Fourteen teams will compete in the league, the same number as the previous season, all of which are associated with existing Australian Football League (AFL) clubs.

For the 2022 season of the Australian Football League, see 2022 AFL season.

2022 AFL Women's season
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The season is scheduled to commence on 7 January and conclude with the Grand Final in late March or early April, making this the earliest start to an AFL Women's (AFLW) season.[1] Brisbane are the defending premiers.[2]

Format

The season will be formatted mostly the same as the previous season, with each of the fourteen clubs to be ranked on a single ladder and the top six teams to qualify for the three-week, single-elimination finals series. The only change is that the home-and-away season will be extended by an additional round, allowing each team to play 10 matches.[3] The AFLW Competition Committee initially announced that the season would start in December 2021, but pushed this back to January 2022 in the hope of minimising any COVID-19 interruptions, as had occurred during the 2020 and 2021 seasons.[1] This will be the last season to be contested by 14 teams, with the four remaining AFL clubs (Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney) to join the AFLW competition in 2023.[4]

Premiership season

Round 1
Round 1
Friday, 7 January (7:15 pm) St Kilda vs. Richmond Skybus Stadium
Saturday, 8 January (5:10 pm) North Melbourne vs. Geelong Arden Street Oval
Saturday, 8 January (7:00 pm) Western Bulldogs vs. Melbourne Victoria University Whitten Oval
Saturday, 8 January (5:50 pm) Fremantle vs. Adelaide Fremantle Oval
Sunday, 9 January (4:10 pm) Carlton vs. Collingwood Ikon Park
Sunday, 9 January (5:10 pm) Gold Coast vs. Greater Western Sydney Great Barrier Reef Arena
Sunday, 9 January (5:10 pm) West Coast vs. Brisbane Mineral Resources Park

Round 2
Round 2
Friday, 14 January (7:10 pm) Richmond vs. Melbourne Swinburne Centre
Saturday, 15 January (3:10 pm) Collingwood vs. St Kilda Victoria Park
Saturday, 15 January (4:10 pm) Brisbane vs. Carlton Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex
Saturday, 15 January (7:10 pm) Geelong vs. Western Bulldogs GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 15 January (6:10 pm) West Coast vs. Gold Coast Mineral Resources Park
Sunday, 16 January (2:40 pm) Adelaide vs. North Melbourne Norwood Oval
Sunday, 16 January (2:10 pm) Fremantle vs. Greater Western Sydney Fremantle Oval

Round 3
Round 3
Friday, 21 January (7:10 pm) Geelong vs. Collingwood GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 22 January (3:10 pm) Melbourne vs. St Kilda Casey Fields
Saturday, 22 January (5:10 pm) Richmond vs. Fremantle Punt Road Oval
Saturday, 22 January (6:10 pm) Gold Coast vs. Brisbane Metricon Stadium
Sunday, 23 January (1:10 pm) North Melbourne vs. Greater Western Sydney Arden Street Oval
Sunday, 23 January (3:10 pm) Western Bulldogs vs. Carlton Victoria University Whitten Oval
Sunday, 23 January (2:10 pm) West Coast vs. Adelaide Mineral Resources Park

Round 4
Round 4
Friday, 28 January (7:40 pm) Gold Coast vs. Richmond Metricon Stadium
Saturday, 29 January (1:10 pm) Adelaide vs. Melbourne Norwood Oval
Saturday, 29 January (3:10 pm) St Kilda vs. West Coast Trevor Barker Beach Oval
Saturday, 29 January (4:10 pm) Brisbane vs. Geelong Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex
Sunday, 30 January (1:10 pm) Carlton vs. North Melbourne Ikon Park
Sunday, 30 January (3:10 pm) Collingwood vs. Fremantle Victoria Park
Sunday, 30 January (5:10 pm) Greater Western Sydney vs. Western Bulldogs Henson Park

Round 5
Round 5
Friday, 4 February (7:10 pm) Geelong vs. West Coast GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 5 February (3:10 pm) Greater Western Sydney vs. St Kilda Henson Park
Saturday, 5 February (4:10 pm) Brisbane vs. Collingwood Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex
Saturday, 5 February (7:10 pm) Western Bulldogs vs. Richmond Victoria University Whitten Oval
Sunday, 6 February (1:10 pm) North Melbourne vs. Fremantle North Hobart Oval
Sunday, 6 February (3:10 pm) Carlton vs. Adelaide Ikon Park
Sunday, 6 February (5:10 pm) Melbourne vs. Gold Coast Casey Fields

Round 6
Round 6
Friday, 11 February (7:10 pm) St Kilda vs. Brisbane TBC
Saturday, 12 February (3:10 pm) Richmond vs. North Melbourne Swinburne Centre
Saturday, 12 February (5:10 pm) Collingwood vs. West Coast Victoria Park
Saturday, 12 February (4:10 pm) Fremantle vs. Carlton Fremantle Oval
Sunday, 13 February (1:10 pm) Melbourne vs. Greater Western Sydney Casey Fields
Sunday, 13 February (2:40 pm) Adelaide vs. Western Bulldogs Norwood Oval
Sunday, 13 February (4:10 pm) Gold Coast vs. Geelong Fankhauser Reserve

Round 7
Round 7
Friday, 18 February (7:10 pm) North Melbourne vs. Collingwood UTAS Stadium
Saturday, 19 February (3:10 pm) Greater Western Sydney vs. Adelaide Blacktown ISP Oval
Saturday, 19 February (5:10 pm) Carlton vs. St Kilda Ikon Park
Saturday, 19 February (4:10 pm) West Coast vs. Richmond Mineral Resources Park
Sunday, 20 February (1:10 pm) Geelong vs. Fremantle GMHBA Stadium
Sunday, 20 February (2:10 pm) Brisbane vs. Melbourne Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex
Sunday, 20 February (5:10 pm) Western Bulldogs vs. Gold Coast Victoria University Whitten Oval

Round 8
Round 8
Friday, 25 February (7:10 pm) Greater Western Sydney vs. Carlton Manuka Oval
Saturday, 26 February (5:10 pm) Richmond vs. Geelong Swinburne Centre
Saturday, 26 February (7:10 pm) Melbourne vs. North Melbourne Casey Fields
Saturday, 26 February (6:10 pm) Fremantle vs. West Coast Optus Stadium
Sunday, 27 February (1:10 pm) Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs Victoria Park
Sunday, 27 February (2:40 pm) Adelaide vs. Brisbane Norwood Oval
Sunday, 27 February (4:10 pm) Gold Coast vs. St Kilda Metricon Stadium

Round 9
Round 9
Friday, 4 March– Adelaide vs. Collingwood Norwood Oval
Sunday, 6 March Brisbane vs. North Melbourne Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex
Carlton vs. Gold Coast Ikon Park
Fremantle vs. Melbourne Fremantle Oval
Greater Western Sydney vs. Richmond Blacktown ISP Oval
St Kilda vs. Geelong RSEA Park
West Coast vs. Western Bulldogs Mineral Resources Park

Round 10
Round 10
Friday, 11 March- Collingwood vs. Gold Coast Victoria Park
Sunday 13 March Geelong vs. Greater Western Sydney GMHBA Stadium
Melbourne vs. Carlton Casey Fields
North Melbourne vs. West Coast Arden Street Oval
Richmond vs. Brisbane Swinburne Centre
St Kilda vs. Adelaide RSEA Park
Western Bulldogs vs. Fremantle Mars Stadium

Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Finals series
2 Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
3 Carlton 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
4 Collingwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
5 Fremantle 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
6 Geelong 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
7 Gold Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
8 Greater Western Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
9 Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
10 North Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
11 Richmond 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
12 St Kilda 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
13 West Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
14 Western Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 January 2022. Source: Womens.AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Finals series

Qualifying finals
Qualifying finals
QF1: TBC (TBC) TBC vs. TBC TBC
QF2: TBC (TBC) TBC vs. TBC TBC

Preliminary finals
Preliminary finals
PF1: TBC (TBC) TBC vs. TBC TBC
PF2: TBC TBC vs. TBC TBC

Grand Final
Grand Final
TBC (TBC) TBC vs. TBC TBC

Coach changes
Club Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointment
Gold Coast David Lake Resigned[5] 11 April 2021 Cameron Joyce[6] 2 June 2021
Geelong Paul Hood Resigned[7] 10 May 2021 Daniel Lowther[8] 29 June 2021
St Kilda Peta Searle Resigned[9] 24 June 2021 Nick Dal Santo[10] 2 August 2021
West Coast Daniel Pratt End of contract 7 September 2021 Michael Prior[11] 7 September 2021

Club leadership
Club Coach Captain(s) Vice-captain(s) Leadership group Ref
Adelaide Matthew Clarke Chelsea Randall Sarah Allan, Eloise Jones, Stevie-Lee Thompson [12]
Brisbane Craig Starcevich Breanna Koenen Emily Bates Ally Anderson, Shannon Campbell, Sophie Conway, Nat Grider, Kate Lutkins, Cathy Svarc [13]
Carlton Daniel Harford Kerryn Harrington Elise O'Dea, Darcy Vescio [14]
Collingwood Stephen Symonds Steph Chiocci, Brianna Davey Brittany Bonnici, Stacey Livingstone, Ruby Schleicher [15]
Fremantle Trent Cooper Hayley Miller Kiara Bowers, Angelique Stannett Stephanie Cain, Gabby O'Sullivan [16]
Geelong Daniel Lowther Meg McDonald Nina Morrison Julia Crockett-Grills, Chantel Emonson, Madeline Keryk, Georgie Rankin [17]
Gold Coast Cameron Joyce Hannah Dunn Bess Keaney Jamie Stanton, Serene Watson [18]
Greater Western Sydney Alan McConnell Alicia Eva Nicola Barr, Chloe Dalton, Alyce Parker, Pepa Randall, Cora Staunton [19]
Melbourne Mick Stinear Daisy Pearce Karen Paxman Libby Birch, Maddison Gay, Tyla Hanks, Kate Hore, Sarah Lampard, Lily Mithen, Lauren Pearce [20]
North Melbourne Darren Crocker Emma Kearney Emma King Nicole Bresnehan, Jasmine Garner, Danielle Hardiman, Ashleigh Riddell [21]
Richmond Ryan Ferguson Katie Brennan Harriet Cordner, Sarah Hosking [22]
St Kilda Nick Dal Santo Hannah Priest Kate Shierlaw, Rhiannon Watt Bianca Jakobsson, Tilly Lucas-Rodd [23]
West Coast Michael Prior Emma Swanson Dana Hooker Parris Laurie, Aisling McCarthy [24]
Western Bulldogs Nathan Burke Ellie Blackburn Brooke Lochland Ashleigh Guest, Bailey Hunt, Isabel Huntington, Kirsty Lamb, Bonnie Toogood [25]

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