2020 AFL Women's season

The 2020 AFL Women's season was the fourth season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 14 clubs and ran from 7 February to 22 March; it was intended to comprise an eight-round home-and-away season followed by a three-week finals series featuring the top three clubs from each conference, however the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March saw the season curtailed and finally abandoned without a premiership being awarded. Australian Football League (AFL) clubs Gold Coast, Richmond, St Kilda and West Coast featured for the first time in 2020.

2020 AFL Women's season
Overview
Date	7 February—22 March 2020
Teams	14
Premiers	Not awarded
Best and fairest	Madison Prespakis (Carlton) 15 votes
Leading goalkicker	Caitlin Greiser (St Kilda) 10 goals
Attendance
Matches played	46
Total attendance	205,050 (4,458 per match)
Highest	35,185 (round 2, West Coast v Fremantle)
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Carlton's Madison Prespakis won the AFL Women's best and fairest award as the league's best and fairest player, and St Kilda's Caitlin Greiser won the AFL Women's leading goalkicker award as the league's leading goalkicker.

Background

New teams

Four new teams, Gold Coast, Richmond, St Kilda and West Coast, joined the competition, bringing the total number of teams to fourteen. This followed on from the inclusion of Geelong and North Melbourne in the previous season.^[1]

Expansion of AFL Women's

Club	Entry in 2017		Entry in 2019/20			Entry in 2022 (S7)
	Placed bid	Granted entry	Placed bid	Granted entry		Placed bid	Granted entry
				2019	2020
Adelaide	Yes	Yes	—
Brisbane	Yes	Yes	—
Carlton	Yes	Yes	—
Collingwood	Yes	Yes	—
Essendon	No	—	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Fremantle	Yes	Yes	—
Geelong	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	—
Gold Coast	No	—	Yes	No	Yes	—
Greater Western Sydney	Yes	Yes	—
Hawthorn	No	—	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Melbourne	Yes	Yes	—
North Melbourne	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	—
Port Adelaide	No	—	No	—	—	Yes	Yes
Richmond	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	—
St Kilda	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	—
Sydney	No	—	No	—	—	Yes	Yes
West Coast	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	—
Western Bulldogs	Yes	Yes	—

Collective bargaining agreement

Prior to the season commencing a collective bargaining agreement failed to pass the player's association, with only 70% agreeing, falling short of the required 75% threshold. One of the demands of the dissenters was to have a longer season, so that all the teams could play each other once.^[2] The players later voted with a vote of 98% to agree to a revised agreement, which steadily increased the number of matches to be played over three years.^[3]

Conference system

The conference system utilised in the previous season was retained for this season, though it was expanded to cater for the additional teams. Seven teams were placed in each of the two conferences, with teams playing all their intra-conference rivals once and two cross-over matches against teams from the other conference, resulting in an 8-round home and away season. The placing of the teams was determined by the AFL with competitiveness, list assessments and the previous season's results in mind.^[4]

Conference A
Team	Stadium(s)	Capacity
Adelaide	Richmond Oval Unley Oval	16,500 10,000
North Melbourne	Arden Street Oval UTAS Stadium North Hobart Oval	5,000 21,000 18,000
Geelong	GMHBA Stadium	36,000
Greater Western Sydney	Blacktown ISP Oval Robertson Oval Giants Stadium	10,000 10,000 24,000
Brisbane	Hickey Park Gabba	5,000 42,000
Gold Coast	Metricon Stadium Great Barrier Reef Arena Fankhauser Reserve	25,000 10,000 8,000
Richmond	Swinburne Centre Ikon Park Queen Elizabeth Oval	6,000 21,000 10,000

Conference B
Team	Stadium(s)	Capacity
Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	17,500
Melbourne	Casey Fields TIO Traeger Park	12,000 7,000
Western Bulldogs	VU Whitten Oval	12,000
Carlton	Ikon Park Marvel Stadium	21,000 56,000
Collingwood	Victoria Park Morwell Recreation Reserve Marvel Stadium	15,000 12,000 56,000
St Kilda	RSEA Park	10,000
West Coast	Mineral Resources Park Leederville Oval Optus Stadium	15,000 15,000 60,000

Impact of 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

The 2020 season was disrupted and then brought to an early end by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was formally declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020, prior to Round 6. The pandemic had the following effects on the season:

• All matches played from 14 March onwards were played to empty stadiums.^[5]
• The final two rounds of the home-and-away season were scratched and the finals brought forward by two weeks, being played based on ladder positions at the time.^[6]
• The finals series was expanded from six teams to eight. Under the original schedule, the top team in each conference was to advance directly to the preliminary finals while the second and third placed teams played off in semi-finals; but under the modified system, the fourth placed teams also qualified, and faced the first placed teams in semi-finals.^[6] Partway through the finals series, it was announced that no premiership will be awarded after the Victorian government announced a shutdown of all non-essential operations on 22 March 2020.^[7]

Home-and-away season

The originally scheduled eight-round fixture and make-up of the conferences was released on 29 October 2019.^[8]

• All starting times are Australian Eastern Time.^[8]
• Richmond home games originally scheduled at the Swinburne Centre, the club's home ground, were later moved to Ikon Park out of concerns for crowd capacity.^[9]

Round 1

	Round 1
Friday, 7 February (7:45 pm)	Richmond 2.2 (14)	def. by	Carlton 6.12 (48)	Ikon Park (crowd: 15,337)	Report
Saturday, 8 February (1:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney 1.3 (9)	def.	Gold Coast 1.2 (8)	Blacktown ISP Oval (crowd: 1,540)	Report
Saturday, 8 February (3:10 pm)	Melbourne 3.4 (22)	def.	North Melbourne 3.2 (20)	Casey Fields (crowd: 3,500)	Report
Saturday, 8 February (5:10 pm)	Brisbane 5.4 (34)	def.	Adelaide 3.3 (21)	Hickey Park (crowd: 3,002)	Report
Sunday, 9 February (1:10 pm)	Collingwood 5.8 (38)	def.	West Coast 1.5 (11)	Victoria Park (crowd: 6,100)	Report
Sunday, 9 February (3:10 pm)	St Kilda 2.2 (14)	def. by	Western Bulldogs 6.3 (39)	RSEA Park (crowd: 8,000)	Report
Sunday, 9 February (5:10 pm)	Fremantle 6.8 (44)	def.	Geelong 4.4 (28)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5,509)	Report
The match between Greater Western Sydney and Gold Coast, which was played in torrential rain, was the lowest scoring match in AFL history, in either the men's or women's competition, with the two teams scoring a combined score of only 2.5 (17). GWS's score of 1.3 (9) was the lowest winning score in history.[10]

Round 2

	Round 2
Friday, 14 February (7:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs 2.0 (12)	def. by	Melbourne 4.8 (32)	VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 3,133)	Report
Saturday, 15 February (3:10 pm)	North Melbourne 6.1 (37)	def.	Greater Western Sydney 2.7 (19)	UTAS Stadium (crowd: 2,102)	Report
Saturday, 15 February (5:10 pm)	Gold Coast 5.3 (33)	def.	Richmond 2.10 (22)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 7,071)	Report
Saturday, 15 February (7:10 pm)	West Coast 2.3 (15)	def. by	Fremantle 9.6 (60)	Optus Stadium (crowd: 35,185)	Report
Sunday, 16 February (1:10 pm)	Geelong 3.2 (20)	def. by	Brisbane 6.3 (39)	GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 5,567)	Report
Sunday, 16 February (3:10 pm)	Carlton 3.6 (24)	def. by	Collingwood 6.3 (39)	Ikon Park (crowd: 7,529)	Report
Sunday, 16 February (5:10 pm)	Adelaide 6.4 (40)	def.	St Kilda 4.3 (27)	Richmond Oval (crowd: 6,433)	Report

Round 3

	Round 3
Friday, 21 February (7:10 pm)	St Kilda 3.1 (19)	def.	Melbourne 1.8 (14)	RSEA Park (crowd: 4,012)	Report
Saturday, 22 February (3:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 4.6 (30)	def. by	Carlton 8.3 (51)	VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 8,259)	Report
Saturday, 22 February (5:10 pm)	Gold Coast 4.4 (28)	drew with	Brisbane 4.4 (28)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 4,223)	Report
Saturday, 22 February (7:10 pm)	Fremantle 5.3 (33)	def.	Collingwood 4.6 (30)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5,636)	Report
Sunday, 23 February (1:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney 6.6 (42)	def.	West Coast 2.2 (14)	Blacktown ISP Oval (crowd: 1,980)	Report
Sunday, 23 February (3:10 pm)	Richmond 2.8 (20)	def. by	North Melbourne 12.4 (76)	Ikon Park (crowd: 3,697)	Report
Sunday, 23 February (5:10 pm)	Geelong 6.2 (38)	def. by	Adelaide 8.1 (49)	GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 3,195)	Report

Round 4

	Round 4
Friday, 28 February (5:40 pm)	Collingwood 4.2 (26)	def. by	Melbourne 7.4 (46)	Marvel Stadium (crowd: 21,528)	Report
Saturday, 29 February (3:10 pm)	Richmond 7.3 (45)	def. by	Geelong 10.7 (67)	Queen Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 4,906)	Report
Saturday, 29 February (5:10 pm)	North Melbourne 6.11 (47)	def.	Gold Coast 5.4 (34)	Arden Street Oval (crowd: 3,280)	Report
Saturday, 29 February (7:10 pm)	West Coast 4.6 (30)	def.	Western Bulldogs 3.8 (26)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2,455)	Report
Sunday, 1 March (1:10 pm)	Adelaide 4.4 (28)	def. by	Carlton 5.6 (36)	Richmond Oval (crowd: 7,281)	Report
Sunday, 1 March (3:10 pm)	St Kilda 3.5 (23)	def. by	Fremantle 3.6 (24)	RSEA Park (crowd: 3,870)	Report
Sunday, 1 March (5:10 pm)	Brisbane 7.9 (51)	def.	Greater Western Sydney 3.5 (23)	Hickey Park (crowd: 3,297)	Report
The match between Collingwood and Melbourne was moved to Marvel Stadium from Victoria Park to act as a curtain-raiser for the AFL's bushfire relief State of Origin match.[11]

Round 5

	Round 5
Friday, 6 March (7:10 pm)	Gold Coast 2.6 (18)	def. by	Geelong 5.8 (38)	Great Barrier Reef Arena (crowd: 2,788)	Report
Saturday, 7 March (3:10 pm)	North Melbourne 9.9 (63)	def.	Adelaide 3.3 (21)	North Hobart Oval (crowd: 2,843)	Report
Saturday, 7 March (5:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney 7.14 (56)	def.	Richmond 1.5 (11)	Robertson Oval (crowd: 3,377)	Report
Saturday, 7 March (7:10 pm)	Carlton 8.2 (50)	def.	St Kilda 4.5 (29)	Ikon Park (crowd: 3,871)	Report
Sunday, 8 March (1:10 pm)	Collingwood 8.5 (53)	def.	Western Bulldogs 3.3 (21)	Morwell Recreation Reserve (crowd: 1,992)	Report
Sunday, 8 March (3:10 pm)	Melbourne 10.6 (66)	def.	West Coast 1.1 (7)	Casey Fields (crowd: 1,800)	Report
Sunday, 8 March (5:10 pm)	Fremantle 7.8 (50)	def.	Brisbane 4.8 (32)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 4,446)	Report

Round 6

	Round 6
Friday, 13 March (7:10 pm)	Geelong 3.2 (20)	def. by	North Melbourne 10.6 (66)	GMHBA Stadium (crowd: No attendance recorded)	Report
Saturday, 14 March (3:10 pm)	Brisbane 2.2 (14)	def. by	Collingwood 5.13 (43)	Hickey Park (crowd: 0)	Report
Saturday, 14 March (5:10 pm)	St Kilda 6.6 (42)	def.	Richmond 0.3 (3)	RSEA Park (crowd: 0)	Report
Saturday, 14 March (7:40 pm)	Melbourne 3.6 (24)	def. by	Carlton 6.4 (40)	TIO Traeger Park (crowd: 0)	Report
Sunday, 15 March (1:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 8.3 (51)	def. by	Fremantle 10.6 (66)	VU Whitten Oval (crowd: 0)	Report
Sunday, 15 March (3:10 pm)	Adelaide 3.3 (21)	def. by	Greater Western Sydney 4.2 (26)	Richmond Oval (crowd: 0)	Report
Sunday, 15 March (5:10 pm)	West Coast 1.2 (8)	def. by	Gold Coast 5.3 (33)	Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 0)	Report
Richmond's score of 0.3 (3) was, at the time, the lowest in AFL Women's history.[12] Round 6 matches were played without spectators, with the exception of the Friday night Geelong–North Melbourne match – which was open to be public, but did not have its attendance officially recorded.

Ladders

Conference A Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification 1 North Melbourne 6 5 1 0 309 136 227.2 20 Finals series 2 Greater Western Sydney 6 4 2 0 175 142 123.2 16 3 Brisbane 6 3 2 1 198 185 107.0 14 4 Gold Coast 6 2 3 1 154 152 101.3 10 5 Geelong 6 2 4 0 211 261 80.8 8 6 Adelaide 6 2 4 0 180 224 80.4 8 7 Richmond 6 0 6 0 115 322 35.7 0 Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: womens.afl Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Conference B Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification 1 Fremantle 6 6 0 0 277 179 154.7 24 Finals series 2 Carlton 6 5 1 0 249 164 151.8 20 3 Melbourne 6 4 2 0 204 124 164.5 16 4 Collingwood 6 4 2 0 229 149 153.7 16 5 St Kilda 6 2 4 0 154 170 90.6 8 6 Western Bulldogs 6 1 5 0 179 246 72.8 4 7 West Coast 6 1 5 0 85 265 32.1 4 Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: womens.afl Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Progression by round

• Numbers highlighted in green indicates the team finished the round inside the top 3.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished in first place in the conference for that round.
• Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place in the conference for that round.

Conference A Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 North Melbourne 03 42 82 122 161 201 x x 2 Greater Western Sydney 42 45 83 84 123 162 x x 3 Brisbane 41 81 101 141 142 143 x x 4 Gold Coast 04 43 65 65 66 104 x x 5 Geelong 05 06 06 46 84 8 x x 6 Adelaide 06 44 84 83 85 8 x x 7 Richmond 07 07 07 07 07 07 x x

Conference B Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Fremantle 44 81 121 161 201 241 x x 2 Carlton 42 44 83 123 163 202 x x 3 Melbourne 45 83 84 122 162 163 x x 4 Collingwood 41 82 82 84 124 164 x x 5 St Kilda 06 06 46 46 46 8 x x 6 Western Bulldogs 43 45 45 45 45 4 x x 7 West Coast 07 07 07 47 47 47 x x

Finals series

	Semi finals				Preliminary finals				Grand final
	March 21, Ikon Park
	North Melbourne	5.4 (34)
					28–29 March
	Collingwood	5.2 (32)
					North Melbourne	Cancelled
	March 22, Ikon Park
					Carlton	Cancelled
	Carlton	6.8 (44)
									4–5 April
	Brisbane	2.3 (15)
									N/A	Cancelled
	March 21, Fremantle Oval
									N/A	Cancelled
	Fremantle	12.8 (80)
					28–29 March
	Gold Coast	1.4 (10)
					Fremantle	Cancelled
	March 21, Giants Stadium
					Melbourne	Cancelled
	Greater Western Sydney	3.8 (26)
	Melbourne	4.5 (29)

Semi finals

	Semi finals
Saturday, March 21 (12:40 pm)	North Melbourne 5.4 (34)	def.	Collingwood 5.2 (32)	Ikon Park (crowd: 0)
Saturday, March 21 (2:40 pm)	Greater Western Sydney 3.8 (26)	def. by	Melbourne 4.5 (29)	Giants Stadium (crowd: 0)
Saturday, March 21 (1:40 pm)	Fremantle 12.8 (80)	def.	Gold Coast 1.4 (10)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 0)
Sunday, March 22 (1:10 pm)	Carlton 6.8 (44)	def.	Brisbane 2.3 (15)	Ikon Park (crowd: 0)

Win–loss table

+	Win		Qualified for finals
-	Loss	X	Bye
	Draw		Eliminated

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	SF	PF	GF	Ladder
Adelaide	BL 13	StK 13	Geel 11	Carl 8	NM 42	GWS 5	GCS	Rich	X	X	X	A6
Brisbane Lions	Adel 13	Geel 19	GCS 0	GWS 28	Frem 18	Coll 29	Rich	NM	Carl 29	X	X	A3
Carlton	Rich 34	Coll 15	WB 21	Adel 8	StK 21	Melb 16	WCE	Frem	BL 29	NM	X	B2
Collingwood	WCE 27	Carl 15	Frem 3	Melb 20	WB 32	BL 29	StK	Geel	NM 2	X	X	B4
Fremantle	Geel 16	WCE 45	Coll 3	StK 1	BL 18	WB 15	Melb	Carl	GCS 70	Melb	X	B1
Geelong	Frem 16	BL 19	Adel 11	Rich 22	GCS 20	NM 46	GWS	Coll	X	X	X	A5
Gold Coast	GWS 1	Rich 11	BL 0	NM 13	Geel 20	WCE 25	Adel	Melb	Frem 70	X	X	A4
Greater Western Sydney	GCS 1	NM 18	WCE 28	BL 28	Rich 45	Adel 5	Geel	WB	Melb 3	X	X	A2
Melbourne	NM 2	WB 20	StK 5	Coll 20	WCE 59	Carl 16	Frem	GCS	GWS 3	Frem	X	B3
North Melbourne	Melb 2	GWS 18	Rich 56	GCS 13	Adel 42	Geel 46	WB	BL	Coll 2	Carl	X	A1
Richmond	Carl 34	GCS 11	NM 56	Geel 22	GWS 45	StK 39	BL	Adel	X	X	X	A7
St Kilda	WB 25	Adel 13	Melb 5	Frem 1	Carl 21	Rich 39	Coll	WCE	X	X	X	B5
West Coast	Coll 27	Frem 45	GWS 28	WB 4	Melb 59	GCS 25	Carl	StK	X	X	X	B7
Western Bulldogs	StK 25	Melb 20	Carl 21	WCE 4	Coll 32	Frem 15	NM	GWS	X	X	X	B6

Awards

League awards

• The league best and fairest was awarded to Madison Prespakis of Carlton, who polled 15 out of 18 votes.^[13]
• The leading goalkicker was awarded to Caitlin Greiser of St Kilda, who kicked ten goals during the home and away season.
• The Rising Star was awarded to Isabel Huntington of the Western Bulldogs.^[14]
• There was no Grand Final best on ground medal awarded, as the match was not played on account of the season's early termination due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• The goal of the year was awarded to Kate Hore of Melbourne.^[15]
• The mark of the year was awarded to Rebecca Privitelli of Greater Western Sydney.^[15]
• AFLW Players Association awards
  • The most valuable player was awarded to Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne).^[16]
  • The most courageous player was awarded to Kiara Bowers (Fremantle).^[16]
  • The best captain was awarded to Daisy Pearce (Melbourne).^[16]
  • The best first year player was awarded to Georgia Patrikios (St Kilda).^[16]
• The AFLW Coaches Association champion player of the year was awarded to Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne).^[17]
• Karen Paxman was named captain of the All-Australian team. Twelve of the fourteen clubs had at least one representative in the 21-woman team.^[18]
• Richmond were the lowest ranked team overall, and thus could be said to have "won" the wooden spoon, though this is a contestable claim given the use of conferences.

Best and fairests

Club	Award name	Player	Ref.
Adelaide	Club Champion	Anne Hatchard	[19]
Brisbane	Best and fairest	Emily Bates
Carlton	Best and fairest	Madison Prespakis
Collingwood	Best and fairest	Jaimee Lambert
Fremantle	Fairest and best	Kiara Bowers
Geelong	Best and fairest	Olivia Purcell
Gold Coast	Best and fairest	Jamie Stanton
Greater Western Sydney	Gabrielle Trainor Medal	Alyce Parker
Melbourne	Best and fairest	Shelley Scott
North Melbourne	Best and fairest	Jasmine Garner
Richmond	Best and fairest	Monique Conti
St Kilda	Best and fairest	Rosie Dillon Caitlin Greiser Georgia Patrikios Olivia Vesely
Western Bulldogs	Susan Alberti Award	Isabel Huntington
West Coast	Best and fairest	Dana Hooker

AFLW leading goalkicker

• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the player led the season's goal kicking tally at the end of that round. The total is updated following the conclusion of the round.

Rank	Player	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Caitlin Greiser	St Kilda	00	22	24	15	27	310	x	x	10
2	Sabreena Duffy	Fremantle	44	15	05	05	49	09	x	x	9
	Kalinda Howarth	Gold Coast	00	00	30	21	02	42	x	x
4	Kaitlyn Ashmore	North Melbourne	11	01	34	04	48	08	x	x	8
	Jesse Wardlaw	Brisbane	11	34	15	27	18	08	x	x
	Jasmine Garner	North Melbourne	00	22	13	03	25	38	x	x
7	Tayla Harris	Carlton	11	12	13	25	16	17	x	x	7
	Cora Staunton	GWS	00	00	11	01	45	27	x	x
9	Rebecca Privitelli	GWS	00	00	33	14	26	06	x	x	6
	Ashley Sharp	Fremantle	00	00	11	01	23	36	x	x
	Daisy Bateman	North Melbourne	11	01	23	25	05	16	x	x

Source^[20]

Coach changes

Club	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
West Coast	Inaugural coach			Luke Dwyer[21]	13 December 2018
Gold Coast	Inaugural coach			David Lake[22]	5 March 2019
St Kilda	Inaugural coach			Peta Searle[23]	17 April 2019
Richmond	Inaugural coach			Tom Hunter[24]	19 June 2019
Richmond	Tom Hunter	End of contract[25]	15 May 2020	Ryan Ferguson[26]	6 November 2020
North Melbourne	Scott Gowans	End of contract[27]	4 June 2020	Darren Crocker[27]	4 June 2020
West Coast	Luke Dwyer	Resigned[28]	25 September 2020	Daniel Pratt[29]	12 January 2021

Club leadership

Club	Coach	Captain(s)	Vice-captain(s)	Leadership group	Ref
Adelaide	Matthew Clarke	Erin Phillips, Chelsea Randall	Courtney Cramey, Ange Foley	Sarah Allan, Jess Foley, Marijana Rajcic	[30][31]
Brisbane	Craig Starcevich	Emma Zielke	Sharni Webb	Emily Bates, Breanna Koenen, Kate Lutkins	[32]
Carlton	Daniel Harford	Kerryn Harrington, Katie Loynes		Alison Downie, Sarah Hosking, Nicola Stevens	[33]
Collingwood	Stephen Symonds	Steph Chiocci	Ash Brazill, Brianna Davey		[34]
Fremantle	Trent Cooper	Kara Antonio		Ebony Antonio, Kiara Bowers, Hayley Miller, Gabby O'Sullivan	[35]
Geelong	Paul Hood	Melissa Hickey	Meg McDonald	Renee Garing, Jordan Ivey, Aasta O'Connor	[36]
Gold Coast	David Lake	Leah Kaslar, Sam Virgo		Tiarna Ernst, Sally Riley, Jamie Stanton	[37]
Greater Western Sydney	Alan McConnell	Alicia Eva		Jessica Dal Pos, Pepa Randall, Cora Staunton, Britt Tully	[38][39]
Melbourne	Mick Stinear	Daisy Pearce	Karen Paxman		[40]
North Melbourne	Scott Gowans	Emma Kearney	Jasmine Garner	Emma King, Brittany Gibson	[41]
Richmond	Tom Hunter	Katie Brennan	Christina Bernardi	Phoebe Monahan, Lauren Tesoriero	[42]
St Kilda	Peta Searle	Cat Phillips, Kate Shierlaw, Rhiannon Watt			[43]
West Coast	Luke Dwyer	Emma Swanson	Dana Hooker	Maddy Collier, Courtney Guard, Alicia Janz	[44]
Western Bulldogs	Nathan Burke	Ellie Blackburn	Brooke Lochland	Isabel Huntington, Kirsty Lamb, Hannah Scott, Lauren Spark	[45]

See also

• 2019 AFL Women's draft

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External links

• Official AFL Women's website