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2022 AFL Women's season 6
Date7 January—9 April 2022
Teams14
PremiersTemplate:AFLW Ade
3rd premiership
Runners-upTemplate:AFLW Mel
1st runners-up result
Minor premiersTemplate:AFLW Ade
2nd minor premiership
Best and fairestEmily Bates (Template:AFLW BL)
21 votes
Leading goalkickerAshleigh Woodland (Template:AFLW Ade)
19 goals
Attendance
Matches played75
Total attendance144,271 (1,924 per match)
Highest (H&A)5,533 (round 1, Template:AFLW Fre v Template:AFLW WC)
Highest (finals)16,712 (grand final, Template:AFLW Ade v Template:AFLW Mel)
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2022 AFL Women's season 6 was the sixth season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season was the last to feature 14 clubs, ran from 7 January until 9 April 2022, and comprised a ten-game home-and-away season, followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs. It was the first of two seasons to take place in the 2022 calendar year, with the competition's seventh season held from August to November.

Template:AFLW Ade won its third AFL Women's premiership, defeating Template:AFLW Mel by 13 points in the 2022 AFL Women's season 6 Grand Final, played at Adelaide Oval.

Format

The season was formatted mostly the same as the previous season, with each of the fourteen clubs ranked on a single ladder and the top six teams qualifying for the three-week, single-elimination finals series. The only change was extension of the home-and-away season by an additional round, allowing each team to play 10 matches.[1] The season was originally planned to start in December 2021, but in August 2021 it was decided to delay this to January 2022 in the hope of minimising COVID-19 pandemic interruptions.[2] This was the last season to be contested by 14 teams, with the four remaining AFL clubs (Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney) joining the AFLW competition in 2023.[3]

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic

Tahlia Hickie (Brisbane) competes in a ruck contest against Sophie Alexander (Collingwood) during the Lions' Round 5 victory over the Magpies at Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex.
Tahlia Hickie (Brisbane Lions) competes in a ruck contest against Sophie Alexander (Collingwood) during the Lions' Round 5 victory over the Magpies at Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex.

The 2022 season was played during the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the start of the season, the roll-out of Australia's original two-dose vaccination program was almost complete with more than 90% uptake. Across all states except for Western Australia, most social and interstate travel restrictions which had been in place through the latter half of 2021 had been lifted;[4] cases of the virus, particularly the omicron variant which became dominant in December 2021, were widespread in the community for the first time in the pandemic; and confirmed cases and their close contacts were still required to test and isolate, although for shorter periods than earlier in the pandemic.[5] In contrast, Western Australia opened the season with very few virus cases in its community, and with its state borders closed to the rest of Australia, with a planned full reopening date of 5 February 2022 which was later changed to a restricted reopening, with the full reopening indefinitely delayed.[6]

The main impacts of the pandemic to the AFLW season were:

  • The league implemented a Vaccination Policy requiring all players and football department staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19;[7] equivalent requirements were implemented by some state governments.[8]
  • Template:AFLW Fre and West Coast, following a Round 1 Western Derby in Fremantle, travelled to Victoria and were based there until the Western Australian borders had their restricted opening.[9] Late season matches were brought forward into this window to try to minimize the impact of the border restrictions,[10] while the league received permission for teams to travel into Western Australia for matches after the opening.[11]
  • A match Rescheduling Policy was put in place to allow for a match to be rescheduled, redrawn or cancelled if one of its clubs was unable to field at least 21 players – including at least 16 from its primary list with five train-on players – due to absences from the team.[12]

Premiership season

  • All starting times are local time.
  • Source for results and attendances: here

Round 1

Round 1
Friday, 7 January (7:15 pm) Template:AFLW StK 3.5 (23) def. by Template:AFLW Ric 10.1 (61) Skybus Stadium (crowd: 3,324) Report
Saturday, 8 January (5:10 pm) Template:AFLW NM 4.2 (26) def. Template:AFLW Gee 2.6 (18) Arden Street Oval (crowd: 1,872) Report
Saturday, 8 January (7:00 pm) Template:AFLW WB 3.4 (22) def. by Template:AFLW Mel 6.10 (46) Victoria University Whitten Oval (crowd: 2,571) Report
Saturday, 8 January (5:50 pm) Template:AFLW Fre 6.7 (43) def. Template:AFLW WC 2.3 (15) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5,533) Report
Sunday, 9 January (1:40 pm) Template:AFLW Ade 6.3 (39) def. Brisbane Lions 1.3 (9) Flinders University Stadium (crowd: 1,805) Report
Sunday, 9 January (4:10 pm) Template:AFLW Car 3.7 (25) def. by Template:AFLW Col 6.8 (44) Ikon Park (crowd: 3,511) Report
Sunday, 9 January (5:10 pm) Template:AFLW GC 3.3 (21) def. by Template:AFLW GWS 5.6 (36) Great Barrier Reef Arena (crowd: 1,535) Report

Round 2

Round 2
Friday, 14 January (7:10 pm) Template:AFLW Ric 6.2 (38) def. by Template:AFLW Mel 8.6 (54) Swinburne Centre (crowd: 1,517) Report
Saturday, 15 January (3:10 pm) Template:AFLW Col 6.5 (41) def. Template:AFLW StK 2.2 (14) Victoria Park (crowd: 2,546) Report
Saturday, 15 January (7:10 pm) Template:AFLW Gee 2.5 (17) def. by Template:AFLW Car 4.7 (31) GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 2,144) Report
Sunday, 16 January (12:40 pm) Template:AFLW WC 5.3 (33) def. by Template:AFLW GC 7.4 (46) Victoria University Whitten Oval (crowd: 587)
(Moved from Mineral Resources Park[13]) 		Report


Sunday, 16 January (2:40 pm) Template:AFLW Ade 5.7 (37) def. Template:AFLW NM 3.6 (24) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,010) Report
Sunday, 16 January (5:10 pm) Template:AFLW Fre 7.10 (52) def. Template:AFLW GWS 2.8 (20) Victoria University Whitten Oval (crowd: 667)
(Moved from Fremantle Oval[13]) 		Report


Bye
Brisbane Lions, Template:AFLW WB
  • Template:AFLW WB were scheduled to play Template:AFLW Gee, and Brisbane Lions were scheduled to play Template:AFLW Car, but neither clubs could field a team due to COVID-19 absences. The schedule was altered on 13 January under the Rescheduling Policy, with Geelong redrawn to host Carlton, and the Bulldogs redrawn to play the Lions in a match which will be scheduled for a later date.[14]

Round 3

Round 3
Friday, 21 January (7:10 pm) Template:AFLW Gee 3.6 (24) def. by Template:AFLW Col 5.5 (35) GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 2,265) Report
Saturday, 22 January (12:40 pm) Template:AFLW WC 1.3 (9) def. by Template:AFLW Ade 6.6 (42) Swinburne Centre (crowd: 323)
(Moved from Mineral Resources Park[13]) 		Report


Saturday, 22 January (3:10 pm) Template:AFLW Mel 9.10 (64) def. Template:AFLW StK 3.5 (23) Casey Fields (crowd: 1,217) Report
Saturday, 22 January (5:10 pm) Template:AFLW Ric 7.5 (47) def. by Template:AFLW Fre 11.11 (77) Swinburne Centre (crowd: 1,078) Report
Sunday, 23 January (1:10 pm) Template:AFLW NM 7.12 (54) def. Template:AFLW GWS 4.3 (27) Arden Street Oval (crowd: 1,157) Report
Tuesday, 25 January (6:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 9.9 (63) def. Template:AFLW Car 4.4 (28) Metricon Stadium (crowd: 814) Report
Bye
Template:AFLW GC, Template:AFLW WB

Round 4

Round 4
Thursday, 27 January (5:40 pm) Template:AFLW Col 1.1 (7) def. by Template:AFLW Fre 5.8 (38) Victoria Park (crowd: 1,257) Report
Friday, 28 January (5:10 pm) Template:AFLW GWS 7.1 (43) def. Template:AFLW WB 2.10 (22) Henson Park (crowd: 2,683) Report
Saturday, 29 January (2:40 pm) Template:AFLW Ade 4.11 (35) def. Template:AFLW Mel 3.3 (21) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,405) Report
Saturday, 29 January (4:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 3.9 (27) def. Template:AFLW Gee 4.1 (25) Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex (crowd: 1,832) Report
Sunday, 30 January (3:10 pm) Template:AFLW Car 3.3 (21) def. by Template:AFLW NM 7.9 (51) Ikon Park (crowd: 2,329) Report
Sunday, 30 January (4:10 pm) Template:AFLW GC 5.9 (39) def. Template:AFLW Ric 5.4 (34) Metricon Stadium (crowd: 1,329) Report
Bye
Template:AFLW StK, Template:AFLW WC
Additional Match
Tuesday, 1 February (7:10 pm) Template:AFLW WB 2.7 (19) def. by Template:AFLW Fre 3.7 (25) Victoria University Whitten Oval (crowd: 913) Report
  • Two matches were brought forward from rounds six and ten respectively in response to Western Australia's ongoing border closures; these matches have been marketed as "additional matches" rather than belonging to their original rounds. Most matches in this round had their timeslots changed in order to accommodate these additional matches.[10] Due to COVID cases in West Coast's playing squad, their game was later returned to its previous round 6 fixture.[17]

Round 5

Round 5
Friday, 4 February (7:10 pm) Template:AFLW Gee 4.3 (27) def. Template:AFLW WC 3.6 (24) GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 1,938) Report
Saturday, 5 February (4:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 5.5 (35) def. Template:AFLW Col 1.5 (11) Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex (crowd: 1,667) Report
Saturday, 5 February (7:10 pm) Template:AFLW Mel 5.8 (38) def. Template:AFLW GC 4.2 (26) Casey Fields (crowd: 1,124) Report
Sunday, 6 February (1:10 pm) Template:AFLW WB 4.6 (30) def. Template:AFLW Ric 1.7 (13) Victoria University Whitten Oval (crowd: 2,159) Report
Sunday, 6 February (3:10 pm) Template:AFLW Car 1.6 (12) def. by Template:AFLW Ade 7.9 (51) Ikon Park (crowd: 1,403) Report
Sunday, 6 February (5:10 pm) Template:AFLW NM 3.8 (26) def. Template:AFLW Fre 2.4 (16) North Hobart Oval (crowd: 1,261) Report
Tuesday, 8 February (5:10 pm) Template:AFLW StK 2.8 (20) def. by Template:AFLW WC 2.10 (22) Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval (crowd: 665) Report
Bye
Template:AFLW GWS

Round 6

Round 6
Friday, 11 February (6:10 pm) Template:AFLW GC 7.7 (49) def. Template:AFLW Gee 6.2 (38) Metricon Stadium (crowd: 683) Report
Saturday, 12 February (2:10 pm) Template:AFLW Ric 2.6 (18) def. by Template:AFLW NM 5.7 (37) Swinburne Centre (crowd: 1,093) Report
Saturday, 12 February (4:10 pm) Template:AFLW Mel 6.8 (44) def. Template:AFLW GWS 1.1 (7) Casey Fields (crowd: 787) Report
Saturday, 12 February (3:10 pm) Template:AFLW Fre 7.9 (51) def. Template:AFLW Car 1.3 (9) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2,524) Report
Sunday, 13 February (1:10 pm) Template:AFLW StK 4.2 (26) def. by Brisbane Lions 3.13 (31) Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval (crowd: 1,010) Report
Sunday, 13 February (12:10 pm) Template:AFLW WC 3.4 (22) def. by Template:AFLW Col 7.4 (46) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,295)
(Moved from Victoria Park[19]) 		Report


Sunday, 13 February (4:40 pm) Template:AFLW Ade 7.6 (48) def. by Template:AFLW WB 8.1 (49) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,181) Report
  • Due to the AFL receiving exemptions for Victorian teams to enter Western Australia,[11] Template:AFLW WC and Template:AFLW Fre were cleared to host matches and several changes were made to the fixture as a result.[19]

Round 7

Round 7
Thursday, 17 February (6:40 pm) Template:AFLW GC 2.4 (16) def. by Brisbane Lions 12.13 (85) Metricon Stadium (crowd: 1,105) Report
Friday, 18 February (7:10 pm) Template:AFLW WB 3.10 (28) def. Template:AFLW Gee 2.4 (16) Victoria University Whitten Oval (crowd: 1,530) Report
Saturday, 19 February (3:10 pm) Template:AFLW GWS 0.5 (5) def. by Template:AFLW Ade 5.15 (45) Henson Park (crowd: 1,955) Report
Saturday, 19 February (5:10 pm) Template:AFLW Car 7.6 (48) def. Template:AFLW StK 0.2 (2) Ikon Park (crowd: 1,642) Report
Saturday, 19 February (4:10 pm) Template:AFLW WC 7.3 (45) def. by Template:AFLW Ric 10.8 (68) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 878) Report
Sunday, 20 February (3:10 pm) Template:AFLW NM 6.2 (38) def. Template:AFLW Col 2.3 (15) North Hobart Oval (crowd: 869) Report
Monday, 21 February (6:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 4.8 (32) def. by Template:AFLW Mel 5.5 (35) Metricon Stadium (crowd: 790) Report
Tuesday, 22 February (6:10 pm) Template:AFLW GC 6.5 (41) drew with Template:AFLW WB 6.5 (41) Metricon Stadium (crowd: 629) Report
Bye
Template:AFLW Fre
  • Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, matches were added to this round, and some of the matches of the round were rescheduled.[16]

Round 8

Round 8
Wednesday, 23 February (5:40 pm) Template:AFLW GWS 6.5 (41) def. Template:AFLW StK 5.9 (39) Blacktown ISP Oval (crowd: 427) Report
Saturday, 26 February (12:10 pm) Template:AFLW Fre 2.4 (16) def. by Template:AFLW Ade 3.7 (25) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2,419) Report
Saturday, 26 February (5:10 pm) Template:AFLW Ric 1.4 (10) def. by Template:AFLW Gee 5.3 (33) Swinburne Centre (crowd: 1,521) Report
Saturday, 26 February (7:10 pm) Template:AFLW Mel 4.3 (27) def. Template:AFLW NM 2.5 (17) Casey Fields (crowd: 1,408) Report
Sunday, 27 February (1:10 pm) Template:AFLW StK 5.4 (34) def. Template:AFLW GC 4.7 (31) Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval (crowd: 841) Report
Sunday, 27 February (3:10 pm) Template:AFLW Col 10.6 (66) def. Template:AFLW WB 6.5 (41) Victoria Park (crowd: 2,796) Report
Sunday, 27 February (2:10 pm) Template:AFLW WC 4.0 (24) def. by Brisbane Lions 15.8 (98) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 730) Report
Sunday, 27 February (7:10 pm) Template:AFLW GWS 5.3 (33) def. by Template:AFLW Car 7.9 (51) Manuka Oval (crowd: 1,839) Report

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 5 March (3:10 pm) Template:AFLW StK 2.6 (18) def. Template:AFLW Gee 0.9 (9) RSEA Park (crowd: 947) Report
Saturday, 5 March (5:10 pm) Template:AFLW GWS 6.2 (38) def. by Template:AFLW Ric 7.4 (46) GIANTS Stadium (crowd: 613)
(Moved from Blacktown ISP Oval[23]) 		Report


Saturday, 5 March (4:00 pm) Template:AFLW Fre 3.1 (19) def. by Template:AFLW Mel 16.11 (107) Optus Stadium (crowd: 2,717)
(Moved from Fremantle Oval[23]) 		Report


Saturday, 5 March (6:40 pm) Template:AFLW WC 1.2 (8) def. by Template:AFLW WB 10.8 (68) Optus Stadium (crowd: 3,164)
(Moved from Mineral Resources Park[23]) 		Report


Sunday, 6 March (1:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 7.8 (50) def. Template:AFLW NM 2.2 (14) Victoria University Whitten Oval (crowd: 695)
(Moved from Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex[24]) 		Report


Sunday, 6 March (2:40 pm) Template:AFLW Ade 4.6 (30) def. Template:AFLW Col 4.4 (28) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,572) Report
Sunday, 6 March (5:10 pm) Template:AFLW Car 7.4 (46) def. Template:AFLW GC 2.4 (16) Ikon Park (crowd: 1,052) Report
  • Template:AFLW Mel's score of 16.11 (107) and winning margin of 88 points both set new records as the highest in the history of the competition, breaking the records set just one round before.[25]

Round 10

Round 10
Friday, 11 March (6:10 pm) Template:AFLW Gee 5.5 (35) def. by Template:AFLW GWS 8.5 (53) GMHBA Stadium (crowd: 1,603) Report
Saturday, 12 March (3:10 pm) Template:AFLW Col 6.11 (47) def. Template:AFLW Ric 1.3 (9) Victoria Park (crowd: 2,221) Report
Saturday, 12 March (5:10 pm) Template:AFLW NM 9.5 (59) def. Template:AFLW WC 3.2 (20) Arden Street Oval (crowd: 1,032) Report
Saturday, 12 March (7:10 pm) Template:AFLW Mel 5.4 (34) def. Template:AFLW Car 5.3 (33) Casey Fields (crowd: 1,309) Report
Sunday, 13 March (1:10 pm) Template:AFLW StK 2.2 (14) def. by Template:AFLW Ade 7.11 (53) RSEA Park (crowd: 1,174) Report
Sunday, 13 March (3:10 pm) Template:AFLW WB 5.4 (34) def. by Brisbane Lions 10.6 (66) Mars Stadium (crowd: 1,526) Report
Sunday, 13 March (2:10 pm) Template:AFLW Fre 7.4 (46) def. Template:AFLW GC 0.9 (9) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 544) Report

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide (P) 10 9 1 0 405 187 216.6 36 Finals series
2 Melbourne 10 9 1 0 470 252 186.5 36
3 Brisbane Lions 10 8 2 0 496 252 196.8 32
4 North Melbourne 10 7 3 0 346 249 139.0 28
5 Fremantle 10 7 3 0 383 284 134.9 28
6 Collingwood 10 6 4 0 340 276 123.2 24
7 Western Bulldogs 10 4 5 1 354 372 95.2 18
8 Carlton 10 4 6 0 304 362 84.0 16
9 Greater Western Sydney 10 4 6 0 303 409 74.1 16
10 Gold Coast 10 3 6 1 294 431 68.2 14
11 Richmond 10 3 7 0 344 423 81.3 12
12 Geelong 10 2 8 0 242 301 80.4 8
13 St Kilda 10 2 8 0 213 401 53.1 8
14 West Coast 10 1 9 0 222 517 42.9 4
Source: Womens.AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Win/loss table

+ Win Qualified for finals
- Loss X Bye
Draw Eliminated

Bold – Home game
Opponent for round listed above margin
This table can be sorted by each team's aggregate winning/losing margin in any given round.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 QF PF GF Ranking
Template:AFLW Ade BL
+30 		NM
+13 		WCE
+33 		Melb
+14 		Carl
+39 		WB
-1 		GWS
+40 		Frem
+9 		Coll
+2 		StK
+39 		X Frem
+14 		Melb
+13 		1
Brisbane Lions Adel
-30 		X Carl
+35 		Geel
+2 		Coll
+24 		StK
+5 		GCS
+69 		Melb
-3 		WCE
+74 		NM
+36 		WB
+32 		Col
+50 		Melb
-4 		X 3
Template:AFLW Car Coll
-19 		Geel
+14 		BL
-35 		NM
-30 		Adel
-39 		Frem
-42 		StK
+46 		GWS
+18 		GCS
+30 		Melb
-1 		X X X 8
Template:AFLW Col Carl
+19 		StK
+27 		Geel
+11 		Frem
-31 		BL
-24 		WCE
+24 		NM
-23 		WB
+25 		Adel
-2 		Rich
+38 		BL
-50 		X X 6
Template:AFLW Fre WCE
+28 		GWS
+32 		Rich
+30 		Coll
+31 		WB
+6 		NM
-10 		Carl
+42 		X Adel
-9 		Melb
-88 		GCS
+37 		NM
+38 		Adel
-14 		X 4
Template:AFLW Gee NM
-8 		Carl
-14 		Coll
-11 		BL
-2 		WCE
+3 		GCS
-11 		WB
-12 		Rich
+23 		StK
-9 		GWS
-18 		X X X 12
Gold Coast GWS
-15 		WCE
+13 		X Rich
+5 		Melb
-12 		Geel
+11 		BL
-69 		WB
0 		StK
-3 		Carl
-30 		Frem
-37 		X X X 9
Template:AFLW GWS GCS
+15 		Frem
-32 		NM
-27 		WB
+21 		X Melb
-37 		Adel
-40 		StK
+2 		Carl
-18 		Rich
-8 		Geel
+18 		X X X 11
Template:AFLW Mel WB
+24 		Rich
+16 		StK
+41 		Adel
-14 		GCS
+12 		GWS
+37 		BL
+3 		NM
+10 		Frem
+88 		Carl
+1 		X BL
+4 		Adel
-13 		2
Template:AFLW NM Geel
+8 		Adel
-13 		GWS
+27 		Carl
+30 		Frem
+10 		Rich
+19 		Coll
+23 		Melb
-10 		BL
-36 		WCE
+39 		Frem
-38 		X X 5
Template:AFLW Ric StK
+38 		Melb
-16 		Frem
-30 		GCS
-5 		WB
-17 		NM
-19 		WCE
+23 		Geel
-23 		GWS
+8 		Coll
-38 		X X X 10
Template:AFLW StK Rich
-38 		Coll
-27 		Melb
-41 		X WCE
-2 		BL
-5 		Carl
-46 		GWS
-2 		GCS
+3 		Geel
+9 		Adel
-39 		X X X 13
Template:AFLW WC Frem
-28 		GCS
-13 		Adel
-33 		X Geel
-3 		StK
+2 		Coll
-24 		Rich
-23 		BL
-74 		WB
-60 		NM
-39 		X X X 14
Template:AFLW WB Melb
-24 		X X GWS
-21 		Frem
-6 		Rich
+17 		Adel
+1 		Geel
+12 		GCS
0 		Coll
-25 		WCE
+60 		BL
-32 		X X X 7

Finals series

Qualifying finals Preliminary finals Grand Final
1 Template:AFLW Ade 6.4 (40)
4 Template:AFLW NM 4.7 (31) 5 Template:AFLW Fre 4.2 (26)
5 Template:AFLW Fre 11.3 (69) Template:AFLW Ade 4.5 (29)
Template:AFLW Mel 2.4 (16)
2 Template:AFLW Mel 5.3 (33)
3 Brisbane Lions 10.10 (70) 3 Brisbane Lions 4.5 (29)
6 Template:AFLW Col 3.2 (20)

Qualifying finals

Qualifying finals
QF2: Saturday, 19 March (2:10 pm) Template:AFLW NM 4.7 (31) def. by Template:AFLW Fre 11.3 (69) Arden Street Oval (crowd: 1,274) Report
QF1: Sunday, 27 March (12:05 pm) Brisbane Lions 10.10 (70) def. Template:AFLW Col 3.2 (20) Gabba (crowd: 2,675) Report
  • The Brisbane Lions vs. Template:AFLW Col match was postponed eight days, as Collingwood fell below the minimum number of players needed to field a side due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the playing group.[27] This caused the preliminary finals and grand final to each be pushed back one week.[28]

Preliminary finals

Preliminary finals
PF2: Saturday, 2 April (12:40pm) Template:AFLW Mel 5.3 (33) def. Brisbane Lions 4.5 (29) MCG (crowd: 6,436) Report
PF1: Saturday, 2 April (2:10pm) Template:AFLW Ade 6.4 (40) def. Template:AFLW Fre 4.2 (26) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,452) Report

Grand Final

Main article: 2022 AFL Women's season 6 Grand Final
Grand Final
Saturday, 9 April (12:00 pm) Template:AFLW Ade 4.5 (29) def. Template:AFLW Mel 2.4 (16) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 16,712) Report

Awards

League awards

Best and fairests

Club Award name Player(s) Ref.
Template:AFLW Ade Club Champion Anne Hatchard [38]
Brisbane Lions Best and fairest Emily Bates
Template:AFLW Car Best and fairest Madison Prespakis
Template:AFLW Col Best and fairest Jaimee Lambert
Template:AFLW Fre Fairest and best Hayley Miller
Template:AFLW Gee Best and fairest Amy McDonald
Template:AFLW GC Club Champion Alison Drennan
Template:AFLW GWS Gabrielle Trainor Medal Alyce Parker
Template:AFLW Mel Best and fairest Daisy Pearce
Template:AFLW Nor Best and fairest Ashleigh Riddell
Template:AFLW Ric Best and fairest Monique Conti
Template:AFLW StK Best and fairest Bianca Jakobsson
Template:AFLW WC Club Champion Emma Swanson
Template:AFLW WB Best and fairest Ellie Blackburn & Kirsty Lamb

Leading goalkickers

  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the player led the season's goal kicking tally at the end of that round.
  • Numbers underlined indicates the player did not play in that round.
Rank Player Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
1 Ashleigh Woodland Adelaide 44 48 210 010 010 212 214 115 217 219 19
2 Tayla Harris Melbourne 11 23 36 17 29 211 213 215 318 018 18
Cora Staunton Greater Western Sydney 22 24 15 16 06 06 06 39 211 314 418
4 Katie Brennan Richmond 22 24 15 27 18 19 211 112 214 014 14
5 Tara Bohanna Gold Coast 11 34 04 26 06 17 07 29 312 113 013 13
Daisy Pearce Melbourne 00 11 12 24 15 16 06 06 511 213
7 Kate Hore Melbourne 22 24 15 05 05 27 07 18 311 011 11
8 Greta Bodey Brisbane Lions 11 01 23 03 14 15 05 16 28 08 210 10
Sophie Conway Brisbane Lions 00 00 00 00 00 11 12 13 36 28 210
Jasmine Garner North Melbourne 00 11 12 02 02 03 36 17 18 210
Phoebe McWilliams Geelong 11 12 02 02 24 26 17 29 09 110
Bonnie Toogood Western Bulldogs 11 01 01 01 12 13 25 27 07 07 29 110

Source:[39]

Coach changes

Club Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointment
Template:AFLW GWS Alan McConnell Resigned[40] 25 March 2022 Cameron Bernasconi[41] 12 April 2022

Club leadership

Club Coach Captain(s) Vice-captain(s) Leadership group Ref
Template:AFLW Ade Matthew Clarke Chelsea Randall Sarah Allan, Eloise Jones, Stevie-Lee Thompson [42]
Brisbane Lions Craig Starcevich Breanna Koenen Emily Bates Ally Anderson, Shannon Campbell, Sophie Conway, Nat Grider, Kate Lutkins, Cathy Svarc [43]
Template:AFLW Car Daniel Harford Kerryn Harrington Elise O'Dea, Darcy Vescio [44]
Template:AFLW Col Stephen Symonds Steph Chiocci, Brianna Davey Brittany Bonnici, Stacey Livingstone, Ruby Schleicher [45]
Template:AFLW Fre Trent Cooper Hayley Miller Kiara Bowers, Angelique Stannett Stephanie Cain, Gabby O'Sullivan [46]
Template:AFLW Gee Daniel Lowther Meg McDonald Nina Morrison Julia Crockett-Grills, Chantel Emonson, Madeline Keryk, Georgie Rankin [47]
Template:AFLW GC Cameron Joyce Hannah Dunn Bess Keaney Jamie Stanton, Serene Watson [48]
Template:AFLW GWS Alan McConnell Alicia Eva Nicola Barr, Chloe Dalton, Alyce Parker, Pepa Randall, Cora Staunton [49]
Template:AFLW Mel Mick Stinear Daisy Pearce Karen Paxman Libby Birch, Maddison Gay, Tyla Hanks, Kate Hore, Sarah Lampard, Lily Mithen, Lauren Pearce [50]
Template:AFLW Nor Darren Crocker Emma Kearney Emma King Nicole Bresnehan, Jasmine Garner, Danielle Hardiman, Ashleigh Riddell [51]
Template:AFLW Ric Ryan Ferguson Katie Brennan Harriet Cordner, Sarah Hosking [52]
Template:AFLW StK Nick Dal Santo Hannah Priest Kate Shierlaw, Rhiannon Watt Bianca Jakobsson, Tilly Lucas-Rodd [53]
Template:AFLW WC Michael Prior Emma Swanson Dana Hooker Parris Laurie, Aisling McCarthy [54]
Template:AFLW WB Nathan Burke Ellie Blackburn Brooke Lochland Ashleigh Guest, Bailey Hunt, Isabel Huntington, Kirsty Lamb, Bonnie Toogood [55]

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