List of VFL Women's premiers
This page is a complete chronological listing of VFL Women's premiers. The VFL Women's (VFLW) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in Victoria. Darebin has won the most premierships with two, with Box Hill (competing as Hawthorn at the time), Collingwood, Essendon, Port Melbourne, and North Melbourne are the other teams to have won a premiership.
List of premiers
[edit]The following is a list of premiers and the grand final results.
Premierships by team
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Updated to the end of the 2024 season.
This table summarises all premierships won by each team.
| Club | Grand final matches |
Premierships | Runners-up | Years since last premiership | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Years | Total | Years | |||
| Darebin | 2 | 2 | 2016, 2017 | 0 | — | 7 |
| Box Hill / Hawthorn | 1 | 1 | 2018 | 0 | — | 6 |
| Collingwood | 2 | 1 | 2019 | 1 | 2023 | 4 |
| Essendon | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Port Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 2023 | 0 | — | 1 |
| North Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 2024 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Western Spurs / Western Bulldogs | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 2019, 2024 | — |
| Diamond Creek | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 2017 | — |
| Geelong Cats | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 2018 | — |
| Melbourne University | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 2016 | — |
| Southern Saints | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 2022 | — |
| Carlton | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Casey | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Cranbourne | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Eastern Devils | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Geelong Magpies | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Knox | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Northern Territory | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Richmond | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Seaford | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| St Kilda Sharks | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Williamstown | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Premiership frequency
[edit]Updated to the end of the 2024 season.
The 2021 season is not included in the latter three columns, as the season was not fully contested and no premiership was awarded. The cancelled 2020 season is also not included in these columns or the seasons column.
| Club | Years in competition |
Seasons | Premierships | Runners-up | Strike rate (based on seasons in competition) |
Average years per | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiership | Grand final | ||||||
| Port Melbourne | 2021–present | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25.00% | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Darebin | 2016–present | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25.00% | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| North Melbourne | 2021–present | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25.00% | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Collingwood | 2018–present | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16.67% | 6.00 | 3.00 |
| Essendon | 2018–present | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16.67% | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Box Hill / Hawthorn | 2017–present | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14.29% | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Diamond Creek | 2016–2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | — | 2.00 |
| Western Spurs / Western Bulldogs | 2016–present | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | — | 4.00 |
| Melbourne University | 2016–2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | — | 4.00 |
| Southern Saints | 2018–present | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | — | 6.00 |
| Geelong Cats | 2017–present | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | — | 7.00 |
| Carlton | 2018–present | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Casey | 2018–present | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Williamstown | 2018–present | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Cranbourne | 2016–2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Eastern Devils | 2016–2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Northern Territory | 2018–2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Richmond | 2018–2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Seaford | 2016–2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| St Kilda Sharks | 2016–2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Geelong Magpies | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
| Knox | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "Darebin v Melbourne Uni". GameDay. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Darebin Falcons triumph in VFL women's grand final". The Age. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Darebin claims VFL Women's premiership". vfl.com.au. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "REVIEW: VFL Women's Grand Final". vfl.com.au. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Magpies fly to VFLW premiership". vfl.com.au. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ Cherny, Daniel (16 June 2020). "VFL revamped, VFLW season substituted with new series". The Age. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "VFLW Grand Final called off, no premiership awarded". womens.afl. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ Vinall, Marnie (3 July 2022). "'Living the dream': Essendon get VFLW premiership ahead of inaugural AFLW season". The Age. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ Rhodes, Brendan (30 July 2023). "It's Flag Port as Borough makes history". afl.com.au. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ Rhodes, Brendan (21 July 2024). "Roos bounce to premiership". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
