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2020 AFL Women's season
Overview
Date7 February—22 March 2020
Teams14
PremiersNot awarded
Best and fairestMadison Prespakis (Carlton)
15 votes
Leading goalkickerCaitlin Greiser (St Kilda)
10 goals
Attendance
Matches played46
Total attendance205,050 (4,458 per match)
Highest35,185 (round 2, West Coast v Fremantle)
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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.

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

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New teams

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Round 5

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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

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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

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Progression by round

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  • 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.

Finals series

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Semi finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
 
          
 
March 21, Ikon Park
 
 
North Melbourne5.4 (34)
 
28–29 March
 
Collingwood5.2 (32)
 
North Melbourne Cancelled
 
March 22, Ikon Park
 
CarltonCancelled
 
Carlton6.8 (44)
 
4–5 April
 
Brisbane2.3 (15)
 
N/A Cancelled
 
March 21, Fremantle Oval
 
N/A Cancelled
 
Fremantle12.8 (80)
 
28–29 March
 
Gold Coast1.4 (10)
 
Fremantle Cancelled
 
March 21, Giants Stadium
 
MelbourneCancelled
 
Greater Western Sydney3.8 (26)
 
 
Melbourne4.5 (29)
 

Semi finals

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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

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+ 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

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League awards

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Best and fairests

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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

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  • 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

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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

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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

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References

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