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2023 VFL Women's season

The 2023 VFL Women's season was the seventh season of the VFL Women's (VFLW). The season commenced on 25 March and concluded with the grand final on 30 July.[1]

2023 VFL Women's season
Teams12
PremiersPort Melbourne
1st premiership
Minor premiersCollingwood
3rd minor premiership
Best and fairestJordan Mifsud (Box Hill)
Akayla Peterson (Box Hill)
Charlotte Simpson (Geelong Cats)
Leading goalkickerSarah Cameron
Williamstown (18 goals)
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Port Melbourne won the club's first VFLW premiership defeating Collingwood in the grand final, a week after eliminating defending premiers Essendon in the preliminary final.

Clubs

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There was one change to the competition, with the Hawthorn Football Club transferring their VFL Women's license to Box Hill during the off-season, replicating the club's men's team reserves arrangement in the Australian Football League and Victorian Football League.[2]

Due to ongoing construction work at the Whitten Oval, Western Bulldogs played their home matches at Port Melbourne's ETU Stadium.[3]

Club Home ground(s) Coach Captain(s)
Box Hill Box Hill City Oval Cherie O’Neill[4][5] Nicole Garner[6]
Carlton Ikon Park Tom Stafford[7] Christina Bernardi[8]
Casey Casey Fields Peter Mercoulia[9][10] Ally Kirkwood[11]
Collingwood Victoria Park
AIA Centre 		Chloe McMillan[12] Caitlin Bunker[13]
Darebin La Trobe University, Bundoora
Preston City Oval 		Kate Tyndall[14][15] Steph Simpson[15]
Essendon NEC Hangar Travis Cloke[16] Mia-Rae Clifford
Courtney Ugle[17]
Geelong Cats Deakin University, Waurn Ponds Elise Coventry[18] Chloe Leonard[19]
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Steph Binder[17] Jess Jones[20]
Port Melbourne ETU Stadium Sean Buncle[21] Claire Dyett[22]
Southern Saints Trevor Barker Beach Oval
RSEA Park 		Michelle Densley[23] Tayla Kearns
Ali Hynes[24]
Western Bulldogs ETU Stadium Rhys Cahir[25] Mary Sandral[26]
Williamstown DSV Stadium Liam Cavanagh[27] Erin Meade[28][29]

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Collingwood 14 9 5 0 522 377 138.5 36 Finals series
2 Port Melbourne (P) 14 9 5 0 450 351 128.2 36
3 Williamstown 14 9 5 0 471 368 128.0 36
4 Box Hill 14 8 4 2 444 358 124.0 36
5 Essendon 14 8 5 1 404 387 104.4 34
6 Carlton 14 8 6 0 526 349 150.7 32
7 Southern Saints 14 8 6 0 365 334 109.3 32
8 Geelong Cats 14 7 6 1 402 344 116.9 30
9 North Melbourne 14 7 7 0 410 427 96.0 28
10 Casey 14 6 8 0 505 473 106.8 24
11 Western Bulldogs 14 3 11 0 414 488 84.8 12
12 Darebin 14 0 14 0 188 845 22.2 0
Source: AFL.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers


Finals series

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Match-ups set using the second McIntyre final six system.

Qualifying finalSemi-finalsPreliminary finalGrand final
9 July, Victoria Park
1Collingwood7.6 (48)
2Port Melbourne3.4 (22)15 July, Victoria Park30 July, ETU Stadium
Collingwood3.4 (22)Collingwood3.5 (23)
Elimination finalsEssendon2.6 (18)23 July, ETU StadiumPort Melbourne5.5 (35)
9 July, DSV StadiumEssendon1.5 (11)
3Williamstown2.6 (18)16 July, ETU StadiumPort Melbourne6.5 (41)
6Carlton3.4 (22)Port Melbourne5.7 (37)
8 July, Box Hill City OvalCarlton5.6 (36)
4Box Hill3.3 (21)
5Essendon4.7 (31)

Qualifying and elimination finals

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Qualifying final
Sunday, 9 July (11:00 am) Collingwood 7.6 (48) def. Port Melbourne 3.4 (22) Victoria Park Report
Elimination finals
Saturday, 8 July (11:00 am) Box Hill 3.3 (21) def. by Essendon 4.7 (31) Box Hill City Oval Report
Sunday, 9 July (4:30 pm) Williamstown 2.6 (18) def. by Carlton 3.4 (22) DSV Stadium Report

Semi finals

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Semi finals
Saturday, 15 July (1:00pm) Collingwood 3.4 (22) def. Essendon 2.6 (18) Victoria Park Report
Sunday, 16 July (12:00pm) Port Melbourne 5.7 (37) def. Carlton 5.6 (36) ETU Stadium Report

Preliminary final

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Preliminary final
Sunday, 23 July (2:00pm) Essendon 1.5 (11) def. by Port Melbourne 6.5 (41) ETU Stadium Report

Grand Final

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2023 VFLW Grand Final
Sunday, 30 July (12:10pm) Collingwood def. by Port Melbourne ETU Stadium Report
1.0 (6)
2.4 (16)
3.4 (22)
3.5 (23) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		2.2 (14)
3.2 (20)
4.2 (26)
5.5 (35) 		Lisa Hardeman Medal: Lauren Caruso (Port Melbourne)
Television broadcast: Seven Network
Nikolitsis 2, Sargent Goals Wilson, Frew, Bromage, Borg, Alomes
Bates, Nikolitsis, Zander, Busch, Hales, Caris, Ricardo Best Caruso, McKellar, Whitehead, Harley, Stutt, Williams, Borg, Hartog, Bromage

Awards

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2023 VFL Women's Team of the Year[30]
B: Emily Eaves (Williamstown Sophie Molan (Essendon)
HB: Lauren Caruso (Port Melbourne) Tessa Boyd (Southern Saints) Ciara Fitzgerald (North Melbourne)
C: Winnie Laing (Southern Saints) Charlotte Simpson (Geelong Cats) Audrey Rhodes (North Melbourne)
HF: Dominique Carbone (Western Bulldogs) Nyakoat Dojiok (Collingwood) Jordan Mifsud (Box Hill)
F: Maddie Boyd (Box Hill) Sarah Cameron (Williamstown)
Foll: Jorja Borg (Western Bulldogs) Jessica Bates (c) (Collingwood) Madeleine Di Cosmo (Carlton)
Int: Shannon Danckert (Casey) Kaitlyn O'Keefe (Port Melbourne) Akayla Peterson (Box Hill)
Ashlee Thorneycroft (Carlton) Sharnie Whiting (Williamstown)
Coach: Sean Buncle (Port Melbourne)

Club best and fairest winners

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Club Best & Fairest Ref
Box Hill Jordan Mifsud [34]
Carlton Maddie Di Cosmo [35]
Ashlee Thorneycroft
Casey Shree Fairchild [36]
Collingwood Jessica Bates [37]
Darebin Angelica Gogos [38]
Essendon Sophie Molan [39]
Geelong Cats Charlotte Simpson [40]
North Melbourne Audrey Rhodes [41]
Port Melbourne Lauren Caruso [42]
Southern Saints Winnie Laing [43]
Western Bulldogs Dominique Carbone [44]
Jorja Borg
Williamstown Emily Eaves [45]

References

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