The 2022 NAB League Girls season was the sixth season of the

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competition for under-19 female

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ers in

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. The season commenced on 22 January and concluded with the

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on 8 April. The premiership was won by the

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, who claimed their first title by defeating the

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in the grand final.

Format

The league consisted of 13 full-time teams (12 from Victoria and 1 from

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) that competed in a nine-match, ten-round regular season. There were also three academy teams that partook in guest matches but were not eligible for finals (those teams were Brisbane Lions Academy,

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and

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). The finals series was determined via a conference system. The top two teams based in regional Victoria and Tasmania and top two teams from metropolitan Victoria (i.e.: Melbourne) compete in a knockout preliminary final, with the two winners to meet in the grand final and play off for the premiership. Teams that failed to qualify for the preliminary finals played off in repechage round. The duration of quarters was lengthened from 17 to 20 minutes. One match per round was streamed via the ''

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'' website, and all other matches were streamed on the NAB League app.

Ladder

''NOTE: This ladder does not include the repechage round of fixtures between teams who did not qualify for the preliminary finals.''

Finals series

Preliminary finals

Grand Final

References

External links

Season results
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Nab League Girls The NAB League Girls (formerly known as the TAC Cup Girls) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each ...