The 2024 VFL Women's season was the eighth season of the

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(VFLW), the state-level senior women's

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competition in

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. The season ran from 22 March to 21 July, comprising a home-and-away season, followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs. The season was contested by 12 clubs. It also included matches against New South Wales

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teams and ; the New South Wales teams were not premiership eligible, but there were premiership points available for the Victorian clubs in the matches. The NSW clubs each played five matches featuring many of their AFL Women's contracted players, with the two clubs using the VFLW competition to gain experience ahead of the

2024 AFL Women's season The 2024 AFL Women's season was the ninth season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured 18 clubs and ran from 30 August to 30 November, com ...

which began in August. The presence of the NSW clubs playing their AFLW-listed players differed from the Victorian clubs who chose not to play their AFLW-listed players in their VFLW programs citing the risk of injury. This resulted in some lop-sided results between the NSW teams and their opponents, with only Collingwood able to defeat Sydney, while the GWS Giants were undefeated in their matches. Prior to the start of the season, there was speculation that would affiliate with for the 2024 VFLW season "as part of broader reviews from the AFL and the club into the direction of the VFLW". However, no affiliation agreement resulted from the reviews. defeated in the Grand Final played at ETU Stadium, scoring a record high score of 10.8 (68) points against the Bulldogs 7.6 (48) to claim the club's first VFL Women's premiership.

Coach appointments

Win/loss table

Fixture list
* Home matches are in bold and opponents are listed above the margins.

Ladder

Progression by round

Finals series

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

Qualifying and elimination finals

Semi finals

Preliminary final

Grand Final

Image:NMFC 2024 VFL Premiers.jpg, Captain Jess Jones (L) and coach Brett Gourley (R) celebrate with the premiership cup Image:Lisa Hardeman Medal 2024.jpg, Lisa Hardeman (R) presented Nyakoat Dojiok (L) with the Lisa Hardeman Medal for best on field Image:NMFC 2024 VFLW Premiers celebration.jpg, North Melbourne players celebrating their victory

Awards

* Lambert–Pearce Medal (Best and Fairest): Dominique Carbone () – 17 votes * Rohenna Young Medal (Leading Goal kicker): Monique DeMatteo () – 24 goals * Debbie Lee Medal (Rising Star): Keeley Hardingham () * Coaches MVP: Ange Gogos () * Coach of the Year: Brett Gourley () * Lisa Hardeman Medal (Best on ground VFL Women's Grand Final): Nyakoat Dojiok ()

Club best and fairest winners

References

External links

Official website
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