| 2024 VFL Women's season | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | 22 March − 21 July |
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | North Melbourne 1st premiership |
| Minor premiers | Williamstown 1st minor premiership |
| Best and fairest | Dominique Carbone Western Bulldogs (17 votes) |
| Leading goalkicker | Monique DeMatteo Darebin (24 goals) |
| Matches played | 94 |
The 2024 VFL Women's season was the eighth season of the VFL Women's (VFLW), the state level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Victoria. 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 AFL Women's teams Greater Western Sydney and Sydney; the New South Wales teams were not premiership eligible, but there were premiership points available for the Victorian clubs in the matches.[1] The NSW clubs each played five matches featuring many of their AFL Women's contracted players,[2] with the two clubs using the VFLW competition to gain experience ahead of the 2024 AFL Women's season 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.[3] 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 Collingwood would affiliate with Williamstown 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.[4]
North Melbourne defeated Western Bulldogs 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.[5]
- ^ "Sydney to compete in rebel VFLW competition". Sydney Swans. 9 February 2024.
- ^ McKirdy, Lachlan (6 April 2024). "Stars align for Giants and Swans in VFLW". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Sydney, New South Wales: News Corporation Australia. p. 79.
- ^ Vinall, Marnie (4 June 2024). "AFLW players look for lower-league game time". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited. p. 37.
- ^ Cherny, Daniel. "Collingwood VFLW program issues emblematic of state league's major concerns". The Mercury.
- ^ May, Brayden (22 July 2024). "RAMPANT ROOS HAVE WIND IN THEIR SAILS". Herald-Sun. Melbourne, Victoria: News Corporation Australia. p. 37.