2016 VFL Women's season

2016 VFL Women's season
Teams10
PremiersDarebin
1st premiership
Minor premiersDarebin
1st minor premiership
Best and fairestDaisy Pearce
Darebin (33 votes)[1]
Leading goalkickerMoana Hope
St Kilda Sharks (104 goals)[2]
2017 →

The 2016 VFL Women's season was the inaugural season of the VFL Women's (VFLW). The season commenced on 3 April and concluded with the grand final on 18 September 2016. The competition was contested by ten clubs, most of whom were independent clubs that had been transferred from the now-defunct Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL).

Going undefeated through the season, Darebin won the inaugural Grand Final played at Piranha Park by 12 points against Melbourne University, before a crowd of approximately 4,000 people. The win was Darebin's fourth successive premiership after winning the final three seasons of the former VWFL competition.[3]

Many of the players who played in the Grand Final were subsequently drafted by clubs ahead of the 2017 AFL Women's season.[4]

  1. ^ "VFL Women's honours". vfl.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. ^ "100 GOALS FOR HOPE". VFL.com.au.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Falcons outdo the Hawks: FOOTBALL - Darebin 9.9 (63) d Melbourne Uni 8.3 (51)". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. 19 September 2016. p. 35.
  4. ^ Sewell, Eliza (19 September 2016). "CREAM OF CROP ON SHOW". Herald-Sun. Melbourne, Victoria: News Corporation Australia. p. 54.