2019 VFL Women's season

2019 VFL Women's season
Teams13
PremiersCollingwood
1st premiership
Minor premiersCollingwood
2nd minor premiership
Best and fairestLauren Pearce
Darebin (18 votes)[1]
Leading goalkickerJaimee Lambert
Collingwood (21 goals)[2]
← 2018
2021 →

The 2019 VFL Women's season was the fourth season of the VFL Women's (VFLW). The season commenced on 5 May and concluded with the Grand Final on 22 September 2019. The competition was contested by thirteen clubs. This was to be the last VFLW season until 2021, with no competition held in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Collingwood won the minor premiership, finishing the home-and-away season with 12 wins. They would go on to win the Grand Final by 37 points against the Western Bulldogs at ETU Stadium.[3]

Clubs

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Collingwood (P) 14 12 2 0 587 351 167.2 48 Finals series
2 Southern Saints 14 11 3 0 523 299 174.9 44
3 Western Bulldogs 14 10 4 0 478 320 149.4 40
4 Richmond 14 9 5 0 617 494 124.9 36
5 Melbourne University 14 8 6 0 662 502 131.9 32
6 Geelong Cats 14 8 6 0 499 430 116.0 32
7 Hawthorn 14 7 6 1 507 457 110.9 30
8 Casey 14 6 8 0 497 435 114.3 24
9 Essendon 14 6 8 0 473 501 94.4 24
10 Northern Territory 14 5 9 0 442 664 66.6 20
11 Darebin 14 4 10 0 366 553 66.2 16
12 Carlton 14 3 10 1 398 563 70.7 14
13 Williamstown 14 1 13 0 211 691 30.5 4
Source: SportsTG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Qualifying and Elimination finals

Qualifying Final
Saturday 31 August (12:00 pm) Collingwood 3.3 (21) def. Southern Saints 1.0 (6) Victoria Park [4]
First Elimination Final
Saturday 31 August (11:45 am) Melbourne University 9.2 (56) def. Geelong Cats 6.7 (43) ETU Stadium [5]
Second Elimination Final
Sunday 1 September (11:45 am) Western Bulldogs 6.0 (36) def. Richmond 4.7 (31) ETU Stadium [6]

Semi-finals

First Semi-Final
Saturday 7 September (2:40 pm) Collingwood 1.8 (14) def. by Western Bulldogs 4.2 (26) ETU Stadium [7]
Second Semi-Final
Sunday 8 September (11:45 am) Southern Saints 10.5 (65) def. Melbourne University 7.6 (48) ETU Stadium [8]

Preliminary final

Preliminary Final
Sunday 15 September (11:45 am) Collingwood 7.5 (47) def. Southern Saints 5.3 (33) ETU Stadium [9]

Grand Final

2019 VFLW Grand Final
Sunday 22 September
(11:35 am) 		Western Bulldogs def. by Collingwood Ikon Park [10][11]
0.1 (1)
2.1 (13)
2.1 (13)
2.3 (15) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		2.6 (18)
2.6 (18)
5.9 (39)
7.10 (52) 		Lisa Hardeman Medal: Stacey Livingstone (Collingwood)
Television broadcast: Seven Network
E. Mackay, S. Molan 1 Goals J. Lambert, S. Alexander 2
M. Cann, G. Lagioia, C. Molloy 1
B. Lochland, E. Gavalas, K. Lamb, N. Ferres, S. Ruedin, A. Guest Best S. Livingstone, J. Lambert, G. Lagioia, S. Layton, N. Xenos, B. Davey

Awards

  • Lambert-Pearce Medal (Best and Fairest): Lauren Pearce (Darebin)
  • Rohenna Young Medal (Leading Goal kicker): Jaimee Lambert (Collingwood) – 21 goals
  • Debbie Lee Medal (Rising Star): Olivia Vesely (Southern Saints)
  • Coach of the Year: Tom Hunter (Richmond)
  • Lisa Hardeman Medal (Best on ground VFL Women's Grand Final): Stacey Livingstone (Collingwood)
2019 VFL Women's Team of the Year[12]
B: Jayde Van Dyk (Hawthorn) Stacey Livingstone (Collingwood) Tilly Lucas-Rodd (Southern Saints)
HB: Libby Birch (Casey) Rebecca Miller (Richmond) Rebecca Webster (Geelong)
C: Jenna Bruton (Melbourne Uni) Jasmine Garner (Williamstown) Bianca Jakobsson (Casey)
HF: Jaimee Lambert (Collingwood) Kate Gillespie-Jones (Melbourne Uni) Phoebe McWilliams (Hawthorn)
F: Tayla Stahl (Richmond) Caitlin Greiser (Southern Saints) Ash Riddell (Melbourne Uni)
Foll: Lauren Pearce (c) (Darebin) Rebecca Beeson (Hawthorn) Georgia Nanscawen (Essendon)
Int: Monique Conti (Richmond) Amy McDonald (Geelong) Olivia Vesely (Southern Saints)
Danica Pedersen (Richmond) Rosie Dillon (Hawthorn) Ellie Gavalas (Western Bulldogs)
Coach: Tom Hunter (Richmond)

References

  1. ^ Black, Sarah (9 September 2019). "Werribee mid runs away with VFL B&F from Dogs father-son". afl.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. ^ "VFL Women's Honours". VFL.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. ^ Colangelo, Anthony (22 September 2019). "Collingwood win first women's premiership in VFLW grand final triumph". theage.com.au. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Match Report (Qualifying Final)". SportsTG.
  5. ^ "Match Report (First Elimination Final)". SportsTG.
  6. ^ "Match Report (Second Elimination Final)". SportsTG.
  7. ^ "Match Report (First Semi Final)". SportsTG.
  8. ^ "Match Report (Second Semi Final)". SportsTG.
  9. ^ "Match Report (Preliminary Final)". SportsTG.
  10. ^ "Match Report (2018 VFLW Grand Final)". SportsTG.
  11. ^ "Magpies fly to VFLW premiership". vfl.com.au. 22 September 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  12. ^ "2019 VFL W TEAM OF THE YEAR". Victorian Football League. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.