2023 Gold Coast Suns season

The 2023 Gold Coast Suns season was Gold Coast's 13th season competing in the Australian Football League (AFL) and 15th overall. The club also fielded a women's side that competed in the AFLW's 8th season, an AFL reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and Academy teams in the Talent League Boys and Talent League Girls competitions.

AFL

Gold Coast Suns
2023 AFL season
CoachStuart Dew[1]
(6th season) (R1−R17)
Steven King[2]
(Caretaker Coach) (R18−R24)
Captain(s)Jarrod Witts & Touk Miller
(2nd season)
Home groundHeritage Bank Stadium
Practice MatchLost by 45 points
Home & Away9 wins, 14 losses, 0 draws (15th)
FinalsDNQ
Best & FairestNoah Anderson[3]
(First win)
Leading goalkickerBen King
(Third win)
Highest home attendance36,219 vs. West Coast (Round 9)
Lowest home attendance4,378 vs. North Melbourne (Round 24)
Average home attendance13,724
Club membership23,359[4]
← 2022 2024 →

Season summary

The 2023 season was Gold Coast's sixth season being coached by Stuart Dew. The season would also be Dew's last season as coach of the Suns. He coached his last game for Gold Coast in round 17.[5] For the second season Jarrod Witts & Touk Miller captained the Suns.[6] The 2023 AFL season would also be the first and last season of the home ground being named Heritage Bank Stadium.

Gold Coast had a slow start to the season losing four of their first five matches. The Suns then won five of their next seven matches to make the win-loss record 6-6 and putting them 11th on the ladder.[7][8]

Gold Coast played four more matches with Stuart Dew as their coach until he was sacked.[5] The only game they won out of their last four matches with Dew was a 67-point win against Hawthorn at Heritage Bank Stadium. Gold Coast's hired former Geelong & St Kilda player Steven King to act as their Caretaker Coach for the rest of the 2023 season.[9] The Suns won two of their last six matches of the season finishing 15th place with a win-loss record of 9 wins and 14 losses.[7][8]

Pre-season

In an unofficial match simulation, Gold Coast were defeated by Essendon by five points at Austworld Centre Oval. The match simulation was played with six quarters that lasted 25 minutes each. GWS defeated Gold Coast in the official AFL practice match by 44 points. The game was played at Manuka Oval.[10]

Coaching staff

Stuart Dew coached his sixth season for Gold Coast in 2023. Dew coached the Suns for the first 17 games of the season. After Dew was sacked by the club, Gold Coast hired Steven King to coach the Suns for the last 7 games of the season.[5][9]

On 21 August 2023, Damien Hardwick (who had resigned as Richmond coach on 22 May 2023) was announced as the senior coach of the Gold Coast Suns on a six-year contract, starting from the 2024 season.[11][12][13]

2023 Gold Coast coaching staff[14][5][9]
Role Name
Senior Coach Stuart Dew (R1-R17)
Caretaker Coach, Senior Assistant Coach & Midfield Coach Steven King
Assistant Coach - Forwards Brad Miller
Assistant Coach - Defenders Tate Kaesler
Head of Development Rhyce Shaw
Development Coach Jackson Kornberg

2023 playing squad

Gold Coast Suns 2023 playing squad
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Josh Drummond (Defence and Tackling)
  • Tate Kaesler (Team Defence and Strategy)
  • Jackson Kornberg (VFL Head Coach)
  • Rhyce Shaw (Head of Development)
Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • italics - Inactive player list
  • Long-term injury
  • (ret.) Retired

Updated: 23 November 2024
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Changes

Deletions from playing list[15]
Player Reason Ref
Jack Bowes Trade to Geelong [16]
Matt Conroy Delisted [17]
Josh Corbett Trade to Fremantle [18]
Jez McLennan Delisted [17]
Oleg Markov Delisted [19]
Patrick Murtagh Delisted [17]
Rhys Nicholls Delisted [17]
Izak Rankine Trade to Adelaide [20]
Rory Thompson Retired [21]
Additions to playing list[15]
Player Reason Ref
Jed Anderson Pre-Season Supplemental Selection Period [22]
Tom Berry Trade from Brisbane [23]
Connor Blakely Rookie Draft [24]
Bailey Humphrey No 6, 2022 National Draft [25]
Lloyd Johnston Category B Rookie [26]
Ben Long Trade from St Kilda [27]
Brodie McLaughlin Pre-Season Supplemental Selection Period [28]
Jake Stein Rookie Draft [29]

Statistics

Player No. Games G B K H D T M HO Milestones
Mabior Chol 1 8 10 7 49 12 61 14 28 25
Rory Atkins 2 17 3 3 241 104 345 19 87 0
Sam Flanders 3 14 5 3 179 160 339 35 75 0
Brandon Ellis 4 16 7 8 195 93 288 37 86 0
Alex Davies 5 9 1 3 60 69 129 39 15 0
Alex Sexton 6 8 5 4 29 14 43 5 14 0
Nick Holman 7 19 13 8 101 132 233 84 48 0
Brayden Fiorini 8 17 4 8 204 98 302 44 69 0
Ben Ainsworth 9 21 21 15 228 143 371 39 100 0 100 Games (Round 4)
Charlie Ballard 10 23 1 0 230 63 293 29 142 0
Touk Miller 11 13 4 1 191 133 324 68 50 0
Sam Day 12 3 1 1 13 6 19 5 10 2
Jack Lukosius 13 22 39 22 256 41 297 24 140 0
Lachie Weller 14 9 0 2 138 56 194 15 61 0
Noah Anderson 15 23 14 15 380 239 619 79 104 0
Tom Berry 16 6 0 2 24 16 40 19 10 0 Club Debut (Round 8)
Jed Anderson 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Rowell 18 23 7 2 273 214 487 190 43 0
Bailey Humphrey 19 19 11 12 148 88 236 49 32 0 AFL Debut (Round 4)
Jeremy Sharp 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Tsitas 21 4 3 0 10 9 19 4 8 0
Ben Long 22 15 0 1 114 57 171 34 42 0 Club Debut (Round 1)
Sean Lemmens 23 11 0 1 83 22 105 19 38 0
David Swallow 24 23 14 11 222 160 382 101 78 0 200 Games (Round 3)
100 Goals (Round 24)
Sam Collins 25 23 0 0 176 104 280 37 127 0
Connor Blakely 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wil Powell 27 18 0 3 275 90 365 42 115 0
Jarrod Witts 28 21 4 2 151 139 290 55 51 824 150 Games (Round 8)
Chris Burgees 29 1 0 2 3 2 5 0 1 3
Levi Casboult 30 20 24 11 138 57 195 29 95 93
Mac Andrew 31 17 0 0 148 39 187 24 88 0
Bodhi Uwland 32 3 0 0 19 6 25 3 5 0 AFL Debut (Round 1)
Charlie Constable 33 2 0 0 36 9 45 2 12 0
Ben King 34 20 40 21 112 46 158 9 672 0 100 Goals (Round 6)
Connor Budarick 35 2 0 0 29 6 35 5 10 0
Elijah Hollands 36 9 3 2 72 42 114 23 23 0
Oscar Faulkhead 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lloyd Johnston 38 2 0 0 16 8 24 3 4 0 AFL Debut (Round 23)
Joel Jeffrey 40 7 5 4 54 13 67 23 16 0
Malcolm Rosas 41 19 19 17 109 68 177 42 38 0
Jake Stein 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brodie McLaughlin 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darcy Macpherson 44 23 3 2 306 135 441 48 128 0
Sandy Brock 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caleb Graham 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hewago Oea 47 8 3 1 41 30 71 20 11 0
Ned Moyle 49 2 0 0 6 3 9 10 0 53 AFL Debut (Round 4)
Jy Farrar 50 9 1 1 48 29 77 17 21 0

Results

Keys
H Home game
A Away game
N Neutral venue game
Table of 2023 AFL Season Results[30]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder
G B T G B T
1 18 March Lost 9 7 61 Sydney 16 14 110 Heritage Bank Stadium H 13,648 17th
2 26 March Lost 11 14 80 Essendon 16 12 108 Marvel Stadium A 32,915 16th
3 2 April Won 10 13 73 Geelong 7 12 54 Heritage Bank Stadium H 13,122 15th
4 8 April Lost 8 12 60 St Kilda 17 11 113 Marvel Stadium A 21,049 17th
5 14 April Lost 13 12 90 Fremantle 15 10 100 Norwood Oval N 9,329 16th
6 23 April Won 14 13 97 North Melbourne 7 12 54 Heritage Bank Stadium H 9,672 14th
7 30 April Won 11 6 72 Richmond 6 12 48 Marvel Stadium A 23,664 13th
8 6 May Lost 13 7 85 Melbourne 13 12 90 Heritage Bank Stadium H 11,440 14th
9 12 May Won 16 17 113 West Coast 6 7 43 Optus Stadium A 36,219 11th
10 20 May Lost 9 10 64 Brisbane Lions 16 11 107 Gabba A 23,286 13th
11 27 May Won 13 6 84 Western Bulldogs 11 11 77 TIO Stadium N 9,316 12th
12 3 June Won 16 16 112 Adelaide 13 9 87 TIO Stadium N 10,772 11th
13 Bye 11th
14 18 June Lost 8 13 61 Carlton 18 12 120 MCG A 29,602 12th
15 25 June Won 14 17 101 Hawthorn 5 4 34 Heritage Bank Stadium H 14,242 10th
16 1 July Lost 5 12 42 Collingwood 18 12 1 Heritage Bank Stadium H 22,483 12th
17 8 July Lost 11 7 73 Port Adelaide 16 10 106 Adelaide Oval A 31,053 13th
18 15 July Won 11 11 77 St Kilda 8 3 51 Heritage Bank Stadium H 13,015 13th
19 23 July Lost 9 9 63 Greater Western Sydney 15 13 103 Manuka Oval A 10,026 14th
20 29 July Won 15 6 96 Brisbane Lions 7 13 55 Heritage Bank Stadium H 14,097 14th
21 5 August Lost 9 7 61 Adelaide 13 11 89 Adelaide Oval A 35,777 14th
22 12 August Lost 13 12 90 Sydney 18 6 114 SCG A 33,911 15th
23 19 August Lost 13 9 87 Carlton 13 13 91 Heritage Bank Stadium H 19,253 15th
24 26 August Lost 14 13 97 North Melbourne 20 12 132 Blundstone Arena A 4,378 15th

Ladder

Pos Team
 Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Collingwood (P) 23 18 5 0 2142 1687 127.0 72 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions 23 17 6 0 2180 1771 123.1 68
3 Port Adelaide 23 17 6 0 2149 1906 112.7 68
4 Melbourne 23 16 7 0 2079 1660 125.2 64
5 Carlton 23 13 9 1 1922 1697 113.3 54
6 St Kilda 23 13 10 0 1775 1647 107.8 52
7 Greater Western Sydney 23 13 10 0 2018 1885 107.1 52
8 Sydney 23 12 10 1 2050 1863 110.0 50
9 Western Bulldogs 23 12 11 0 1919 1766 108.7 48
10 Adelaide 23 11 12 0 2193 1877 116.8 44
11 Essendon 23 11 12 0 1838 2050 89.7 44
12 Geelong 23 10 12 1 2088 1855 112.6 42
13 Richmond 23 10 12 1 1856 1983 93.6 42
14 Fremantle 23 10 13 0 1835 1898 96.7 40
15 Gold Coast 23 9 14 0 1839 2006 91.7 36
16 Hawthorn 23 7 16 0 1686 2101 80.2 28
17 North Melbourne 23 3 20 0 1657 2318 71.5 12
18 West Coast 23 3 20 0 1418 2674 53.0 12
Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(P) Premiers

Awards

Club Awards

Source:[31]

League Awards

Source:[32]

  • 22 Under 22 team: Noah Anderson

VFL

Gold Coast Suns
2023 VFL season
CoachJosh Drummond
(1st season)
Captain(s)James Tsitas[33]
Home groundHeritage Bank Stadium
Home & Away16 wins, 2 losses, 0 draws (1st)
FinalsPremiers
Leading goalkickerChris Burgess[34]
(61)

Season summary

The 2023 VFL season was Gold Coast's first season being coached by former Brisbane Lions player Josh Drummond.[35] The Sun's were captained by James Tsitas.[36] Gold Coast had their best season in the VFL in 2023. The Suns only lost two games throughout the entire year.[37]

Gold Coast won their first eight games of the season with an average margin of 38. The first game the club lost was in round nine against Werribee by two points. The Suns then won their next four games with an average margin of 78 points. In round 15, 17th placed Essendon defeated Gold Coast by a single point at Windy Hill. Gold Coast then won their last four games of the season finishing at first place at the end of the home & away season.[37][38]

Gold Coast defeated Brisbane in the qualifying final by 43 points to put them in the preliminary final.[39][40] In the preliminary final the Suns defeated the Box Hill Hawks by 15 points to place them in their first ever VFL grand final. Gold Coast defeated the Werribee Tigers by 19 points to become the 2023 VFL premiers for the first time.[37][38]

2023 playing squad

Gold Coast Suns reserves
List Academy list Coaching staff
  • 52 Cody Harrington
  • 53 Josh Young
  • 55 Taine Dawson
  • 56 Jared Eckersley
  • 57 Nick Williams
  • 58 Will Derrington
  • 59 Morgan Ferres
  • 60 Marlin Corbett
  • 61 Campbell Lake
  • 70 James Frawley
  • 51 Jake Rogers
  • 53 Ben O'Brien
  • 54 Leo Lombard
  • 62 Finn Hay
  • 64 Will Graham

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • italics - Inactive player list
  • Long-term injury
  • (ret.) Retired

Updated: 23 November 2024
Source(s): [41][42]

Statistics

Source: [43]

Player No. Games G B K H D M T HO Milestones
Jake Rogers 51 3 1 0 5 15 20 1 7 0 VFL debut (Round 14)
Cody Harrington 52 5 3 1 10 12 22 4 3 0
Ben O'Brien 53 4 1 1 7 8 15 2 4 0 VFL debut (Round 2)
Josh Young 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VFL debut (Round 9)
Leo Lombard 54 3 1 0 18 15 33 9 14 0 VFL debut (Round 22)
Taine Dawson 55 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 VFL debut (Round 8)
Jared Eckersley 56 14 3 4 74 67 141 47 37 0
Nick Williams 57 5 0 0 23 10 33 14 1 0 VFL debut (Round 5)
Will Derrington 58 5 2 1 24 9 33 5 3 0 VFL debut (Round 1)
Morgan Ferres 59 2 0 0 5 4 9 1 3 0
Marlin Corbett 60 5 2 1 18 28 46 10 4 0
Campbell Lake 61 8 4 3 35 30 65 19 19 0 VFL debut (Round 3)
Finn Hay 62 3 1 0 9 9 18 4 4 0 VFL debut (Round 15)
Will Graham 64 4 2 0 15 24 39 13 11 0 VFL debut (Round 14)
James Frawley 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Results

Key
H Home game
A Away game
N Neutral venue game

Regular season

Table of 2023 VFL Season Results[44]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Ladder
G B T G B T
1 25 March Won 12 11 53 Williamstown 7 10 52 Austworld Centre Oval H 6th
2 2 April Won 28 14 182 Geelong 11 9 75 Heritage Bank Stadium H 2nd
3 9 April Won 9 13 67 Sandringham 6 14 50 RSEA Park A 2nd
4 Bye 3rd
5 23 April Won 20 16 136 North Melbourne 12 8 80 Heritage Bank Stadium H 3rd
6 30 April Won 21 11 137 Richmond 9 10 64 Swinburne Centre A 1st
7 6 May Won 17 10 112 Casey 13 14 92 Heritage Bank Stadium H 1st
8 13 May Won 12 4 76 Southport 10 14 74 Fankhauser Reserve A 1st
9 20 May Lost 13 11 89 Werribee 14 7 91 Avalon Airport Oval A 2nd
10 27 May Won 21 16 142 Footscray 10 17 77 TIO Stadium N 2nd
11 3 June Won 7 9 51 Port Melbourne 17 14 115 ETU Stadium A 2nd
12 Bye 1st
13 18 June Won 22 14 146 Northern Bullants 3 6 24 Preston City Oval A 1st
14 25 June Won 24 5 149 Box Hill 12 13 85 Heritage Bank Stadium H 1st
15 2 July Lost 12 4 76 Essendon 11 11 77 Windy Hill A 1st
16 8 July Won 22 12 144 Frankston 5 7 37 Heritage Bank Stadium H 1st
17 Bye 1st
18 23 July Won 17 17 119 Greater Western Sydney 12 7 79 Manuka Oval A 1st
19 29 July Won 13 14 92 Brisbane 11 8 74 Heritage Bank Stadium H 1st
20 Bye 2nd
21 12 August Won 19 8 122 Sydney 8 6 54 SCG A 1st
22 19 August Won 23 11 149 Carlton 2 10 22 Heritage Bank Stadium H 1st

Finals series

Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground
G B T G B T
1st Qualifying Final 2 September Won 19 13 127 Brisbane 12 12 84 Heritage Bank Stadium H
1st Preliminary Final 16 September Won 12 16 88 Box Hill 11 7 73 Heritage Bank Stadium H
Grand Final 24 September Won 17 10 112 Werribee 14 9 93 IKON Park N

Ladder

Pos Team
 Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Gold Coast (R) (P) 18 16 2 0 2137 1158 184.5 64 Finals series
2 Werribee 18 16 2 0 1747 1040 168.0 64
3 Box Hill 18 14 4 0 1681 1305 128.8 56
4 Brisbane (R) 18 13 4 1 1838 1204 152.7 54
5 Williamstown 18 13 5 0 1349 1222 110.4 52
6 Footscray (R) 18 12 6 0 1659 1278 129.8 48
7 Casey 18 11 7 0 1607 1255 128.0 44 Wildcard Round
8 Collingwood (R) 18 11 7 0 1620 1363 118.9 44
9 Richmond (R) 18 10 7 1 1347 1359 99.1 42
10 North Melbourne (R) 18 10 8 0 1505 1369 109.9 40
11 Carlton (R) 18 10 8 0 1412 1326 106.5 40
12 Greater Western Sydney (R) 18 9 9 0 1454 1658 87.7 36
13 Geelong (R) 18 8 9 1 1247 1549 80.5 34
14 Southport 18 8 10 0 1494 1384 107.9 32
15 Port Melbourne 18 6 12 0 1270 1512 84.0 24
16 Sandringham 18 5 12 1 1298 1482 87.6 22
17 Essendon (R) 18 5 13 0 1263 1545 81.7 20
18 Sydney (R) 18 4 14 0 1241 1651 75.2 16
19 Frankston 18 4 14 0 1112 1566 71.0 16
20 Northern Bullants 18 2 16 0 844 2088 40.4 8
21 Coburg 18 0 18 0 1022 1833 55.8 0
Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(R) = Reserves
(P) Premiers

AFLW

Gold Coast Suns
2023 AFLW season
CoachCameron Joyce
(3rd season)
Captain(s)Tara Bohanna
(2nd season)
Home groundHeritage Bank Stadium
Home & Away6 wins, 3 losses, 1 draw (5th)
FinalsElimination Final
Best & FairestClaudia Whitfort
Leading goalkickerJamie Stanton

Season Summary

Cameron Joyce coached his third season at Gold Coast and Tara Bohanna was their captain for her second consecutive season.[45][46]

The Sun's lost their first match of the season against Carlton by only two points but were able to win their next three matches. Gold Coast won two of their next three matches and then drew against Port Adelaide at Alberton Oval in round eight. The Suns won their next two matches and then ended the season with a loss against eighth place Sydney.

Pre Season

Gold Coast were defeated by Sydney in a match simulation at Heritage Bank Stadium. Cameron Joyce kicked five of the last six goals of the game.[47] In an official practice match the Suns versed Brisbane at Brighton Homes Arena.[48]

Coaching Staff

2023 Gold Coast AFLW coaching staff[45][49]
Role Name
Senior Coach Cameron Joyce
Assistant Coach - Midfielders Sam Iles
Assistant Coach - Defenders Jarrod Wells
Assistant Coach - Forwards Jennifer Revell
Development Coach Brooks Mustey
Development Coach Kieran Davey

Playing List

Changes

Deletions from Playing List[50]
Player Reason Ref.
Courtney Jones Trade to Richmond [51]
Ellie Hampson Trade to Brisbane [52]
Serene Watson Trade to St Kilda [53]
Tori Groves-Little Delisted [54]
Jade Pregelj Delisted [55]
Annise Bradfield Delisted [56]
Shannon Danckert Delisted [57]
Krystal Scott Retired [58]
Ashlee Atkins Retired [59]
Additions to Playing List[50][60]
Player Reason Ref.
Clara Fitzpatrick Trade from St Kilda [61]
Jordan Membrey Trade from Collingwood [61]
Ella Maurer Trade from North Melbourne [61]
Maddy Brancatisano Trade from Richmond [62]
Cara McCrossan No 6, 2023 Draft [60]
Meara Girvan No 10, 2023 Draft [60]

Statistics

Player No. Games G B K H D T M HO
Jasmyn Smith 1 1 0 0 1 8 9 0 2 0
Lauren Bella 2 11 0 0 48 34 82 13 21 257
Darcie Davies 3 10 3 0 25 33 58 20 20 89
Claudie Whitfort 4 11 4 4 142 128 270 21 76 0
Maddy Brancatisano 5 11 1 2 64 79 143 22 44 0
Elise Barwick 6 5 0 0 7 8 15 2 12 0
Lauren Ahrens 7 11 0 0 78 34 112 29 21 0
Charlie Rowbottom 8 9 2 2 125 117 242 26 86 0
Clara Fitzpatrick 9 8 0 0 35 45 80 19 17 5
Ella Maurer 10 4 0 0 8 23 31 2 8 0
Niamh McLaughlin 11 11 4 3 56 68 124 16 15 0
Tara Bohanna 12 11 15 14 74 25 99 29 15 11
Lucy Single 13 10 0 1 105 59 164 12 81 0
Cara McCrossan 14 4 0 0 11 13 24 2 8 0
Wallis Randell 15 9 0 0 65 20 85 18 20 0
Gabrielle Biedenweg-Webster 16 2 0 0 8 4 12 1 3 0
Jamie Stanton 17 11 16 4 52 14 66 17 29 0
Georgia Clayden 18 11 2 2 72 52 124 28 22 0
Ashanti Bush 19 3 0 1 10 4 14 1 5 0
Daisy D'Arcy 20 11 1 2 106 64 170 19 49 0
Jordan Membrey 21 5 4 1 14 22 36 7 5 0
Kalinda Howarth 23 1 0 0 10 5 15 5 1 0
Alana Gee 24 7 1 0 41 23 64 9 15 0
Meara Girvan 25 10 1 0 56 59 115 27 20 0
Jacqueline Dupuy 27 11 13 7 93 54 147 40 25 66
Elizabeth Keaney 30 11 0 3 93 62 155 33 32 0
Alison Drennan 33 11 0 1 120 101 221 18 57 0
Tahlia Meyer 34 3 0 0 11 11 22 4 8 0
Vivien Saad 39 8 0 0 57 42 99 28 19 0

Results

Key
H Home game
A Away game
Table of 2023 AFLW Season Results[63][64]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder
G B T G B T
1 2 September Lost 4 48 32 Carlton 5 4 34 IKON Park A 3,244 10th
2 9 September Won 15 9 99 West Coast 4 2 26 Heritage Bank Stadium H 1,071 6th
3 17 September Won 5 3 33 Collingwood 2 9 21 Victoria Park A 2,537 4th
4 24 September Won 7 6 48 Western Bulldogs 7 2 44 Heritage Bank Stadium H 1,181 6th
5 1 October Lost 2 3 15 Adelaide 7 5 47 Thomas Farms Oval A 3,300 5th
6 8 October Won 5 6 36 Richmond 5 5 35 IKON Park A 1,848 5th
7 14 October Lost 3 3 21 Brisbane 8 9 57 Heritage Bank Stadium H 1,873 7th
8 21 October Drawn 7 3 45 Port Adelaide 7 3 45 Alberton Oval A 1,853 7th
9 27 October Won 7 6 48 Greater Western Sydney 2 5 17 Heritage Bank Stadium H 1,045 6th
10 3 November Won 6 3 39 Essendon 3 7 25 Great Barrier Reef Arena H 2,131 5th
Table of 2023 AFLW finals results
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance
G B T G B T
Elimination Final 11 November Lost 6 5 41 Sydney 9 4 58 Heritage Bank Stadium H 2,710
Pos Team
 Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide 10 9 1 0 599 314 190.8 36 Finals series
2 Melbourne 10 8 2 0 653 293 222.9 32
3 North Melbourne 10 7 3 0 478 213 224.4 28
4 Brisbane (P) 10 7 3 0 505 339 149.0 28
5 Gold Coast 10 6 3 1 416 351 118.5 26
6 Geelong 10 6 4 0 449 318 141.2 24
7 Essendon 10 6 4 0 379 354 107.1 24
8 Sydney 10 6 4 0 462 432 106.9 24
9 St Kilda 10 6 4 0 408 399 102.3 24
10 Richmond 10 5 5 0 382 379 100.8 20
11 Collingwood 10 5 5 0 331 399 83.0 20
12 Carlton 10 4 6 0 361 420 86.0 16
13 Fremantle 10 4 6 0 289 402 71.9 16
14 Hawthorn 10 3 7 0 307 456 67.3 12
15 Port Adelaide 10 2 7 1 404 538 75.1 10
16 Greater Western Sydney 10 2 8 0 316 596 53.0 8
17 West Coast 10 2 8 0 269 530 50.8 8
18 Western Bulldogs 10 1 9 0 320 595 53.8 4
Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(P) Premiers

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