List of VFL Women's premiers

Darebin's 2017 premiership team

This page is a complete chronological listing of VFL Women's premiers. The VFL Women's (VFLW) is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in Victoria. Darebin has won the most premierships with two, with Box Hill (competing as Hawthorn at the time), Collingwood, Essendon, Port Melbourne, and North Melbourne are the other teams to have won a premiership.

List of premiers

The following is a list of premiers and the grand final results.

Season Premiers Runners-up Score Lisa Hardeman Medal Venue Date Ref.
2016 Darebin Melbourne University 9.9 (63) d. 8.3 (51)[1] Darcy Vescio (Darebin) Coburg City Oval 18 September 2016 [2]
2017 Darebin (2) Diamond Creek 5.5 (35) d. 4.4 (28) Karen Paxman (Darebin) Docklands Stadium 24 September 2017 [3]
2018 Hawthorn Geelong Cats 4.6 (30) d. 2.5 (17) Chantella Perera (Hawthorn) Docklands Stadium 23 September 2018 [4]
2019 Collingwood Western Bulldogs 7.10 (52) d. 2.3 (15) Stacey Livingstone (Collingwood) Princes Park 22 September 2019 [5]
2020 Season cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic [6]
2021 Grand final cancelled and premiership not awarded due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic [7]
2022 Essendon Southern Saints 6.6 (42) d. 0.7 (7) Alana Barba (Essendon) North Port Oval 3 July 2022 [8]
2023 Port Melbourne Collingwood 5.5 (35) d. 3.5 (23) Lauren Caruso (Port Melbourne) North Port Oval 30 July 2023 [9]
2024 North Melbourne Western Bulldogs 10.8 (68) d. 7.6 (48) Nyakoat Dojiok (North Melbourne) North Port Oval 21 July 2024 [10]

Premierships by team

2024 premiers North Melbourne

Updated to the end of the 2024 season.

This table summarises all premierships won by each team.

Club Grand final
matches 		Premierships Runners-up Years since
last premiership
Total Years Total Years
Darebin 2 2 2016, 2017 0 — 7
Box Hill / Hawthorn 1 1 2018 0 — 6
Collingwood 2 1 2019 1 2023 4
Essendon 1 1 2022 0 — 2
Port Melbourne 1 1 2023 0 — 1
North Melbourne 1 1 2024 0 — 0
Western Spurs / Western Bulldogs 2 0 — 2 2019, 2024 —
Diamond Creek 1 0 — 1 2017 —
Geelong Cats 1 0 — 1 2018 —
Melbourne University 1 0 — 1 2016 —
Southern Saints 1 0 — 1 2022 —
Carlton 0 0 — 0 — —
Casey 0 0 — 0 — —
Cranbourne 0 0 — 0 — —
Eastern Devils 0 0 — 0 — —
Geelong Magpies 0 0 — 0 — —
Knox 0 0 — 0 — —
Northern Territory 0 0 — 0 — —
Richmond 0 0 — 0 — —
Seaford 0 0 — 0 — —
St Kilda Sharks 0 0 — 0 — —
Williamstown 0 0 — 0 — —

Premiership frequency

Updated to the end of the 2024 season.

The 2021 season is not included in the latter three columns, as the season was not fully contested and no premiership was awarded. The cancelled 2020 season is also not included in these columns or the seasons column.

Club Years in
competition 		Seasons Premierships Runners-up Strike rate (based on
seasons in competition) 		Average years per
Premiership Grand final
Port Melbourne 2021–present 4 1 0 25.00% 4.00 4.00
Darebin 2016–present 8 2 0 25.00% 4.00 4.00
North Melbourne 2021–present 4 1 0 25.00% 4.00 4.00
Collingwood 2018–present 6 1 1 16.67% 6.00 3.00
Essendon 2018–present 6 1 0 16.67% 6.00 6.00
Box Hill / Hawthorn 2017–present 7 1 0 14.29% 7.00 7.00
Diamond Creek 2016–2017 2 0 1 0.00% — 2.00
Western Spurs / Western Bulldogs 2016–present 8 0 2 0.00% — 4.00
Melbourne University 2016–2019 4 0 1 0.00% — 4.00
Southern Saints 2018–present 6 0 1 0.00% — 6.00
Geelong Cats 2017–present 7 0 1 0.00% — 7.00
Carlton 2018–present 6 0 0 0.00% — —
Casey 2018–present 6 0 0 0.00% — —
Williamstown 2018–present 6 0 0 0.00% — —
Cranbourne 2016–2017 2 0 0 0.00% — —
Eastern Devils 2016–2017 2 0 0 0.00% — —
Northern Territory 2018–2019 2 0 0 0.00% — —
Richmond 2018–2020 2 0 0 0.00% — —
Seaford 2016–2017 2 0 0 0.00% — —
St Kilda Sharks 2016–2017 2 0 0 0.00% — —
Geelong Magpies 2016 1 0 0 0.00% — —
Knox 2016 1 0 0 0.00% — —

References

  1. ^ "Darebin v Melbourne Uni". GameDay. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Darebin Falcons triumph in VFL women's grand final". The Age. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Darebin claims VFL Women's premiership". vfl.com.au. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. ^ "REVIEW: VFL Women's Grand Final". vfl.com.au. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Magpies fly to VFLW premiership". vfl.com.au. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  6. ^ Cherny, Daniel (16 June 2020). "VFL revamped, VFLW season substituted with new series". The Age. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  7. ^ "VFLW Grand Final called off, no premiership awarded". womens.afl. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  8. ^ Vinall, Marnie (3 July 2022). "'Living the dream': Essendon get VFLW premiership ahead of inaugural AFLW season". The Age. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  9. ^ Rhodes, Brendan (30 July 2023). "It's Flag Port as Borough makes history". afl.com.au. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  10. ^ Rhodes, Brendan (21 July 2024). "Roos bounce to premiership". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

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