2021 VFL Women's season

The 2021 VFL Women's season was the fifth season of the VFL Women's (VFLW). The season commenced on 27 February^[2][3] and was eventually curtailed on 10 September 2021 by the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria, causing the grand final to be cancelled and no premiership awarded.^[1] Collingwood were recognised as the minor premiers for their undefeated regular season.

2021 VFL Women's season
Teams	12
Premiers	Not awarded[1]
Minor premiers	Collingwood 3rd minor premiership
Best and fairest	Georgia Nanscawen (Essendon − 17 votes
Leading goalkicker	Imogen Barnett (Collingwood − 20 goals)
Matches played	90
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Prior to the start of the season, the Coburg Football Club formed a women's team with a plan to join the VFLW in 2021. However, the plan did not eventuate.^[4]

Clubs

• Carlton, Casey, Collingwood, Darebin, Essendon, Geelong Cats, Hawthorn
• North Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Southern Saints, Western Bulldogs, Williamstown

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Collingwood	14	14	0	0	704	237	297.0	56	Finals series
2	Geelong Cats	14	10	4	0	570	327	174.3	40
3	Port Melbourne	14	10	4	0	597	463	128.9	40
4	Casey	14	8	6	0	641	410	156.3	32
5	Essendon	14	8	6	0	523	336	155.7	32
6	Southern Saints	14	7	7	0	508	441	115.2	28
7	Western Bulldogs	14	7	7	0	424	559	75.8	28
8	Carlton	14	6	8	0	437	548	79.7	24
9	Hawthorn	14	5	9	0	500	531	94.2	20
10	North Melbourne	14	5	9	0	390	619	63.0	20
11	Williamstown	14	2	11	1	242	545	44.4	10
12	Darebin	14	1	12	1	235	755	31.1	6

Source: SportsTGAustralian Football
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Finals series

Match-ups set using the second McIntyre final six system.

Elimination and Qualifying finals

	Elimination finals
Saturday, 3 July (12:00 pm)	Casey 5.2 (32)	def. by	Essendon 5.5 (35)	Casey Fields	Report
Sunday, 4 July (2:00 pm)	Port Melbourne 3.5 (23)	def. by	Southern Saints 7.15 (57)	ETU Stadium	Report

	Qualifying final
Saturday, 3 July (12:00 pm)	Collingwood 4.2 (26)	def.	Geelong Cats 2.8 (20)	Holden Centre	Report

Semi finals

	Semi finals
Saturday, 10 July (12:00 pm)	Collingwood 2.6 (18)	def.	Essendon 1.5 (11)	Victoria Park	Report
Saturday, 10 July (2:00 pm)	Geelong Cats 6.4 (40)	def.	Southern Saints 5.3 (33)	GMHBA Stadium	Report

Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Saturday, 31 July (12:00 pm)	Essendon 2.5 (17)	def. by	Geelong Cats 6.9 (45)	Windy Hill	Report
Match originally scheduled for 17 July 2021, but was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak causing a lockdown in Victoria from 16 July 2021.[5] Match played behind closed doors.

Grand Final

	2021 VFLW Grand Final (cancelled)
	Collingwood	v	Geelong Cats
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final
Match originally scheduled for 25 July 2021, but was originally postponed to 8 August due to a COVID-19 outbreak causing a lockdown in Victoria from 16 July 2021.[5] The Grand Final was further postponed with the lockdown extended into September.[6][7][8] On 10 September 2021 the AFL cancelled the VFLW Grand Final and advised no premiership would be awarded for the 2021 season.[1][9]

Awards

• Lambert-Pearce Medal (Best and Fairest): Georgia Nanscawen (Essendon) – 17 votes^[10][11]
• Rohenna Young Medal (Leading Goal kicker): Imogen Barnett (Collingwood) – 20 goals
• Debbie Lee Medal (Rising Star): Eliza West (Casey)^[12][11]
• Coach of the Year: Chloe McMillan (Collingwood)^[13][11]
• Lisa Hardeman Medal (Best on ground VFL Women's Grand Final): Not awarded

2021 VFL Women's Team of the Year^[13][11]

B:	Victoria Blackwood (Darebin)	Jasmine Ferguson (Collingwood)
HB:	Molly Eastman (North Melbourne)	Lucy Burke (Southern Saints)	Alice Burke (Southern Saints)
C:	Airlie Runnalls (North Melbourne)	Georgia Nanscawen (Essendon) (c)	Laura Gardiner (Geelong Cats)
HF:	Sophie Locke (Port Melbourne)	Tara Bohanna (Southern Saints)	Alana Barba (Essendon)
F:	Imogen Milford (Casey)	Imogen Barnett (Collingwood)
Foll:	Olivia Fuller (Geelong Cats)	Eliza West (Casey)	Megan Kiely (North Melbourne)
Int:	Aimee Whelan (Williamstown)	Claudia Gunjaca (Geelong Cats)	Caitlin Bunker (Collingwood)
	Jorja Borg (Carlton)	Matila Zander (Collingwood)
Coach:	Chloe McMillan (Collingwood)

Club best and fairest winners

Club	Best & Fairest	Ref
Carlton	Akayla Peterson	[14]
Casey	Eliza West
Collingwood	Imogen Barnett
Darebin	Nicole Callinan
Essendon	Eloise Ashley-Cooper
Geelong Cats	Claudia Gunjaca
Hawthorn	Tamara Luke
North Melbourne	Meagan Kiely
Port Melbourne	Claire Dyett
Southern Saints	Tara Bohanna
Western Bulldogs	Simone Ruedin
Williamstown	Ruby Tripodi

See also

• 2021 VFL season