2022 NAB League Girls season

The 2022 NAB League Girls season was the sixth season of the NAB League Girls competition for under-19 female Australian rules footballers in Victoria. The season commenced on 22 January and concluded with the Grand Final on 8 April.[1] The premiership was won by the Western Jets, who claimed their first title by defeating the Dandenong Stingrays in the grand final.[2]

2022 premiership season
Teams13 (and 3 academy teams)
PremiersWestern Jets
1st premiership
Minor premiersDandenong Stingrays
1st minor premiership
Wooden spoonersGippsland Power
3rd wooden spoon

Format

The league consisted of 13 full-time teams (12 from Victoria and 1 from Tasmania) that competed in a nine-match, ten-round regular season. There were also three academy teams that partook in guest matches but were not eligible for finals (those teams were Brisbane Lions Academy, Gold Coast Suns Academy and Northern Territory).[1] The finals series was determined via a conference system. The top two teams based in regional Victoria and Tasmania and top two teams from metropolitan Victoria (i.e.: Melbourne) compete in a knockout preliminary final, with the two winners to meet in the grand final and play off for the premiership.[1] Teams that failed to qualify for the preliminary finals played off in repechage round. The duration of quarters was lengthened from 17 to 20 minutes.[3] One match per round was streamed via the Herald Sun website, and all other matches were streamed on the NAB League app.[4]

Ladder
2022 NAB League Girls Ladder
TEAMPWLDBPFPA %PTS
1 Dandenong Stingrays 9 9 0 0 1 614 223 354.29 36
2 Western Jets (P) 9 8 1 0 1 448 220 203.64 32
3 Eastern Ranges 9 7 2 0 1 489 236 207.71 28
4 Calder Cannons 9 7 2 0 1 331 283 116.96 28
5 Geelong Falcons 9 6 3 0 1 436 417 104.56 24
6 Tasmania Devils 9 4 5 0 1 416 308 135.06 16
7 Sandringham Dragons 9 4 5 0 1 405 370 109.46 16
8 Murray Bushrangers 9 4 5 0 1 407 383 106.27 16
9 Oakleigh Chargers 9 3 6 0 1 254 326 77.91 12
10 Bendigo Pioneers 9 2 7 0 1 379 531 71.37 8
11 Greater Western Victoria Rebels 9 2 7 0 1 244 414 58.94 8
12 Northern Knights 9 2 7 0 1 234 403 58.06 8
13 Gold Coast Suns (A) 1 1 0 0 9 29 14 207.14 4
14 Northern Territory (A) 1 1 0 0 9 57 55 103.64 4
15 Gippsland Power 9 0 9 0 1 203 715 28.39 0
16 Brisbane Lions (A) 1 0 1 0 9 2 38 5.26 0
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, B = Bye (4 pts), PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (A) = Academy Team, (P) = Premiers, Source 1, Source 2
Last Updated 8 April 2022

NOTE: This ladder does not include the repechage round of fixtures between teams who did not qualify for the preliminary finals.

Finals series

Preliminary finals
First Preliminary Final
Friday, 1 April (7:30 pm) Calder Cannons 2.4 (16) def. by Western Jets 4.5 (29) La Trobe University [5][6]
Second Preliminary Final
Saturday, 2 April (11:30 am) Dandenong Stingrays 7.7 (49) def. Geelong Falcons 3.14 (22) Skybus Stadium [7][8]

Grand Final
2022 NAB League Girls Grand Final
Friday 8 April
(7:10 pm)		 Dandenong Stingrays def. by Western Jets Avalon Airport Oval [2][9]
2.2 (14)
5.7 (37)
5.9 (39)
 5.11 (41)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 2.3 (15)
2.3 (15)
4.5 (29)
 7.5 (47)		 Best on ground: Amber Clarke (Dandenong Stingrays)
2: Clarke, Anthony 2
1: Shepherd		 Goals 2: Sargent
1: Grieves, Weston-Turner, Henry, Skenderis, Russell

See also

References
  1. "NAB League Girls 2022 fixture released: Next generation of women's talent on show from this weekend". AFL.com.au. 18 January 2022.
  2. "Flying high: Jets claim first NAB League premiership in last-gasp thriller". womens.afl. 8 April 2022.
  3. Brendan Rhodes (18 January 2022). "Big changes coming to the NAB League Girls season". womens.afl.
  4. "AFL and News Corp expand streaming partnership to NAB League Girls". womens.afl. 20 January 2022.
  5. "Eastern Ranges Girls v Western Jets, 2022, FR1 - Game Centre". Play HQ. 1 April 2022.
  6. "2022 1PF Eastern Ranges WFC vs Western Jets WFC". Australian Football. 1 April 2022.
  7. "Dandenong Stingrays Girls v Geelong Falcons Girls, 2022, FR1 - Game Centre". Play HQ. 2 April 2022.
  8. "2022 2PF Dandenong Stingrays WFC vs Geelong Falcons WFC". Australian Football. 2 April 2022.
  9. "Dandenong Stingrays Girls v Western Jets Girls, 2022, FR2 - Game Centre". Play HQ. 8 April 2022.
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