I missed this article originally. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl...-11-week-season-for-2020-20190730-p52c5n.html Suggestions of further AFLW expansion potentially being in 2022 and 2024. Mention of potential for an 8 week AFLW regular season in 2020 (6 in conference, 2 cross conference) and a 3 week finals with wildcards rather than best X in in each conference making finals. However the AFL executive is yet to make final decisions with a time frame of late August suggested.
How hard is it for the AFLW to say conferences are fine but there's just one league ladder??? That way you can still play your conference games but the best teams are rewarded, regardless of which conference they sit in. Then the finals will be a showcase of the best teams that year! Easy!
I reckon it will be Conference winners plus next 4 best teams from either conference. Even if they monumentally stuff up the conferences again the outcome should see 5 of the best 6 sides in the finals. I don't see any reason that they couldn't play 8 rounds without conferences. An uneven draw is an uneven draw which won't be perfect but a top 6 will be better in any case. And yes, like 99% of fans I still feel a better system would be 13 rounds in 2020 with fixtures reversed in 2021 before the next expansion taking it to 15 rounds with similar alternating fixtures in 2022 and 2023. Ultimately the season will be longer just how quickly it gets there will be the unknown. From an ORFFW perspective 6 rounds plus 2 weeks of finals over 8 weeks can provide a greater range of options for 6, 8 and 10 team leagues. 10 team comps would be difficult with any less then 8 rounds.
I think we should go keeper ths year, but with a much lower amount of keepers vs the other ORFF teams for now
Agree 100% mate, however regardless of format the # of weeks increasing can only be a good thing for those playing AFLW fantasy comps, 5 weeks felt very compact this season.
According to this article the AFLW CBA negotiations are tied to the 2020, 2021 and 2022 AFLW season fixture discussions https://womens.afl/news/18268
https://womens.afl/news/18411/your-club-s-2020-list-who-s-in-who-will-miss-the-season- 2020 AFLW lists as of October 17 ADELAIDE Sarah Allan, Dayna Cox, Courtney Cramey, Angela Foley, Jessica Foley, Renee Forth, Nikki Gore, Anne Hatchard, Eloise Jones, Sophie Li, Ebony Marinoff, Rhiannon Metcalfe, Justine Mules, Erin Phillips, Danielle Ponter, Marijana Rajcic, Chelsea Randall, Chloe Scheer, Stevie-Lee Thompson, Deni Varnhagen, Ruth Wallace. Rookies: Ailish Considine and one/two spots remaining (as Nankivell is rookie listed) Inactive list: Hannah Martin (ACL), Maisie Nankivell (Thunderbirds netball) Draft picks (8): 14, 37, 46, 53, 68, 83, 100, 102 BRISBANE Ally Anderson, Lauren Arnell, Emily Bates, Shannon Campbell, Arianna Clarke, Sophie Conway, Gabby Collingwood, Jade Ellenger, Natalie Grider, Jessy Keeffe, Breanna Koenen, Rheanne Lugg (Adelaide), Kate Lutkins, Jesse Wardlaw, Sharni Webb, Jess Wuestchner, Jordan Zanchetta, Emma Zielke. Rookies: Greta Bodey, Brianna McFarlane, Orla O'Dwyer Draft picks (9): 3, 15, 16, 17, 20, 28, 45, 60, 75 CARLTON Lauren Brazzale, Chloe Dalton, Alison Downie, Jess Edwards, Georgia Gee, Kerryn Harrington, Tayla Harris, Jess Hosking, Sarah Hosking, Katie Loynes, Abbie McKay, Breann Moody, Natalie Plane, Gabriella Pound, Madison Prespakis, Nicola Stevens, Jayde Van Dyk, Darcy Vescio, Brooke Walker, Charlotte Wilson, Emerson Woods. Rookies: Katie Harrison, Joanne Doonan and one spot remaining Pre-draft selection: Grace Egan Draft picks (7) : 2, 13 (Grace Egan pre-draft selection), 26, 36, 44, 52, 59 COLLINGWOOD Sophie Alexander, Jordyn Allen, Britt Bonnici, Ashleigh Brazill, Lauren Butler, Mikala Cann, Sophie Casey, Steph Chiocci, Sarah D'Arcy, Brianna Davey (Carlton), Sarah Dargan, Erica Fowler, Emma Grant, Georgia Gourlay, Eliza Hynes, Jaimee Lambert, Stacey Livingstone, Katie Lynch, Chloe Molloy, Ruby Schleicher, Maddie Shevlin, Kristy Stratton. Rookies: Sharni Layton, Sarah Rowe, Aishling Sheridan Draft picks (5): 67, 74, 82, 89, 94 FREMANTLE Ebony Antonio, Kara Antonio (nee Donnellan), Kiara Bowers, Tayla Bresland, Steph Cain, Mia-Rae Clifford (Geelong), Sabreena Duffy, Evie Gooch, Katie-Jayne Grieve, Gemma Houghton, Leah Mascall, Hayley Miller, Gabby O'Sullivan, Laura Pugh, Matilda Sergeant, Philipa Seth, Ashley Sharp, Angelique Stannett, Jasmin Stewart, Alex Williams. Rookies: Kate Flood, Lindal Rohde, Aine Tighe Draft picks (7): 12, 21, 35, 51, 66, 81, 85 GEELONG Cassie Blakeway, Madeleine Boyd, Rene Caris, Georgia Clarke, Richelle Cranston, Julia Crockett-Grills, Kate Darby, Olivia Deane-Purcell, Renee Garing, Rebecca Goring, Melissa Hickey, Jordan Ivey, Madeline Keryk, Meghan McDonald, Phoebe McWilliams, Nina Morrison, Aasta O'Connor, Danielle Orr, Denby Taylor, Anna Teague, Sophie Van De Heuvel, Rebecca Webster. Rookies: Maddy McMahon, Georgie Rankin and one spot remaining Father-daughter selection: Millie Brown (Pick 11) Draft picks (6) : 11 (Brown), 34, 50, 65, 80, 98 GOLD COAST Lauren Ahrens (open-age), Lauren Bella (Brisbane), Tiarna Ernst (Western Bulldogs), Tori Groves-Little (Brisbane), Charlotte Hammans, Ellie Hampson (both u/18), Jasmyn Hewett (Adelaide), Jordann Hickey (Melbourne), Kalinda Howarth (open-age), Leah Kaslar, Paige Parker, Emma Pittman (all Brisbane), Sally Riley (Adelaide), Molly Ritson, Maddy Roberts, Taylor Smith (all open-age), Jamie Stanton (North Melbourne), Kate Surman, Tayla Thorn (both open-age), Sam Virgo (Brisbane), Kitara Whap-Farrar (u/18), Jacqui Yorston (Brisbane). Rookies: None – 3 spots remaining Draft picks (8): 18, 22, 38, 42, 57, 69, 86, 91 GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY Jessica Allan (Adelaide), Jacinda Barclay, Nicola Barr, Rebecca Beeson, Elle Bennetts, Yvonne Bonner, Ellie Brush, Jess Dal Pos, Alicia Eva, Amanda Farrugia, Tanya Hetherington, Jodie Hicks, Erin McKinnon, Ingrid Nielsen, Alyce Parker, Pepa Randall, Aimee Schmidt, Cora Staunton, Louise Stephenson, Britt Tully, Haneen Zreika. Rookie: Taylah Davies and two spots remaining Draft picks (9): 4, 23, 29, 61, 76, 90, 95, 97, 99 MELBOURNE Libby Birch (Western Bulldogs), Harriet Cordner, Tegan Cunningham, Meg Downie, Maddison Gay, Madeleine Guerin, Tyla Hanks, Shelley Heath, Kate Hore, Bianca Jakobsson, Ainslie Kemp, Sarah Lampard, Lily Mithen, Aliesha Newman, Elise O'Dea, Karen Paxman, Daisy Pearce, Lauren Pearce, Shelley Scott, Casey Sherriff, Shae Sloane, Katherine Smith, Eden Zanker. Rookies: Chantel Emonson, Sinead Goldrick, Niamh McEvoy Draft picks (4): 54, 72, 77, 78 NORTH MELBOURNE Sophie Abbatangelo, Kaitlyn Ashmore, Daria Bannister, Daisy Bateman, Nicole Bresnehan, Jenna Bruton, Jess Duffin, Jasmine Garner, Britt Gibson, Kate Gillespie-Jones, Jasmine Grierson, Chloe Haines, Libby Haines, Danielle Hardiman, Emma Humphries, Emma Kearney, Elisha King, Emma King, Taylor Mesiti, Tahlia Randall, Ash Riddell, Jess Trend. Rookies: Aileen Gilroy, Beth Lynch, Mairead Seoighe Draft picks (5): 10, 32, 49, 64, 79 RICHMOND Christina Bernardi (Greater Western Sydney), Maddy Brancatisano (Melbourne), Katie Brennan (Western Bulldogs), Hannah Burchell (Geelong), Grace Campbell (open-age), Monique Conti (Western Bulldogs), Alice Edmonds (open-age), Sabrina Frederick (Brisbane), Kodi Jacques, Akec Makur Chuot, Rebecca Miller (all open-age), Phoebe Monahan (Greater Western Sydney), Iilish Ross (Collingwood), Tayla Stahl, Courtney Wakefield (both open-age) Rookie: Gabby Seymour and two spots remaining Pre-draft selections: Laura Bailey, Kate Dempsey, Alana Woodward Draft picks (13): 7, 25, 31, 40, 43, 55, 58, 71 (Laura Bailey pre-draft selection), 73, 84 (Kate Dempsey pre-draft selection), 87, 93, 96 (Alana Woodward pre-draft selection) ST KILDA Alison Brown (open-age), Alison Drennan (North Melbourne), Nat Exon (Brisbane), Clara Fitzpatrick, Caitlin Greiser (both open-age), Darcy Guttridge (Collingwood), Sammie Johnson (open-age), Selena Karlson (Western Bulldogs), Poppy Kelly (open-age),Melissa Kuys (Collingwood), Tilly Lucas-Rodd (Carlton), Emma Mackie (Western Bulldogs), Kate McCarthy (Brisbane), Molly McDonald (u/18), Courteney Munn (North Melbourne), Kelly O'Neill (open age), Cat Phillips (Melbourne), Isabella Shannon (u/18), Jess Sedunary (Adelaide), Kate Shierlaw, Olivia Vesely (both open-age), Rhiannon Watt (Carlton), Claudia Whitfort (Melbourne). Rookies: None – 3 spots remaining Draft picks (7): 5, 24, 27, 30, 33, 41, 63 WEST COAST Ashlee Atkins (Fremantle), Kate Bartlett (Western Bulldogs), Emily Bonser (open-age), Mikayla Bowen (u/18), Hayley Bullas (open-age), Melissa Caulfield (Fremantle), Maddy Collier (Greater Western Sydney), Cassie Davidson (Fremantle), Beatrice Devlyn (open-age), McKenzie Dowrick (Brisbane), Kellie Gibson, Brianna Green, Courtney Guard (nee Stubbs; all Fremantle), Ashton Hill (open-age), Dana Hooker, Alicia Janz, Parris Laurie (all Fremantle), Emily McGuire, Danika Pisconeri (both open-age), Belinda Smith (Western Bulldogs), Emma Swanson (Greater Western Sydney). Rookies: Mhicca Carter, Grace Kelly, Niamh Kelly Pre-draft selection: Sophie McDonald (pick 39) Inactive list: Rosie Deegan (USA college basketball) Draft picks (6): 19, 39 (McDonald), 56, 70, 92, 101 WESTERN BULLDOGS Deanna Berry, Ellie Blackburn, Eleanor Brown, Nicole Callinan, Naomi Ferres, Ellyse Gamble, Angelica Gogos, Ashleigh Guest (Melbourne), Bailey Hunt, Isabel Huntington, Kirsty Lamb, Brooke Lochland, Aisling McCarthy, Kirsten McLeod, Celine Moody, Kim Rennie, Hannah Scott, Lauren Spark, Bonnie Toogood, Aisling Utri. Rookies: Katy Herron, Danielle Marshall and one spot remaining Father-daughter selection: Isabella Grant (pick 47) Draft picks: 1, 6, 8, 9, 47 (Grant), 48, 62, 88
This allows us to look at league structures that will work from 2022 onward and figure out what this means for 2020 and 2021.