See all the list changes ahead of the 2023 rebel VFLW season.
The action kicks off this weekend, with six big games scheduled across a bumper opening round.
Entry to all games is free.
All matches in the 2023 Smithy’s VFL and rebel VFLW seasons will be live streamed free via the AFL website and AFL Live Official App.
Last season (as Hawthorn): 12-3-1 (4th)
Coach: Cherie O’Neill
Arrivals: Chloe Bailey (Warragul Industrials), Maddie Boyd (Geelong VFLW), Sunday Brisbane (Fitzroy), Cassie Davidson (Peel Thunder), Hannah Fosbrooke (Port Melbourne), Bella Gray (Old Scotch), Macie Gilmour (Warragul Industrials), Charlotte Hammans (Carlton AFLW), Grace Matser (Collingwood VFLW via North Melbourne AFLW), Annie Muir (Old Scotch), Chantella Perera (returning), Akayla Peterson (Port Melbourne), Drew Ryan (Essendon VFLW), Amanda Tessari (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Caitlin Thorne (Old Scotch) Monique Trusler (Whitehorse Pioneers), Matilda van Berkel (Warragul Industrials), Holly Whitford (Vermont), Erin Woodford (Collingwood VFL), Emerson Woods (Mt Evelyn); New to Hawthorn AFLW: Kaitlyn Ashmore (North Melbourne AFLW), Janet Baird (Gold Coast), Charlotte Baskaran (Aberfeldie/Western Jets), Emily Bates (Brisbane Lions), Greta Bodey (Brisbane Lions), Jess Duffin (North Melbourne AFLW), Mackenzie Eardley (Beleura/Dandenong Stingrays), Laura Elliott (Coburg/Western Jets), Emily Everist (Essendon VFLW), Tahlia Fellows (Melbourne), Jasmine Fleming (Oakleigh Chargers), Aileen Gilroy (North Melbourne AFLW), Bridie Hipwell (Sandringham Dragons), Sophie Locke (Port Melbourne), Tilly Lucas-Rodd (St Kilda), Akec Makur-Chuot (Richmond), Aine McDonagh (County Galway, Ireland), Sarah Perkins (Gold Coast), Louise Stephenson (GWS), Lucy Wales (Casey Demons)
Departures: Jaide Anthony (Sydney), Chloe Bain (Carlton VFLW), Montana Beruldsen (Sydney), Mia Busch (Essendon AFLW), Sarah Cameron (Williamstown), Dom Carbone (delisted), Katelyn Cox (Richmond), Abby Favell (Geelong VFLW), Kara Henderson (Casey Demons), Emma Humphries (West Coast), Jade Hutchinson (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Izzy Khoury (Carlton VFLW), Tahlia Meyer (Gold Coast), Sarah Perrott (Geelong VFLW), Isabelle Porter (delisted), Eliza Shannon (North Melbourne AFLW), Lauren Szigeti (Sydney), Jessie Williams (Port Melbourne). Sophie Bolding, Lauren Camilleri, Alessia Francese, Leesa Guastella, Tilly Hardy, Kristen Hay, Meg Hutchins, Olivia Meagher, Ruby O’Dwyer, Cadhla Schmidli, Grace Walsh, Emmi-Lee Zanker-Close.
Re-signed: Nicole Garner, Abbey Holmes, Sarah Humm, Mietta Kendall, Ellie McLinden, Grace McRae, Jordan Mifsud, Alisha Molesworth, Kristy Stratton, Jess Trend, Nadia von Bertouch, Sky Wilson, Jade Wise. AFLW: Zoe Barbakos, Tegan Cunningham, Bridget Deed, Ainslie Kemp, Tamara Luke, Jenna Richardson. Promoted to AFLW: Catherine Brown.
Last season: 4-9-1 (9th)
Coach: Tom Stafford
Arrivals: Chloe Bain (Hawthorn VFLW), Lulu Beatty (Darebin/Northern Knights), Kaitlyn Day, Teagan Brett (Williamstown), Octavia Di Donato (Essendon VFLW/Bendigo Pioneers), Joyce Dunne (West Brunswick), Mia Haas (Darebin/Northern Knights), Elizabeth Hosking (Essendon VFLW), Emily Hurley, Jessica Joyce (Port Melbourne), Madison Katerelos (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Izzy Khoury (Carlton VFLW), Kasey Lennox (Essendon VFLW), Amy Malander (Hawthorn VFLW), Megan Runting (Essendon Doutta Stars), Georgia Tait (Diamond Creek), Bree Unthank (Coburg), Ruby Watts (Gisborne). AFLW: Mia Austin (Eastern Ranges), Christina Bernardi (Richmond), Harriet Cordner (Richmond), Jess Good (Sturt), Gen Lawson-Tavan (Darebin via Sydney), Phoebe McWilliams (Geelong), Taylor Ortlepp (basketball), Tahlia Read (Fremantle), Keeley Skepper (Collingwood), Amelia Velardo (Collingwood AFLW)
Departures: Jorja Borg (Essendon AFLW), Lauren Brazzale (Collingwood AFLW), Grace Egan (Richmond), Georgia Gee (Essendon AFLW), Serena Gibbs (Fremantle), Charlotte Hammans (Box Hill Hawks), Marnie Jarvis (Collingwood VFLW), Courtney Jones (Richmond via Gold Coast), Lucy McEvoy (Sydney), Elise O’Dea (retired), Natalie Plane (St Kilda), Brooke Plummer (Geelong AFLW), Madison Prespakis (Essendon AFLW), Poppy Schaap (Geelong VFLW), Nicola Stevens (St Kilda), Lauren Sulieman (Williamstown), Brooke Vernon (retired via Western Bulldogs AFLW), Brooke Walker (Essendon AFLW), Rylie Wilcox (Western Bulldogs AFLW), Charlotte Wilson (Melbourne), Maddi Wilson (Essendon VFLW), Ella Smallacombe. Sarah Ingram, Abbey Jordan, Steph Lawrence, Jennifer Lew, Charli Linssen, Olivia Madden, Nadia Moore, Jessica Stramandinoli, Jasmine Ware, Teresa Zampaliogne.
Re-signed: Ally Bild, Mia Cowan, Madeleine Di Cosmo, Bry Gurr, Esther Honybun, Millie Klingbeil, Taylah Kolevski, Vanessa Murphy, Thomay Nicolaou, Laura Robertson, Ashlee Thorneycroft, Eliza Wood. AFLW: Jess Dal Pos, Maddy Guerin, Mimi Hill, Vaomua Laloifi, Annie Lee, Abbie McKay, Imogen Milford, Breann Moody, Kerryn Peterson, Gabriella Pound, Keeley Sherar, Paige Trudgeon, Darcy Vescio, Brooke Vickers, Daisy Walker. Promoted to AFLW: Lily Goss.
Last season: 12-5 (3rd)
Coach: Peter Mercoulia
Arrivals: Zoe Bailey (Diamond Creek), Steph Barnett (Old Melburnians), Ciara Burke (Old Haileybury), Tylah Burn (South Belgrave-Lysterfield/Gippsland Power), Kaitlyn Carew (Williamstown), Kara Henderson (Hawthorn VFLW), Clare Keohane (Southern Saints), Shelby Knoll (Castlemaine), India Lehman (Caulfield Grammarians), Marla Neal (Collingwood VFLW), Niamh O’Neill (Caulfield Grammarians), Kasey Phillips (Vermont), Ciara Sexton (Caulfield Grammarians), Siobhan Sheerin (Caulfield Grammarians), Dayna Smith (Seaford), Shaye Symes (Seaford), Tegan Williams (Essendon VFLW); Melbourne: Georgina Fowler (GWS), Georgia Gall (Seymour), Jordan Ivey (Geelong AFLW), Blaithin Mackin (Ireland), Rhiannon Watt (St Kilda), Charlotte Wilson (Carlton AFLW)
Departures: Charlotte Blair (Collingwood AFLW), Alison Brown (delisted), Maggie Caris (delisted), Amber Clarke (Essendon AFLW), Yasmin Duursma (Port Adelaide), Tahlia Fellows (Hawthorn), Taylah Gatt (North Melbourne AFLW), Jackie Parry (Geelong AFLW), Daisy Pearce (retired), Krstel Petrevski (West Coast), Shelley Scott (Geelong AFLW), Isabella Simmons (West Coast), Brenna Tarrant (Sydney), Lucy Wales (Hawthorn), Steph Wales (Essendon AFLW), Katie Angelis, Amelia Blair, Georgia Byrne, Rebecca Grant, Monica Harasimiuk, Bianca Lenarcic, Lauren Magee, Zoe Mitchell, Shanara Notman, Tara Reiter, Chelsie Selleck, Brooke Smith
Re-signed: Brooke Borchard, Caitlin Conroy, Ella Dempster, Alison Dowler, Shree Fairchild, Melanie Hogg, Emma Horne, Ally Kirkwood, Amy Laing, Jennifer Macdonald, Indiana Makai, Cara McCrossan, Eloise O’Connor, Steph Rummel, Leah Swain, Kelly Thompson, Belinda Woolcock. AFLW: Alyssa Bannan, Libby Birch, Georgia Campbell, Maeve Chaplin, Gabby Colvin, Megan Fitzsimon, Maddison Gay, Tahlia Gillard, Sinead Goldrick, Tyla Hanks, Tayla Harris, Shelley Heath, Kate Hore, Sarah Lampard, Eliza McNamara, Lily Mithen, Karen Paxman, Lauren Pearce, Olivia Purcell, Casey Sheriff, Eliza West, Eden Zanker. Promoted to Melbourne: Sammie Johnson
Last season: 7-8 (6th)
Coach: Chloe McMillan
Arrivals: Jess Bates (SMOSH-West Lakes), Rene Caris (Geelong AFLW), Riley Christgoergl (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Lauren Durante (Diamond Creek), Sarah Hosking (Williamstown), Tannah Hurst (Darebin), Marnie Jarvis (Carlton VFLW), Selena Karlson (Old Haileybury), Therese McCafferty (Collegians), Eleri Morris (Inner West Magpies), Evangelia Nikolitsis (Clayton), Emily Shepherd (Mt Martha), Ella Southgate (Beaumaris), Jazmine Tweddle-O’Donnell (Figtree Saints), Alyssa Weston (Endeavour Hills), Alyssa Whiley (Hermit Park). AFLW: Olivia Barber (Geelong AFLW), Charlotte Blair (Casey Demons), Ash Brazill (netball), Lauren Brazzale (Carlton AFLW), Grace Campbell (North Melbourne AFLW), Mikala Cann (Collingwood AFLW), Brianna Davey (knee), Imogen Evans (Coolangatta-Tweed/Gold Coast Academy), Nell Morris-Dalton (Western Bulldogs AFLW), Sarah Sansonetti (Richmond), Emily Smith (cricket), Tarni White (St Kilda)
Departures: Sophie Alexander (Essendon AFLW), Hannah Bowey (North Melbourne AFLW), Eloise Chaston (delisted), Steph Chiocci (St Kilda), Alison Downie (retired), Jaimee Lambert (St Kilda), Grace Matser (Box Hill Hawks via North Melbourne AFLW), Jordan Membrey (Gold Coast), Chloe Molloy (Sydney), Abbi Moloney (delisted), Marla Neal (Casey Demons), Aliesha Newman (Sydney/Williamstown), Ebony O’Dea (Port Adelaide), Danica Pederson (Williamstown), Keeley Skepper (Carlton AFLW), Bella R. Smith (Sydney), Amelia Velardo (Carlton AFLW), Erin Woodford (Box Hill Hawks), Imogen Purcell, Zoe Allan, Shanel Camelleri, Kara Colborne-Veel, Mollie Emond, Demi Hallett, Cahlia Haslam, Isabelle Harding, Michaela Harding, Alexandra McCulloch, Neve O’Connor, Ebony Wroe
Re-signed: Caitlin Bunker, Rhiannon Busch, Tricia Cowan, Monique Dematteo, Nyakoat Dojiok, Nicole Hales, Amy Kane, Sarah King, Elizabeth Jackson, Katie Lee, Georgia Ricardo, Amelie Smith, Olivia Storer, Charlotte van der Vlies, Nicola Weston, Matilda Zander. AFLW: Jordyn Allen, Imogen Barnett, Brittany Bonnici, Tarni Brown, Lauren Butler, Sophie Casey, Erica Fowler, Sabrina Frederick, Eliza James, Stacey Livingstone, Joanna Lin, Alana Porter, Sarah Rowe, Ruby Schleicher, Aisling Sheridan. Promoted to AFLW: Charlotte Taylor.
Last season: 5-9 (8th)
Coach: Kate Tyndall
Arrivals: Shannon Egan, Mia Giannopoulos (Old Yarra Cobras), Rebecca Goring (Newtown & Chilwell), Sacha Kenna (Darebin NFNL), Zoe Larkins (Redan), Piper Louey (Kew), Julia Phung (Darebin NFNL), Stefania Velona (West Brunswick), Grace Wake (Diamond Creek), Alesha White (Endeavour Hills)
Departures: Lulu Beatty (Carlton VFLW), Nicole Callinan (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Mia Haas (Carlton VFLW), Tannah Hurst (Collingwood VFLW), Manaia Huta (Essendon VFLW), Mikayla Meyer (Williamstown), Gen Lawson-Tavan (Carlton AFLW via Sydney), Ellen Buckley, Alice Caddy, Kiara Camilleri, Naomi Celebre, Katelyn Hazlett, Georgia Hammond, Rachel Harris, Rachel Hibbert, Katie McAloon, Julia McArdle, Tori Snelleksz
Re-signed: Victoria Blackwood, Sabine Cowley du Parquet, Angelica Gogos, Ashleigh Gunn, Paije Kearney, Sally Lynch, Emma Mackay, Karly McNiece, Alyssa Mifsud, Trinity Mills, Steph Normington-Dickens, Sophia Padovano, Mikayla Plunkett, Angelique Reibelt, Simone Ruedin, Millie Shone, Stephanie Simpson, Vanja Smiljanic, Chloe Weston-Sirett
Last season: 15-0-2 (Premiers)
Coach: Travis Cloke (new)
Arrivals: Lily Bateman (Maribyrnong Park), Melanie Bateman (Marcellin), Tia Davidge (Castlemaine), Madison Gray (Port Melbourne), Caitlin Grech (Strathmore), Tayla Hart-Aluni (Moonee Valley), Manaia Huta (Darebin), Shelby Meyers (Oak Park), Jaimee-Lee Morrow (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Maddy Pearson (St Bedes-Mentone), Chloe Prpic (Coburg), Jayda Richardson (Yarra Valley Cobras), Krystal Russell (Yarraville/Western Jets), Leah Spargo (Keilor), Sophie Ure (Moonee Valley), Maddi Wilson (Carlton VFLW); Essendon AFLW: Sophie Alexander (Collingwood AFLW), Daria Bannister (North Melbourne AFLW), Brooke Brown (North Melbourne AFLW), Mia Busch (Hawthorn VFLW), Stephanie Cain (Fremantle/Swan Districts), Amber Clarke (Casey Demons), Georgia Clarke (Geelong AFLW), Leah Cutting (St Kilda), Ellyse Gamble (Western Bulldogs AFLW), Georgia Gee (Carlton AFLW), Zoe Hurrell (Sydney), Kodi Jacques (Richmond), Cat Phillips (St Kilda), Madison Prespakis (Carlton AFLW), Caitlin Sargent (North Melbourne VFLW), Paige Scott (Geelong VFLW), Casidhe Simmons (GWS), Annabelle Strahan (Western Bulldogs AFLW), Bonnie Toogood (Western Bulldogs AFLW), Sophie van de Heuvel (Geelong AFLW), Mia van Dyke (Geelong VFLW), Ash van Loon (Geelong VFLW), Jacqui Vogt (St Kilda), Steph Wales (Casey Demons), Brooke Walker (Carlton AFLW), Lily-Rose Williamson (Traralgon/Gippsland Power), Jessica Wuetschner (Brisbane Lions)
Departures: Marianna Anthony (North Melbourne VFLW), Stephanie Asciak (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Eloise Ashley-Cooper (delisted), Bella Ayre (delisted), Lauren Caruso (Port Melbourne), Octavia Di Donato (Carlton VFLW), Emily Everist (Hawthorn), Sarah Ford (Sydney), Federica Frew (delisted), Elizabeth Hosking (Carlton VFLW), Nicole Julian (Essendon VFLW), Kasey Lennox (Carlton VFLW), Abbey McDonald (Geelong AFLW), Simone Nalder (St Kilda), Drew Ryan (Box Hill Hawks), Jordan Zanchetta (delisted), Maykaylah Appleby, Eloise Gardner, Isabel Currenti, Rebecca McDonagh, Cecilia McIntosh, Mikaela Trethowan, Tegan Williams
Re-signed: Bella Clarke, Mia-Rae Clifford, Eleanor Cornish, Tamsin Crook, Grace Dicker, Gloria Elarmaly, Kendra Heil, Olivia Manfre, Natalie McDonald, Scarlett Orritt, Reese Sutton, Courtney Ugle. AFLW: Alana Barba, Joanne Doonan, Danielle Marshall, Alex Morcom, Georgia Nanscawen, Amelia Radford, Renee Tierney.
Last season: 10-5 (5th)
Coach: Elise Coventry (new)
Arrivals: Abbey Barber (St Mary’s Gee), Ruby Bowers (Grovedale), Olivia Cicolini (Port Melbourne), Cheryl De Groot (Geelong Amateurs), Lucy Della Monica (St Mary’s Gee), Abby Favell (Hawthorn VFLW), Ella Firth (St Mary’s Gee), Mia Fuller (Lara), Emma Gilligan (Geelong Amateurs), Alyssa Johnstone (South Warrnambool), Mackenzie McGrath (Geelong Amateurs), Jane McMeel (South Warrnambool), Sophie O’Dea (Geelong West Giants), Sarah Perrott (Hawthorn VFLW), Poppy Schaap (Carlton AFLW), Danielle Stewart (St Mary’s Gee), Olivia Stewart (Geelong Amateurs), Eliza Wilson-MacDonald (Lara), Elise Vella (St Mary’s Gee), Emily Worpel (Grovedale). AFLW: Mikayla Bowen (West Coast), Renee Garing (returning), Samantha Gooden (Glenelg), Ingrid Houtsma (Richmond), Abbey McDonald (Calder Cannons/Essendon VFLW), Jackie Parry (Melbourne), Brooke Plummer (Carlton AFLW), Shelley Scott (Melbourne), Kate Surman (Port Adelaide)
Departures: Olivia Barber (Collingwood AFLW), Maddie Boyd (Box Hill Hawks), Millie Brown (Western Bulldogs AFLW), Rene Caris (Collingwood VFLW), Georgia Clarke (Essendon AFLW), Elise Coventry (retired), Laura Gardiner (Sydney), Jordan Ivey (Melbourne), Madeline Keryk (Port Adelaide), Madisen Maguire (North Melboure VFLW), Maddy McMahon (retired), Phoebe McWilliams (Carlton AFLW), Paige Scott (Essendon AFLW), Paige Sheppard (Sydney), Tamara Smith (Hawthorn), Sophie van de Heuvel (Essendon VFLW), Mia van Dyke (Essendon AFLW), Ash van Loon (Essendon AFLW), Stephanie Williams (Richmond), Lujeyn Al-Huneidi, Rosie Cox, Sophie Dinneen, Lizzie Dowling, Mia Featherston, Lauren Gibbs, Keeley Hardingham, Danielle Higgins (AFLW), Isabella Hill, Indya Kirby, Brittany McLaughlin, Taylah Nelson, Carly Remmos (AFLW), Kara Stacey, Brooke Wells, Jaime Woollett
Re-signed: Breanna Beckley, Sachi DeGiacomi, Annie Haigh, Chloe Leonard, Analea McKee, Ava McKeegan, Breanna Pratt, Emily Ramsay, Laura Ryan, Kalani Scoullar, Charlotte Simpson, AFLW: Julia Crockett-Grills, Kate Darby, Chantel Emonson, Gabbi Featherston, Zali Friswell, Olivia Fuller, Claudia Gunjaca, Annabel Johnson, Rachel Kearns, Amy McDonald, Meghan McDonald, Darcy Moloney, Nina Morrison, Georgie Prespakis, Georgie Rankin, Chloe Scheer, Rebecca Webster. Promoted to AFLW: Melissa Bragg, Mia Skinner.
Last season: 6-8 (7th)
Coach: Steph Binder
Arrivals: Marianna Anthony (Essendon VFLW), Brooke Barwick (Glenorchy / Tasmania Devils), Georgia Clark (Tasmania Devils), Dalia Edward (St Kevin’s), Zara Flanigan (Fitzroy), Mackenzie Ford (Tasmania Devils), Tunisha Kikoak (North Launceston/Tasmania Devils), Elisha King (Melbourne University), Madisen Maguire (Geelong AFLW), Mara McSweeney (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Jess Nursey (Montmorency), Bella Parker (North Hobart/Tasmania Devils), Kayla Peake (VU Western Spurs), Margie Purcell (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Paige Ryan (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Mackie Sutcliffe (Glenorchy), Felicity Theodore (Oak Park), Jasmyn Thompson (Tasmania Devils), Genevieve Walsh (West Brunswick), Nikita Wright (Western Bulldogs VFLW). AFLW: Hannah Bowey (Collingwood VFLW), Taylah Gatt (Casey Demons), Charli Granville (Hawthorn VFLW), Cassidy Mailer (Port Melbourne), Sophia McCarthy (Williamstown), Erika O’Shea (County Cork, Ireland), Lucinda Pullar (Brisbane Lions), Zoe Savarirayan (soccer), Eliza Shannon (Hawthorn), Kate Shierlaw (St Kilda), Vikki Wall (County Meath, Ireland)
Departures: Sophie Abbatangelo (delisted), Georgia Alomes (Port Melbourne), Kaitlyn Ashmore (Hawthorn), Daria Bannister (Essendon AFLW), Daisy Bateman (Western Bulldogs AFLW), Brooke Brown (Essendon AFLW), Grace Campbell (Collingwood AFLW), Jess Duffin (retired via Hawthorn), Molly Eastman (Richmond via Sydney), Meghan Gaffney (GWS), Aileen Gilroy (Hawthorn), Alexia Hamilton (Sydney), Ella Maurer (Gold Coast), Taylor Moss (Williamstown), Caitlin Sargent (Essendon AFLW), Sarah Skinner (Sydney), Laura Wright (Port Melbourne), Candice Belbin (AFLW), Amy Bissett (AFLW), Jemma Blair (AFLW), Rachel Burton, Jennifer Guy, Hannah Ibrahim, Perri King (AFLW), Lisa Loughnane, Ellie MacDonald, Kayleigh Murrihy, Madeline Price, Tara Slender (AFLW), Dearne Taylor, Annalise Vine
Re-signed: Tegan Bradley, Kiara Delia, Ciara Fitzgerald, Reni Hicks, Jade Hillas, Jess Jones (via Carlton AFLW), Marli Klaumanns-Moller, Mietta McDonald, Ashlea Melnikas, Jess Mourney, Georgia Nicholas, Emily Paterno, Audrey Rhodes, Annabel Scott, Brooke Slaney, AFLW: Nicole Bresnehan, Jenna Bruton, Tess Craven, Bella Eddy, Jasmine Ferguson, Jasmine Garner, Ellie Gavalas, Danielle Hardiman, Emma Kearney, Emma King, Mia King, Alice O’Loughlin, Tahlia Randall, Kim Rennie, Ash Riddell, Amy Smith, Sarah Wright. Promoted to AFLW: Elizabeth McGrath (via Port Adelaide), VFLW retained from AFLW: Brittany Gibson.
Last season: 3-11 (10th)
Coach: Sean Buncle
Arrivals: Georgia Alomes (North Melbourne VFLW), Keely Byrne (Frankston), Lauren Caruso (Essendon VFLW), Maddie Convery (Inner West Magpies/Swans Academy), Tanya Farrell (Collegians), Jasmine Farrugia (Spotswood), Isobel Hartog, Molly Maloney (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Maggie McKellar (South Croydon), Eliza Morrison (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Tilly Mottram (Caulfield Grammarians), Chanelle Slater (Southern Saints), Saraid Taylor (Richmond AFLW), Taylah Watson (West Brunswick), Kristy Whitehead (Wodonga Raiders), Jessie Williams (Hawthorn VFLW), Laura Wright (North Melbourne VFLW). Richmond: Katelyn Cox (Hawthorn VFLW), Molly Eastman (North Melbourne VFLW via Sydney) Grace Egan (Carlton AFLW), Libby Graham (GWS), Caitlin Greiser (St Kilda), Courtney Jones (Carlton AFLW via Gold Coast), Amelia Peck (Southern Saints), Charley Ryan (St Kilda), Eilish Sheerin (Inner West Magpies), Stephanie Williams (Geelong AFLW), Jemima Woods (Western Bulldogs AFLW)
Departures: Christina Bernardi (Carlton AFLW), Maddy Brancatisano (Gold Coast), Hannah Burchell (delisted), Dom Carruthers (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Olivia Cicolini (Geelong VFLW), Sarah Dargan (Sydney), Hannah Fosbrooke (Box Hill Hawks), Madison Gray (Essendon VFLW), Ingrid Houtsma (Geelong AFLW), Kodi Jacques (Essendon AFLW), Jessica Joyce (Carlton VFLW), Sophie Locke (Hawthorn), Cassidy Mailer (North Melbourne AFLW), Akec Makur-Chuot (Hawthorn), Sophie Molan (delisted), Akayla Peterson (Box Hill Hawks), Sarah Sansonetti (Collingwood AFLW), Freya Taylor (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Courtney Wakefield (retired), Lauren Atkinson, Maddy Baldwin, Mia Briedis, Lucy De Gleria Cade, Lucy Grocock, Eilish Grundon, Keely James, Tara Jasper, Molly Kennedy, Chloe Locke, Hannah McLaren (Richmond), Zoe McWhinney, Sabrine Navarro, Rebecca Niclasen (Richmond), Iilish Ross (Richmond), Caley Ryan, Tayla Stahl (Richmond), Georgia Wilson, Bridie Winbanks
Re-signed: Kate Adams, Olivia Barton (via Essendon AFLW), Nayely Borg, Courteney Bromage, Alice Campbell, Lisa Davie, Kate Dudley, Claire Dyett, Tayissa Gray, Emily Harley, Melissa Kuys, Jorja Livingstone, Kaitlyn O’Keefe, Maddi Shaw, Bella Stutt, Beth Wilson. Richmond: Katie Brennan, Monique Conti, Sarah D’Arcy, Kate Dempsey, Jess Hosking, Sarah Hosking, Poppy Kelly, Meagan Kiely, Tessa Lavey, Beth Lynch, Meg Macdonald, Laura McClelland, Ellie McKenzie, Rebecca Miller, Stella Reid, Gabby Seymour, Maddie Shevlin, Emilia Yassir.
Last season: 12-5-1 (2nd)
Coach: Michelle Densley (1st season)
Arrivals: Eleanor Butler (Frankston), Georgia Foran (Caulfield Grammarians), Meg Ginnivan (Castlemaine), Grace Hodder (Old Haileybury), Sera Kaukiono, Dakota Mason (Swans Academy), Jane Moore (gaelic football), Charli Murphy (Bentleigh), Sophie Phillips (Seaford), Beth Pinchin (Fitzroy), Michelle Podnecky (Seaford), Yara Taylor (Hillside), Abbey Tregellis (Mornington), Jemma Webster (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Jemima Wrigley (Old Scotch). St Kilda: J’Noemi Anderson (St Mary’s NT), Steph Chiocci (Collingwood AFLW), Grace Kelly (West Coast), Jaimee Lambert (Collingwood AFLW), Caitlin Matthews (Oakleigh Chargers), Erin McKinnon (GWS), Simone Nalder (Essendon VFLW), Natalie Plane (Carlton AFLW), Nicola Stevens (Carlton AFLW), Jesse Wardlaw (Brisbane Lions), Serene Watson (Gold Coast)
Departures: Lucy Burke (delisted), Leah Cutting (Essendon AFLW), Caitlin Greiser (Richmond), Clare Keohane (Casey Demons), Tilly Lucas-Rodd (Hawthorn AFLW), Jess Matin (delisted), Kate McCarthy (Western Bulldogs AFLW via Hawthorn AFLW), Amelia Peck (Richmond), Cat Phillips (Essendon AFLW), Charley Ryan (Richmond), Jacqui Vogt (Essendon AFLW), Chanelle Slater (Port Melbourne), Kate Shierlaw (North Melbourne AFLW), Rhiannon Watt (Melbourne), Tarni White (Collingwood AFLW), Alana Woodward (Sydney), Grace Buchan, Hannah Dyson, Olivia Flanagan, Chloe Leighton, Shannon Nolan, Katie Prendergast, Paige Price (St Kilda), Olivia Robinson, Chloe Saultry, Isabella Shannon (St Kilda), Hannah Smith, Pia Staltari, Emma Stuber, Nikki Wallace.
Re-signed: Mel Bertuna, Sarah Black, Tessa Boyd, Madison Capsalis, Nicki Cormack, Gabriella De Angelis, Bella Enno, Maighan Fogas, Ilena Gentile, Alexandra Hynes, Tayla Kearns, Margaret Kershaw, Winnie Laing, Georgia McLean, Rebecca Neaves, Ebony Nixon, Kayla Ripari. St Kilda: Alice Burke, Rosie Dillon, Nat Exon, Ella Friend, Darcy Guttridge, Bianca Jakobsson, Molly McDonald, Rebecca Ott, Georgia Patrikios, Hannah Priest, Ashleigh Richards, Renee Saulitis, Tyanna Smith, Jade van Dyk, Olivia Vesely, Nicola Xenos. Promoted to St Kilda: Deanna Jolliffe, Hannah Stuart.
Last season: 0-14 (12th)
Coach: Rhys Cahir (new)
Arrivals: Pamela Amber, Stephanie Asciak (Essendon VFLW), Roxy Beuzeville, Nicole Callinan (Darebin), Dom Carruthers (Port Melbourne), Paige Cook (Werribee Centrals), Erica Greet, Maddie Hendrie, Kiara Henry, Tylah Hooper (Essendon Doutta Stars), Jade Hutchinson (Hawthorn VFLW), Brianna McFarlane, Emmalyn Nekrep (St Joseph’s), Jaimi Paten (Williamstown CYMS), Caitlin Pickett, Jacinta Reid (Spotswood), Isabella Robson (Redan), Ashleigh Snow (West Preston-Lakeside), Crystal Summers (Stawell Warriors), Jaimi Tabb, Freya Taylor (Port Melbourne), Kyla Tracey (Southern Power) AFLW: Daisy Bateman (North Melbourne AFLW), Millie Brown (Geelong AFLW), Keely Coyne (Old Brighton/Sandringham Dragons), Kate McCarthy (St Kilda via Hawthorn), Kirsten McLeod (returning), Gabby Newton (returning), Brooke Vernon (Carlton AFLW), Rylie Wilcox (Northern Knights/Carlton VFLW), Heidi Woodley (West Preston-Lakeside/Calder Cannons)
Departures: Phoebe Chisholm (Williamstown), Riley Christgoergl (Collingwood VFLW), Ellyse Gamble (Essendon AFLW), Ellie Huggard (Williamstown), Isabel Huntington (GWS), Madison Katerelos (Carlton VFLW), Amanda Ling (delisted), Brooke Lochland (Sydney), Molly Maloney (Port Melbourne), Mara McSweeney (North Melbourne VFLW), Nell Morris-Dalton (Collingwood AFLW), Eliza Morrison (Port Melbourne), Jaimee-Lee Morrow (Essendon VFLW), Margie Purcell (North Melbourne VFLW), Paige Ryan (North Melbourne VFLW), Annabelle Strahan (Essendon AFLW), Amanda Tessari (Box Hill Hawks), Bonnie Toogood (Essendon AFLW), Eliza Vale (Sydney), Jemma Webster (Southern Saints), Jemima Woods (Richmond), Nikita Wright (North Melbourne VFLW), Kymberly Bays, Katelyn Betts, Louise Bibby, Megan Chadwick, Lauren Clymo, Nina Coghill, Emma Collard, Lilli Condon, Laura Elliot, Meghann Geschke, Brittany Grech, Ashleigh Guest (AFLW), Brooke Hards, Bridie Kinghorn, Madison Lister, Sarah McCausland, Stephanie Perret, Cassandra Pittard, Lucy Schneider, Hannah Scott (AFLW), Kitty Smyth, Jamie-Lee Speakman, Summer Trim, Molly Walton, Amber Wescombe, Annaleise Xanthos
Re-signed: India Barker, Mikalya Barnes, Tarrah Delgado, Melanie Freeman, Maddie Marks, Mali McLeod, Tahlia Meier, Mary Sandral, Trinity Skenderis. AFLW: Elle Bennetts, Deanna Berry, Ellie Blackburn, Eleanor Brown, Richelle Cranston, Alice Edmonds, Naomi Ferres, Jessica Fitzgerald, Elisabeth Georgostathis, Isabella Grant, Britney Gutknecht, Sarah Hartwig, Bailey Hunt, Gemma Lagioia, Kirsty Lamb, Katie Lynch, Celine Moody, Isabelle Pritchard, Aurora Smith, Elizabeth Snell.
Last season: 2-11-1 (11th)
Coach: Liam Cavanagh (new)
Arrivals: Alessia Aquario (Williamstown CYMS), Teagan Brett (Carlton VFLW), Sarah Cameron (Hawthorn VFLW), Phoebe Chisholm (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Sophie Damon (Coburg), Maddie Edwards (Coburg), Brittney Gray (Coburg), Zoe Day (Williamstown CYMS), Ellie Huggard (Western Bulldogs VFLW), Nicole Julian (Essendon VFLW), Charlotte Linsen (Redan), Mikayla Meyer (Darebin), Taylor Moss (North Melbourne VFLW), Aliesha Newman (Collingwood AFLW via Sydney), Danica Pederson (Collingwood VFLW), Natasha Phipps (Coburg), Malaya Rodezno (Williamstown CYMS), Michelle Sliwinski (Moonee Valley), Lauren Sulieman (Carlton VFLW), Sarah Thomas (Williamstown CYMS), Eliza Vivian (Aberfeldie).
Departures: Gabrielle Biedenweg-Webster (Gold Coast), Kaitlyn Carew (Casey Demons), Sarah Hosking (Collingwood VFLW), Sophia McCarthy (North Melbourne AFLW), Aimee Whelan (Sydney), Amie Antonello, Ella Baxter, Madison Blackburn, Alanna Doherty, Matisse Hunter, Lana King, Christy Landwehr, Maddison Lawrence, Megan Lawrence, Sasha Long, Kasey Maddock, Akima Manoah, Cassie McWilliam, Paige Nash, Payton Ozols, Olivia Purcell, Asha Price, Paige Price, Charity Russell, Cleo Saxon-Jones, Kate Scott, Shaneece Stratton, Olivia Woods, Isabel Young.
Re-signed: Ruby Barnes, Stella Bridgewater, Ellie Cleland, Tayla Dinuccio, Danika Di Santo, Scarlett Dunell, Emily Eaves, Sofi Georgas, Jasmine Kawa, Bridie Kennedy (via Sydney), Elsa Mangan, Erin Meade, Alana Sarec, Lori Stepnell, Eliza Straford, Ruby Tripodi, Camryn Tyrell, Sharnie Whiting, Thalia Wright