The AFL is pleased to confirm that the 2025 NAB AFLW Season will commence the week beginning August 11, 2025.
The season start date is two weeks earlier than the previous season and coincides with Round 23 of the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership.
The 2025 NAB AFLW season will encompass 12 home and away rounds over 12 weeks, with no compression and four weeks of finals. The AFLW pre-season dates have also been confirmed, with clubs returning to training on Monday, May 19.
The 2025 NAB AFLW Grand Final will be played on Saturday 29 November.
Sophie McKay has accepted a Father/Daughter nomination to join the Blues, which may make the McKays the first father/daughter x2 in the AFLW, congratulations ! Andrew, Abbie and (now to be) Sophie, quite a troupe 😃
Apologies to Crash if he’s already onto this, I couldn’t find it. This article contains complete team lists starting with the coach and his contract status, retained players, departed players and their destination, incoming players and their previous club and AFL additions to their squads.