2022 VFL Women's season

The 2022 VFL Women's season was the sixth season of the VFL Women's (VFLW). The season commenced on 12 February and concluded with the grand final on 3 July. went through the season undefeated and won its first VFLW premiership, defeating the by 35 points in the grand final; this resulted in the first completed VFLW season since 2019 after COVID-19 disruptions affected the previous two seasons.

The season consisted of 14 games for each of the 12 clubs, all of whom returned from the 2021 VFL Women's season. For the first time, all matches were available to watch via the AFL website/app or the VFL/VFLW YouTube channel.

Ladder
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Round 2

Round 3

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

Awards

 * Lambert-Pearce Medal (Best and Fairest):  Georgia Nanscawen  – 33 votes
 * Rohenna Young Medal (Leading Goal kicker): Federica Frew  – 29 goals
 * Debbie Lee Medal (Rising Star): Tahlia Fellows
 * Coaches MVP: Georgia Nanscawen
 * Coach of the Year: Brendan Major
 * Lisa Hardeman Medal (Best on ground VFL Women's Grand Final): Alana Barba