Overview
- Week one runs November 7–9 with three games at Ikon Park and Adelaide–St Kilda at Norwood Oval, including Melbourne–Brisbane at Ikon after the Demons’ Casey Fields request was declined.
- League boss Emma Moore said the Grand Final is slated for November 29 at Ikon Park unless Marvel Stadium demand is certain, with the decider under lights at Ikon or early evening at alternate venues.
- North Melbourne meets Hawthorn again at Ikon Park after extending its winning streak to 24, with the Roos downplaying the Hawks’ missed guard of honour as a slip up and Hawthorn captain Emily Bates sidelined this week.
- West Coast reaches its first AFLW finals series and travels to Ikon Park to face Carlton in an elimination final.
- St Kilda is tailoring training to Norwood Oval’s dimensions and monitoring the fitness of Paige Trudgeon, Nic Barr and Liv Vesely for its elimination final against Adelaide.