Overview
- Brisbane forward Dakota Davidson has been cleared of serious injury and may play in the upcoming AFLW Grand Final against North Melbourne.
- Zarlie Goldsworthy of GWS has won the Rising Star award, while North Melbourne's Jasmine Garner is expected to win her first league best-and-fairest award.
- Emma Kearney of North Melbourne has earned the AFLW All-Australian honour for all eight seasons, the only player to do so.
- AFLW boss Nicole Livingstone has announced her departure after the grand final, having led the AFLW from an eight-team competition to a league with a women's side for all 18 AFL clubs.
- The AFLW competition is now the largest employer of female athletes in Australia, with average earnings set to rise to $82,000 by 2027.