Expansion club North Melbourne have recruited strongly and sit among the flag contenders
The 2019 AFLW season begins this weekend with a move away from the traditional Friday night opener in Melbourne. The start to the competition’s latest iteration will be a Saturday night double feature in Geelong and Adelaide – just one of a host of alterations the AFL has made to the women’s competition for its third year.
Replacing the previous seven-round-plus-grand final format, the AFL has introduced conferences and a brief finals series. The team that finishes top of Conference A – containing Western Bulldogs, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle and North Melbourne – will take on the second-placed team in Conference B – Brisbane Lions, Greater Western Sydney, Collingwood, Carlton and Geelong – and vice-versa. The winners will then play for the premiership in the grand final.
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