Erin Phillips remains north star as sun sets on AFLW season filled with winners | Emma Race

Adelaide’s premiership star swept individual medals after a campaign belonging to the fans

After nine short weeks the AFLW season is over. Tuesday night’s W-Awards brought down the curtain on another compelling season of women’s footy and now is a salient time to review this ever-changing competition.

In one of a number of departures from the norm, the tradition of a Friday night season opener at Princes Park was erased this year. The league cited feedback from players that Friday night footy was challenging for players also juggling work commitments. AFLW fans baptised on the hype of Friday night footy felt it was a certain miss, especially on International Women’s Day which serendipitously fell on a Friday.

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