2017 Geelong Football Club women's season

Geelong Football Club
2017 (VFLW) season
President	Colin Carter
Coach	Paul Hood; (1st season)
Captain(s)	Rebecca Goring; (1st season)
Home ground	Simonds Stadium; Anthony Costa Oval; Deakin University, Waurn Ponds
VFLW	5th
VFLW Best & Fairest	Lily Mithen
Leading goalkicker	Kate Darby (19)
	2018 →

The 2017 Geelong Football Club women's season was the club's first season of women's Australian rules football contested by the Geelong Football Club, competing in the second season of the VFL Women's competition, after failing to secure a licence to compete in the inaugural AFL Women's competition that began in 2017.

Background[]

The first season of the VFL Women's (VFLW) league was held in 2016, and consisted of ten teams from the now-defunct Victorian Women's Football League.

In October 2016, Geelong announced that they would be taking over the licence to operate a VFL Women's team, replacing the Geelong Magpies who had competed in the 2016 season.^[1]

Paul Hood was appointed the club's inaugural VFLW coach, having previously coached Geelong's VFL team in 2015.

Results[]

Key
H	Home game
A	Away game

Table of season results^[2]
Round	Date	Result	Score			Opponent	Score			Ground
Round	Date	Result	G	B	T	Opponent	G	B	T	Ground
1	6 May	Won	9	4	58	Box Hill Hawks	0	2	2	Simonds Stadium	H
2	13 May	Won	11	7	73	Seaford	4	2	26	Shell Road Reserve, Ocean Grove	H
3	28 May	Won	3	5	23	Cranbourne	2	4	16	Frenken Homes Oval (Casey Fields No 2)	A
4	4 June	Lost	2	3	15	Darebin	11	11	77	Plenty War Memorial Park	A
5	18 June	Lost	3	2	20	VU Western Spurs	7	5	47	Henry Turner Memorial Reserve, Footscray	A
6	25 June	Lost	3	2	20	Melbourne University	8	8	56	Anthony Costa Oval, Geelong	H
7	2 July	Lost	4	0	24	St Kilda Sharks	4	8	32	Deakin University, Waurn Ponds	H
8	29 June	Won	9	8	62	Seaford	2	3	15	R F Miles Recreation Reserve, Seaford	A
9	16 July	Won	11	6	72	Cranbourne	4	2	26	Osborne Park, North Geelong	H
10	29 July	Lost	1	1	7	Darebin	2	8	20	IKON Park	A
11	5 August	Won	4	5	29	Box Hill Hawks	2	3	15	Box Hill City Oval	A
12	12 August	Won	6	5	41	VU Western Spurs	1	3	9	Anthony Costa Oval, Geelong	H
13	20 August	Won	11	8	74	Eastern Devils	5	5	35	Deakin University, Waurn Ponds	H
14	27 August	Lost	4	3	27	Eastern Devils	8	7	55	Mulgrave Reserve	A

Ladder[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Darebin (P)	14	12	2	873	319	273.7	48	Finals series
2	Diamond Creek	14	12	2	803	421	190.7	48
3	Melbourne University	14	10	4	755	414	182.4	40
4	St Kilda Sharks	14	10	4	749	493	151.9	40
5	Geelong Cats	14	8	6	545	431	126.5	32
6	VU Western Spurs	14	7	7	563	584	96.4	28
7	Eastern Devils	14	5	9	684	708	96.6	20
8	Box Hill Hawks	14	3	11	382	718	53.2	12
9	Cranbourne	14	3	11	298	889	33.5	12
10	Seaford	14	0	14	260	935	27.8	0

Source: SportsTG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Awards[]

Best & Fairest: Lily Mithen
VFL Women’s Team of the Year: Richelle Cranston (Wing), Lily Mithen (Half forward)^[3]

References[]

^ "Cats announce VFL women's side". Geelong Football Club. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ "2017 Season Scores and Results". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "VFL WOMEN'S TEAM OF THE YEAR". Victorian Football League. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

External links[]

Official website of the Geelong Football Club
Official website of the AFL Women's

[1] "Cats announce VFL women's side". Geelong Football Club. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[2] "2017 Season Scores and Results". Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[3] "VFL WOMEN'S TEAM OF THE YEAR". Victorian Football League. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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