The winner of the VFLW Best & Fairest is Melbourne's own Lauren Pearce, who dominated in the ruck for Darebin in 2019. Pearce won with 18 votes from Conti (Richmond, 16 votes) and McIntosh (Essendon, 14 votes). The award itself is now named partly after the 'other' Pearce, Daisy, herself a 6-time winner.

A humble and deserving winner, Lauren is a great asset to our AFLW team and a loyal player for Darebin. After being the runner-up in the 2018 count, Lauren led the way in an inexperienced 2019 Darebin side. While this meant there weren't many players to take votes off her, gaining votes so consistently in a team that won few games speaks to her influence across the league.

Pearce was named in the VFLW Team of the Year as captain. Casey Demons Libby Birch and Bianca Jakobsson also won Team of the Year honours.

Casey's votes in the VFLW B&F:

Jakobsson 10 (5th overall)

Cordner 8

Birch 5

Winbanks 4

Emonson, Scott 3

Smith, Mithen, Guerin, Garner 2

Johnson, Bailey, Tatterson 1

Edited September 10, 20196 yr by Dees_In_October

Rounding out the VFLW season, here are the Casey B&F awards for 2019. Unsurprisingly, the AFLW-listed players dominated the B&F count, with that famous Dees name ending up top. It might be in the blood, but you'd be hard pressed to find a more committed and hard-working player than Harriet Cordner.

Best & Fairest

Winner - Cordner

Joint 2nd - Birch, Jakobsson, Zanker

 

Most Improved - Dyson

Rising Star - Winbanks

Coaches Award - Garner

Casey Trademark & Values Award - Hanks