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AFLW: Season 2025

Timothy Reddan-A'Blew
in AFLW Melbourne Demons

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Earlier start - Good (less wait!)

No compression - Good (though the girls handled it well)

12 rounds - Good (could do better!)

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1694256/2025-aflw-season-timing-confirmed

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    Pretty happy with this. The league is slowly clawing its way to a somewhat legitimate fixture.

    Once it gets to around 80% of teams played (14/17), the impact of which teams played or not will reduce, and it becomes more like the men's where fairness is certainly compromised (e.g., by who teams play when or who they play twice) but not completely skewed like it is in AFLW now. And with more games, losing a couple because of a tougher fixture shouldn't impact ladder position so much; teams that deserve to be there will be more likely to make it. Of course, it might still take several years to get there, and we'll complain about the fixture even then!

    Still, it's funny/frustrating to look back at what an absurd ride of too-fast expansion it's been.

    H&A season % of teams played League size
    2017 100% 8 teams
    2018 100% 8 teams
    2019* 78% 10 teams
    2020** 62% 14 teams
    2021 69% 14 teams
    2022A 77% 14 teams
    2022B 59% 18 teams
    2023 59% 18 teams
    2024 65% 18 teams
    2025 71% 18 teams
    * Conference system (we were robbed!)
    ** Planned fixture but not fulfilled  
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