With four new teams and an extra week of finals, the 2020 NAB AFL Women's Season is shaping up to be a big one.
The GIANTS belong to conference A, and will kick off their 2020 season against expansion team Gold Coast Suns.
Teams will play every side in its conference once, as well as two "crossover" matches with sides from the other conference.
The GIANTS will host Geelong in round seven, which forms half of an historic double-header with the clubs' men's teams to play their round one clash that day as well.
CONFERENCE A
Adelaide (first in A in 2019, premiers)
North Melbourne (third in A in 2019)
Geelong (second in B in 2019)
GIANTS (third in B in 2019)
Brisbane (fourth in B in 2019)
Gold Coast (new team)
Richmond (new team)
CONFERENCE B
Fremantle (second in A in 2019)
Melbourne (fourth in A in 2019)
Western Bulldogs (fifth in A in 2019)
Carlton (first in B in 2019)
Collingwood (fifth in B in 2019)
St Kilda (new team)
West Coast (new team)
Conferences were arranged via a snaking pattern based on last season's results in an attempt to balance the competitive strength of each pool.
The number of wins recorded by each side in 2019 were added up within the two conferences, with the teams in pool A recording 18 and the teams in pool B winning 17.
The top three sides in each conference will qualify for finals, with the teams who finished first in each pool given a bye in the first week of finals.
FINALS STRUCTURE
Week one, April 4-5
Semi-final one: A2 v B3
Semi-final two: B2 v A3
Byes: A1, B1
Week two, April 11-12
Preliminary final one: A1 v winner of B2/A3
Preliminary final two: B1 v winner of A2/B3
Grand Final, April 18
Winners of preliminary finals
The 2020 NAB AFL Women's Season begins on Friday, February 7.
