THE inaugural AFL Women's season is over for Nowra's Maddy Collier and her West Coast Eagles after a decision was handed down on Wednesday in regards to the coronavirus epidemic.
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AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan explained the final two rounds of the 2020 AFLW season have been scrapped as a response to the COVID-19 crisis, with an extended eight-team finals series to kick-off this weekend.
A three-week finals series was previously planned, with the top three sides in each conference qualifying, but while the length of this new finals series is yet to be confirmed, we will see an extra two sides take to the field.
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The sides to qualify from Conference A are North Melbourne, GWS, Brisbane and Gold Coast, while Conference B teams are Fremantle, Carlton, Melbourne and Collingwood.
"We would like to acknowledge and pay tribute to all 14 clubs and players in our competition, who have worked incredibly hard across the season," AFL head of women's football Nicole Livingstone said in a statement.
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"They should be extremely proud of what they have achieved.
"Particularly to the clubs that will be concluding their 2020 season; Adelaide Crows, Geelong, Western Bulldogs, and newcomers West Coast Eagles, St Kilda and Richmond, thank you for your care and commitment to AFLW, your programs and your players.
"We look forward to the next three weeks of finals, and wish all eight teams the best of luck."