The AFLW competition will feature 18 teams from the 2022/23 season, the AFL Commission has announced.
Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney Swans will join the current 14 teams for the 2022/23 season.
The move means that every current AFL men’s team will also have a women’s team.
“Simply, the competition is now whole,” AFL boss Gillon McLachlan said.
“We have 18 AFLW clubs to send a message to every female playing footy they can play for any one of our AFLW teams.”
The upcoming 2021/22 season will remain at 14 teams to allow the new sides to prepare to enter the competition.
The AFLW started as an eight-team competition in 2017.
More to come.
Source: AFL NEWS ABC
