The fixture for the opening round of grading in the 2022 NFNL women’s football season has been released.
The women’s football competition will feature 23 teams from 18 clubs across the NFNL.
Darebin, Diamond Creek Women’s, Heidelberg, Montmorency and West Preston-Lakeside will each field two teams in the 2022 season.
Grading will again take place over the opening four rounds, with all 23 teams to begin in one competition, before being placed into three divisions after four rounds of grading.
During grading rounds, teams will still be awarded four points for a win and two points for a draw, however percentage will not be carried over to the regular season ladder.
All grading games will have 15-minute quarters. Once grading has been finalised, Division 1 and Division 2 will move to 20-minute quarters, while Division 3 games will remain at 15-minute quarters.
The opening round of the 2022 NFNL Women’s season will be played across two days, with matches scheduled on Saturday April 2 and Sunday April 3.
The season kicks off with a twilight match between West Preston-Lakeside 1 and Eltham at J.E. Moore Park on Saturday April 2. The match will be played directly after the Melbourne Greyhounds Division 1 men’s football match between West Preston-Lakeside and Bundoora.
All remaining Round 1 grading matches will be played on Sunday 3 April, which includes double-headers at A.H. Capp Reserve and Plenty Park Oval.
Continue below for the full Round 1 grading fixture (match days and times are correct as of March 22):
Please note: Fixtures for the remaining three rounds of grading will be released by 5pm Monday ahead of each round.
Saturday April 2
• West Preston-Lakeside 1 v Eltham at J.E. Moore Park @ 4:00pm
Sunday April 3
• Darebin 2 v Banyule at A.H. Capp Reserve @ 1:30pm
• Diamond Creek Women’s 2 v VU Western Spurs at Plenty Park Oval @ 1:30pm
• Darebin 1 v Greensborough at A.H. Capp Reserve @ 3:00pm
• Diamond Creek Women’s 1 v Montmorency 1 at Plenty Park Oval @ 3:00pm
• Fitzroy Stars v Whittlesea at Sir Douglas Nicholls Oval @ 3:00pm
• Hurstbridge v Heidelberg 2 at Ben Frilay Oval @ 3:00pm
• Laurimar v Reservoir at Laurimar Reserve @ 3:00pm
• Lower Plenty v Heidelberg 1 at Montmorency Park South Oval @ 3:00pm
• Mernda v Wallan at Waterview Recreation Reserve @ 3:00pm
• St Mary’s v West Preston-Lakeside 2 at A.K. Lines Reserve @ 3:00pm
• Bye – Montmorency 2
