# 2022 Geelong Football Club season

The 2022 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 158th season playing Australian rules football, with the club competing in their 123rd season in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong also fielded a women's team in both 2022 AFL Women's season 6 and 2022 AFL Women's season 7, and a men's and women's reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the VFL Women's (VFLW) respectively.

## AFL team
### Season summary

It was the club's twelfth AFL season under senior coach Chris Scott, with Joel Selwood appointed as club captain for a seventh successive year. In the 2022 AFL season Geelong finished the home-and-away season with an 18-4 record, to finish on top of the league ladder to claim the McClelland Trophy, and qualify for the 2022 finals series. The club would win consecutive finals at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to qualify for the 2022 AFL Grand Final where it defeated Sydney 20.13 (133) to 8.4 (52) to claim the club's tenth V/AFL premiership.
After the home-and-away season, Jeremy Cameron and Tom Hawkins were the club's leading goalkickers with 59 goals each. Cameron and Hawkins were both selected in the 2022 All-Australian team along with backman Tom Stewart, utility Mark Blicavs, and fellow forward Tyson Stengle. Young full-back Sam De Koning finished second in the AFL Rising Star to Collingwood's Nick Daicos.

### Pre-season

Geelong defeated Richmond in a pre-season scratch match at GMHBA Stadium played over six periods with both senior and reserves players. The final score was Geelong 20.27 (147) vs. Richmond 21.16 (142). Geelong also competed in 2022 AAMI Community Series against Gold Coast and were defeated 13.17 (95) vs. Geelong's 11.6 (72). Geelong's home-and-away season began on 19 March against Essendon at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

### Coaching staff

Chris Scott continued as the club's men's senior coach for a twelfth season, and in May 2022, signed a two-year contract extension until the end of the 2024 season.
Following the end of the 2021 season, Geelong overhauled their football department, with Matthew Scarlett, Corey Enright, and Matthew Knights departing. Several former Geelong players joined the football department as their replacements. Coming in as head of medical and conditioning services were Harry Taylor, head of player development Matthew Egan, and development coaches James Kelly and Josh Jenkins. Joining them were Jason Lappin (football analyst) and the recently retired Eddie Betts (development).
Geelong instituted a non-traditional coaching structure in 2022 with the club moving away from assistant coaches being responsible for specific positions.
2022 Geelong coaching staff :
| Role | Name |
| Senior coach | Chris Scott |
| Assistant coach | Nigel Lappin |
| Assistant coach | Shaun Grigg |
| Assistant coach | James Kelly |
| Head of player development | Matthew Egan |
| Development coach | Eddie Betts |
| Development coach | Josh Jenkins |
| Ruck coach | Brad Ottens |

### Playing list
#### Changes

At the end of the 2021 AFL season, three players (Josh Jenkins, Lachie Henderson, and Stefan Okunbor) retired, and four players (Ben Jarvis, Cameron Taheny, Oscar Brownless, and Charlie Constable) were delisted.
Deletions from playing list :
| Player | Reason |
| Nathan Kreuger | Traded to Collingwood |
| Darcy Fort | Traded to Brisbane Lions |
| Jordan Clark | Traded to Fremantle |
| Josh Jenkins | Retired |
| Lachie Henderson | Retired |
| Stefan Okunbor | Retired |
| Ben Jarvis | Delisted |
| Cameron Taheny | Delisted |
| Oscar Brownless | Delisted |
| Charlie Constable | Delisted |
Additions to playing list :
| Player | Acquired |
| Tyson Stengle | Delisted free agent (from Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL) |
| Jonathon Ceglar | Traded from Hawthorn |
| Toby Conway | No. 24, 2021 national draft |
| Mitchell Knevitt | No. 25, 2021 national draft |
| James Willis | No. 32, 2021 national draft |
| Flynn Kroeger | No. 48, 2021 national draft |
| Cooper Whyte | No. 64, 2021 national draft |
| Oliver Dempsey | No. 15, 2022 rookie draft |
| Zane Williams | No. 12, 2022 mid-season rookie draft |
* $^a$ Tyson Stengle was delisted by Adelaide during the 2021 pre-season

#### Statistics

Key :
| ^ | Denotes player who was on the club's standard rookie list, and therefore eligible for senior selection. |
| # | Denotes Category B rookie where player needed to be elevated to club's senior list during this season to be eligible for senior selection. |
Playing list and statistics :
| Player | No. | Games | Goals | Behinds | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Tackles | Hitouts | Milestone(s) |
| Tom Atkins^ | 30 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 238 | 214 | 452 | 65 | 157 | 0 | |
| Jed Bews | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 134 | 115 | 249 | 79 | 43 | 0 | 150th game (Preliminary final) |
| Mark Blicavs | 46 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 186 | 239 | 425 | 97 | 121 | 350 | |
| Jeremy Cameron | 5 | 24 | 65 | 37 | 272 | 116 | 388 | 141 | 34 | 1 | 500th goal (round 12) 200th game (round 15) |
| Jonathon Ceglar | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 47 | Club debut (round 20) |
| Brad Close^ | 45 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 181 | 213 | 394 | 85 | 93 | 0 | 50th game (round 21) |
| Toby Conway | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Luke Dahlhaus | 40 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 64 | 104 | 20 | 19 | 0 | |
| Patrick Dangerfield | 35 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 226 | 178 | 404 | 70 | 49 | 0 | 300th game (round 23) |
| Sam De Koning | 16 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 138 | 281 | 120 | 6 | 4 | |
| Oliver Dempsey^ | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | AFL debut (round 6) |
| Mitch Duncan | 22 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 342 | 173 | 515 | 184 | 35 | 0 | 250th game (round 16) |
| Francis Evans | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |
| Cameron Guthrie | 29 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 316 | 297 | 613 | 90 | 124 | 0 | |
| Zach Guthrie | 39 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 224 | 97 | 321 | 116 | 48 | 0 | 50th game (round 22) |
| Tom Hawkins | 26 | 25 | 67 | 43 | 221 | 107 | 328 | 142 | 39 | 85 | 700th goal (round 14) |
| Jack Henry | 38 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 119 | 65 | 184 | 82 | 24 | 6 | 100th game (round 19) |
| Shaun Higgins | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 42 | 83 | 15 | 19 | 0 | |
| Max Holmes | 9 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 161 | 119 | 280 | 68 | 42 | 0 | |
| Mitch Knevitt | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | AFL debut (round 8) |
| Jake Kolodjashnij | 8 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 111 | 276 | 107 | 33 | 0 | 150th game (round 21) |
| Flynn Kroeger | 25 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Sam Menegola | 27 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 87 | 38 | 125 | 28 | 8 | 0 | |
| Gryan Miers | 32 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 174 | 153 | 327 | 80 | 47 | 0 | |
| Oisin Mullin# | 34 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Quinton Narkle | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 28 | 68 | 21 | 8 | 0 | |
| Shannon Neale | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 14 | AFL debut (round 11) |
| Mark O'Connor | 42 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 171 | 106 | 277 | 84 | 56 | 0 | |
| Brandan Parfitt | 3 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 168 | 180 | 348 | 32 | 80 | 0 | 100th game (round 5) |
| Esava Ratugolea | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 13 | |
| Gary Rohan | 23 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 71 | 37 | 108 | 31 | 29 | 0 | |
| Joel Selwood | 14 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 238 | 221 | 459 | 67 | 91 | 0 | 350th game (round 20) |
| Sam Simpson | 37 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Isaac Smith | 7 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 339 | 178 | 517 | 161 | 31 | 0 | 250th game (round 17) |
| Rhys Stanley | 1 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 146 | 111 | 257 | 64 | 36 | 418 | |
| Tyson Stengle | 18 | 25 | 53 | 27 | 247 | 114 | 361 | 82 | 64 | 0 | Club debut (round 1) |
| Cooper Stephens | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 40 | 76 | 14 | 11 | 0 | AFL debut (round 8) |
| Nick Stevens | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tom Stewart | 44 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 354 | 111 | 465 | 146 | 40 | 1 | |
| Paul Tsapatolis# | 36 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Zach Tuohy | 2 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 351 | 169 | 520 | 120 | 44 | 0 | 250th game (Grand Final) |
| Cooper Whyte | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Zane Williams^ | 41 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| James Willis | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |

### Results

Key :
| H | Home game |
| A | Away game |
| QF | Qualifying final |
| PF | Preliminary final |
| GF | Grand Final |
Table of 2022 AFL season results :
| Round | Date | Result | Score | Score | Score | Opponent | Score | Score | Score | Ground | Ground | Attendance | Ladder |
| Round | Date | Result | G | B | T | Opponent | G | B | T | Ground | Ground | Attendance | Ladder |
| 1 | 19 March | Won | 20 | 18 | 138 | Essendon | 11 | 6 | 72 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | H | 54,495 | 1st |
| 2 | 25 March | Lost | 10 | 17 | 77 | Sydney | 17 | 5 | 107 | Sydney Cricket Ground | A | 36,578 | 7th |
| 3 | 2 April | Won | 16 | 8 | 104 | Collingwood | 13 | 13 | 91 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | A | 52,974 | 7th |
| 4 | 8 April | Won | 11 | 14 | 80 | Brisbane Lions | 11 | 4 | 70 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 20,505 | 5th |
| 5 | 18 April | Lost | 11 | 14 | 80 | Hawthorn | 14 | 8 | 92 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | A | 48,030 | 7th |
| 6 | 24 April | Won | 17 | 19 | 121 | North Melbourne | 9 | 7 | 61 | Blundstone Arena | A | 8,663 | 6th |
| 7 | 30 April | Lost | 10 | 6 | 66 | Fremantle | 10 | 9 | 69 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 20,136 | 7th |
| 8 | 7 May | Won | 12 | 16 | 88 | Greater Western Sydney | 4 | 11 | 35 | Manuka Oval | A | 11,661 | 5th |
| 9 | 14 May | Lost | 11 | 14 | 80 | St Kilda | 13 | 12 | 90 | Marvel Stadium | A | 32,517 | 7th |
| 10 | 21 May | Won | 11 | 16 | 82 | Port Adelaide | 7 | 5 | 47 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 18,721 | 6th |
| 11 | 28 May | Won | 15 | 7 | 97 | Adelaide | 7 | 13 | 55 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 19,051 | 6th |
| 12 | 3 June | Won | 12 | 11 | 83 | Western Bulldogs | 10 | 10 | 70 | Marvel Stadium | A | 34,370 | 4th |
| 13 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 5th |
| 14 | 18 June | Won | 12 | 9 | 81 | West Coast | 9 | 9 | 63 | Optus Stadium | A | 32,526 | 4th |
| 15 | 25 June | Won | 13 | 11 | 89 | Richmond | 13 | 8 | 86 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | H | 59,335 | 2nd |
| 16 | 2 July | Won | 21 | 18 | 144 | North Melbourne | 5 | 2 | 32 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 18,091 | 2nd |
| 17 | 7 July | Won | 12 | 19 | 91 | Melbourne | 9 | 9 | 63 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 21,501 | 1st |
| 18 | 16 July | Won | 12 | 13 | 85 | Carlton | 8 | 7 | 55 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | A | 68,208 | 1st |
| 19 | 23 July | Won | 16 | 10 | 106 | Port Adelaide | 14 | 10 | 94 | Adelaide Oval | A | 30,937 | 1st |
| 20 | 30 July | Won | 14 | 10 | 94 | Western Bulldogs | 9 | 12 | 66 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 22,106 | 1st |
| 21 | 6 August | Won | 17 | 8 | 110 | St Kilda | 10 | 5 | 65 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 20,583 | 1st |
| 22 | 13 August | Won | 18 | 11 | 119 | Gold Coast | 9 | 5 | 59 | Metricon Stadium | A | 14,728 | 1st |
| 23 | 20 August | Won | 19 | 17 | 131 | West Coast | 7 | 4 | 46 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 21,098 | 1st |
| QF | 3 September | Won | 11 | 12 | 78 | Collingwood | 10 | 12 | 72 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | H | 91,525 | — |
| PF | 16 September | Won | 18 | 12 | 120 | Brisbane Lions | 7 | 7 | 49 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | H | 77,677 | — |
| GF | 24 September | Won | 20 | 13 | 133 | Sydney | 8 | 4 | 52 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | H | 100,024 | — |

### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Geelong (P) | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2146 | 1488 | 144.2 | 72 | Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1936 | 1483 | 130.5 | 64 | Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2067 | 1616 | 127.9 | 64 | Finals series |
| 4 | Collingwood | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1839 | 1763 | 104.3 | 64 | Finals series |
| 5 | Fremantle | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1739 | 1486 | 117.0 | 62 | Finals series |
| 6 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2147 | 1799 | 119.3 | 60 | Finals series |
| 7 | Richmond | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2165 | 1780 | 121.6 | 54 | Finals series |
| 8 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1973 | 1812 | 108.9 | 48 | Finals series |
| 9 | Carlton | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1857 | 1714 | 108.3 | 48 | |
| 10 | St Kilda | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1703 | 1715 | 99.3 | 44 | |
| 11 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1806 | 1638 | 110.3 | 40 | |
| 12 | Gold Coast | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1871 | 1820 | 102.8 | 40 | |
| 13 | Hawthorn | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1787 | 1991 | 89.8 | 32 | |
| 14 | Adelaide | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1721 | 1986 | 86.7 | 32 | |
| 15 | Essendon | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1737 | 2087 | 83.2 | 28 | |
| 16 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1631 | 1927 | 84.6 | 24 | |
| 17 | West Coast | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1429 | 2389 | 59.8 | 8 | |
| 18 | North Melbourne | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1337 | 2397 | 55.8 | 8 | |

### Awards
#### League awards

* Norm Smith Medal: Isaac Smith
* Gary Ayres Award: Patrick Dangerfield
* All-Australian: Tom Hawkins (C), Mark Blicavs, Jeremy Cameron, Tyson Stengle, Tom Stewart
* Tom Wills Award: Patrick Dangerfield (Round 1 vs Essendon)
* Rising Star: Sam De Koning (Nominated – Round 11)

#### Club Awards

* Carji Greeves Medal: Jeremy Cameron & Cameron Guthrie
* Best Young Player Award: Sam De Koning
* Tom Harley Best Clubman: Tom Atkins
* Carter Family Community Champion Award: Joel Selwood

## VFL team

Coached by Shane O'Bree, Geelong entered their reserve players into the Victorian Football League competition for the 22nd season since the competition merged with the AFL Reserves competition in 2000. Former Sydney player Matt Ling was appointed co-captain with Jackson McLachlan.
In the 18-match home-and-away season played over 22 rounds, Geelong did not qualify for the finals, finishing 14th on the ladder with an 8–10 win-loss record. Hit by injuries and availability issues, over 60 players made at least one VFL appearance for the season, with only co-captains Ling and McLachlan featuring in all 18 matches with Daniel Capiron. AFL-listed player Shannon Neale kicked 33 goals from 15 appearances to be the leading goalkicker for the club.

### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
| 12 | Sandringham | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1442 | 1534 | 94.0 | 34 |
| 13 | Greater Western Sydney (R) | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1302 | 1395 | 93.3 | 34 |
| 14 | Geelong (R) | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1271 | 1444 | 88.0 | 32 |
| 15 | Essendon (R) | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1454 | 1672 | 87.0 | 32 |
| 16 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1346 | 1589 | 84.7 | 28 |

### Awards

* Best and Fairest: Jye Chalcraft
* Little Vic Award (Best first year player): Ben Lloyd

## Women's team
### 2022 AFL Women's season 6
#### Summary

Following the departure of inaugural coach Paul Hood, the club appointed former Geelong player Daniel Lowther as head coach. Lowther had previously joined the AFLW team coaching staff in 2020 as an assistant coach looking after the midfield.
Number two pick in the 2021 AFL Women's draft Georgie Prespakis was nominated for the Rising Star Award, for her performance in the opening round of the season against North Melbourne; with 2020 draftee Darcy Moloney also nominated for the award later in the season.

#### Playing list
##### Statistics

Playing list and statistics :
| Player | No. | Games | Goals | Behinds | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Tackles |
| Rene Caris | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 6 |
| Danielle Higgins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Amy McDonald | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 125 | 210 | 5 | 81 |
| Darcy Moloney | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 57 | 98 | 7 | 36 |
| Jordan Ivey | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 62 | 15 | 15 |
| Julia Crockett-Grills | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 37 | 73 | 9 | 39 |
| Madisen Maguire | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 10 |
| Kate Darby | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 15 | 62 | 16 | 20 |
| Nina Morrison | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 57 | 110 | 7 | 47 |
| Georgie Rankin | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 28 | 68 | 15 | 34 |
| Meg McDonald | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 35 | 80 | 20 | 20 |
| Renee Garing | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Olivia Fuller | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 6 | 14 |
| Chloe Scheer | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 76 | 12 | 20 |
| Olivia Barber | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 4 |
| Chantel Emonson | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 26 | 97 | 13 | 35 |
| Georgia Clarke | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Laura Gardiner | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 39 | 67 | 5 | 22 |
| Millie Brown | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zali Friswell | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 8 | 17 |
| Rebecca Webster | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 81 | 87 | 168 | 14 | 63 |
| Rachel Kearns | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 13 | 61 | 12 | 34 |
| Phoebe McWilliams | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 60 | 23 | 18 |
| Maddy McMahon | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 49 | 110 | 38 | 13 |
| Stephanie Williams | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Claudia Gunjaca | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 7 |
| Sophie Van De Heuvel | 27 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 22 | 63 | 10 | 20 |
| Denby Taylor | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carly Remmos | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Annabel Johnson | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 12 | 12 |
| Gabbie Featherston | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 5 |
| Georgie Prespakis | 41 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 63 | 133 | 6 | 68 |
| Madeline Keryk | 45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 33 | 95 | 9 | 18 |

#### Results

Key :
| H | Home game |
| A | Away game |
Table of season results :
| Round | Date | Result | Score | Score | Score | Opponent | Score | Score | Score | Ground | Ground | Attendance |
| Round | Date | Result | G | B | T | Opponent | G | B | T | Ground | Ground | Attendance |
| 1 | 8 January | Lost | 2 | 6 | 18 | North Melbourne | 4 | 2 | 26 | Arden Street Oval | A | 1,872 |
| 2 | 15 January | Lost | 2 | 5 | 17 | Carlton | 4 | 7 | 31 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 2,144 |
| 3 | 21 January | Lost | 3 | 6 | 24 | Collingwood | 5 | 5 | 35 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 2,265 |
| 4 | 29 January | Lost | 4 | 1 | 25 | Brisbane | 3 | 9 | 27 | Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex | A | 1,832 |
| 5 | 4 February | Won | 4 | 3 | 27 | West Coast | 3 | 6 | 24 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 1,938 |
| 6 | 11 February | Lost | 6 | 2 | 38 | Gold Coast | 7 | 7 | 49 | Metricon Stadium | A | 863 |
| 7 | 18 February | Lost | 2 | 4 | 16 | Western Bulldogs | 3 | 10 | 28 | Victoria University Whitten Oval | A | 1,530 |
| 8 | 26 February | Won | 5 | 3 | 33 | Richmond | 1 | 4 | 10 | Swinburne Centre | A | 1,521 |
| 9 | 5 March | Lost | 0 | 9 | 9 | St Kilda | 2 | 6 | 18 | RSEA Park | A | 947 |
| 10 | 11 March | Lost | 5 | 5 | 35 | Greater Western Sydney | 8 | 5 | 53 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 1,603 |

#### Ladder

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Adelaide (P) | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 405 | 187 | 216.6 | 36 | Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 470 | 252 | 186.5 | 36 | Finals series |
| 3 | Brisbane | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 496 | 252 | 196.8 | 32 | Finals series |
| 4 | North Melbourne | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 346 | 249 | 139.0 | 28 | Finals series |
| 5 | Fremantle | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 383 | 284 | 134.9 | 28 | Finals series |
| 6 | Collingwood | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 340 | 276 | 123.2 | 24 | Finals series |
| 7 | Western Bulldogs | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 354 | 372 | 95.2 | 18 | |
| 8 | Carlton | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 304 | 362 | 84.0 | 16 | |
| 9 | Greater Western Sydney | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 303 | 409 | 74.1 | 16 | |
| 10 | Gold Coast | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 294 | 431 | 68.2 | 14 | |
| 11 | Richmond | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 344 | 423 | 81.3 | 12 | |
| 12 | Geelong | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 242 | 301 | 80.4 | 8 | |
| 13 | St Kilda | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 213 | 401 | 53.1 | 8 | |
| 14 | West Coast | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 222 | 517 | 42.9 | 4 | |

#### Awards
##### League awards

* AFL Players Association 22under22 squad: Rebecca Webster, Georgie Prespakis

##### Club Awards

* Best and fairest: Amy McDonald
* Geelong AFLW Fan MVP: Amy McDonald
* The 'Hoops' Award: Kate Darby
* Community Champion: Georgie Rankin

### VFLW Season
#### Results

Key :
| H | Home game |
| A | Away game |
| EF | Elimination Final |
Table of season results :
| Round | Date | Result | Score | Score | Score | Opponent | Score | Score | Score | Ground | Ground |
| Round | Date | Result | G | B | T | Opponent | G | B | T | Ground | Ground |
| 1 | 12 February | Won | 11 | 7 | 73 | Carlton | 2 | 2 | 14 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H |
| 2 | 19 February | Won | 5 | 3 | 33 | Hawthorn | 2 | 3 | 15 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H |
| 3 | 26 February | Won | 7 | 10 | 52 | Port Melbourne | 0 | 1 | 1 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H |
| 4 | 5 March | Lost | 3 | 1 | 19 | Southern Saints | 6 | 3 | 39 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H |
| 5 | 12 March | Lost | 5 | 4 | 34 | Casey | 5 | 15 | 45 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H |
| 6 | 27 March | Lost | 1 | 5 | 11 | Essendon | 13 | 11 | 89 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H |
| 7 | 3 April | Won | 7 | 3 | 45 | Western Bulldogs | 1 | 1 | 7 | VU Whitten Oval | A |
| 8 | 9 April | Won | 8 | 9 | 57 | Collingwood | 3 | 4 | 22 | GMHBA Stadium | H |
| 9 | 23 April | Lost | 1 | 3 | 9 | Casey | 8 | 4 | 52 | Casey Fields | A |
| 10 | 30 April | Won | 7 | 8 | 50 | Port Melbourne | 2 | 5 | 17 | ETU Stadium | A |
| 11 | 7 May | Won | 6 | 5 | 41 | North Melbourne | 1 | 8 | 14 | Arden Street Oval | A |
| 12 | 14 May | Won | 9 | 6 | 60 | Darebin | 1 | 2 | 8 | Preston City Oval | A |
| 13 | 22 May | Won | 8 | 4 | 52 | Williamstown | 2 | 5 | 17 | Williamstown Oval | A |
| 14 | 28 May | Won | 6 | 9 | 45 | Collingwood | 4 | 2 | 26 | Olympic Park Oval | A |
| EF | 11 June | Lost | 2 | 6 | 18 | Southern Saints | 4 | 2 | 26 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H |

#### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 798 | 220 | 362.7 | 50 | Finals series |
| 3 | Casey | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 701 | 331 | 211.8 | 44 | Finals series |
| 4 | Geelong Cats | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 581 | 366 | 158.7 | 40 | Finals series |
| 5 | Southern Saints | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 537 | 424 | 126.7 | 38 | Finals series |
| 6 | Collingwood | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 450 | 499 | 90.2 | 28 | Finals series |

#### Awards

* Best and Fairest: Paige Sheppard
* VFL Women's Team of the Year: Laura Gardiner (Rover), Paige Sheppard (Interchange)

### 2022 AFL Women's season 7

The club qualified for the AFLW finals series for the first time since Geelong's inaugural season in the competition in 2019.
Geelong's score of 15.12 (102) and winning margin of 75 points against Sydney in Round 10 was the club's highest score and biggest win in the AFLW; with the first-half score of 9.6 (60) the highest first-half score in AFLW history.

#### Results

Key :
| PS | Pre season game |
| H | Home game |
| A | Away game |
| EF | Elimination final |
Table of season results :
| Round | Date | Result | Score | Score | Score | Opponent | Score | Score | Score | Ground | Ground | Attendance |
| Round | Date | Result | G | B | T | Opponent | G | B | T | Ground | Ground | Attendance |
| PS | 13 August | Won | 8 | 5 | 52 | Gold Coast | 2 | 4 | 16 | Austworld Centre Oval | A | N/A |
| 1 | 28 August | Won | 2 | 3 | 15 | Richmond | 1 | 5 | 11 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 4,252 |
| 2 | 3 September | Won | 3 | 9 | 27 | Fremantle | 0 | 1 | 1 | Fremantle Community Bank Oval | A | 1,086 |
| 3 | 10 September | Lost | 1 | 5 | 11 | Collingwood | 2 | 3 | 15 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 1,957 |
| 4 | 16 September | Lost | 2 | 4 | 16 | North Melbourne | 4 | 4 | 28 | University of Tasmania Stadium | A | 540 |
| 5 | 22 September | Won | 11 | 5 | 71 | St Kilda | 3 | 3 | 21 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 2,898 |
| 6 | 1 October | Won | 5 | 7 | 37 | Western Bulldogs | 5 | 6 | 36 | Mars Stadium | A | 1,731 |
| 7 | 9 October | Won | 6 | 7 | 43 | Essendon | 4 | 4 | 28 | Reid Oval, Warrnambool | A | 4,560 |
| 8 | 15 October | Won | 4 | 10 | 34 | West Coast | 4 | 1 | 25 | Ikon Park | H | 1,085 |
| 9 | 21 October | Lost | 4 | 4 | 28 | Adelaide | 4 | 6 | 30 | Wigan Oval | A | 2,573 |
| 10 | 29 October | Won | 15 | 12 | 102 | Sydney | 4 | 3 | 27 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 2,084 |
| EF | 4 October | Lost | 1 | 8 | 14 | North Melbourne | 2 | 4 | 16 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 4,338 |

#### Ladder

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brisbane | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 545 | 193 | 282.4 | 36 | Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne (P) | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 519 | 184 | 282.1 | 36 | Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 412 | 234 | 176.1 | 32 | Finals series |
| 4 | Richmond | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 321 | 217 | 147.9 | 30 | Finals series |
| 5 | Geelong | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 384 | 222 | 173.0 | 28 | Finals series |
| 6 | Collingwood | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 289 | 244 | 118.4 | 28 | Finals series |
| 7 | Western Bulldogs | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 326 | 297 | 109.8 | 28 | Finals series |
| 8 | North Melbourne | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 382 | 229 | 166.8 | 26 | Finals series |
| 9 | Gold Coast | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 309 | 351 | 88.0 | 20 | |
| 10 | Essendon | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 349 | 354 | 98.6 | 16 | |
| 11 | Greater Western Sydney | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 265 | 420 | 63.1 | 16 | |
| 12 | Fremantle | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 267 | 400 | 66.8 | 14 | |
| 13 | St Kilda | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 309 | 373 | 82.8 | 12 | |
| 14 | Carlton | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 253 | 342 | 74.0 | 12 | |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 245 | 429 | 57.1 | 12 | |
| 16 | West Coast | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 239 | 449 | 53.2 | 8 | |
| 17 | Port Adelaide | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 255 | 361 | 70.6 | 6 | |
| 18 | Sydney | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 207 | 577 | 35.9 | 0 | |

#### Awards
##### League awards

* 2022 AFL Women's season 7 All-Australian team: Georgie Prespakis (Wing); Chloe Scheer (Full forward); Amy McDonald (Interchange)
* Mark of the Year: Chloe Scheer (Round 4 vs. North Melbourne)
* AFL Players Association 22under22 squad: Nina Morrison; Georgie Prespakis; Annabel Johnson

##### Club Awards

* Best and fairest: Amy McDonald
* Geelong AFLW Fan MVP: Georgie Prespakis
* The 'Hoops' Award: Mikayla Bowen
* Community Champion: Kate Darby & Georgie Rankin