Coach - Michael Stinear
Captains - Daisy Pearce
Finishing Position: 4th
Best and Fairest - Karen Paxman and Tyla Hanks
Leading Goalkicker - Kate Hore (12)
Major Sponsor: Hertz

Behind Daisy Pearce and vice-captain Karen Paxman, the leadership group included Tyla Hanks, Libby Birch, Maddie Gay, Sarah Lampard, Lily Mithen and Kate Hore.

The competition returned to one ladder after the previous use of A and B conferences. In a season extended to nine games for the first time, Melbourne won their last four home and away games to qualify for the finals, they made the Preliminary Final before being defeated.

Fixtures were regularly altered due to COVID19 related travel restrictions. Melbourne was originally scheduled to play St Kilda in Round 3 before the opposition became North Melbourne. For the rest of the season the fixture was gradually announced. They won four matches in a row to qualify for their second consecutive finals series, making it to the Preliminary Final before being eliminated.

In Round 8, Jane Lange coached the side in place of Michael Stinear, who was waiting the birth of his child.

Tyla Hanks was named the AFLW's Rising Star for the season.

Opposition	Result	Score
Geelong	WIN	55-34

Premiership season

Round	Opposition	Result	Score
1	Gold Coast	WIN	56-21
2	Richmond	WIN	44-28
3	North Melbourne	WIN	60-51
4	Western Bulldogs	LOSS	24-37
5	Collingwood	LOSS	14-49
6	St. Kilda	WIN	66-22
7	Adelaide	WIN	43-28
8	Fremantle	WIN	37-32
9	Brisbane	WIN	38-36
EF	Fremantle	WIN	40-23
PF	Adelaide	LOSS	15-33

Playing list

Number	Player	Games	Goals
1	Tegan Cunningham	11	6
2	Meg Downie	3	0
3	Maddie Gay	9	2
4	Karen Paxman	11	4
5	Tyla Hanks	11	2
6	Daisy Pearce	9	3
7	Shae Sloane	0	0
8	Sarah Lampard	9	0
9	Libby Birch	11	0
10	Kate Hore	10	12
11	Chantel Emonson	8	0
12	Shelley Scott	11	10
13	Mietta Kendall	0	0
14	Lily Mithen	11	1
15	Lauren Pearce	11	2
16	Alyssa Bannan	11	6
17	Niamh McEvoy	3	0
18	Casey Sherriff	11	0
19	Jacqueline Parry	11	4
20	Brenna Tarrant	9	1
21	Maggie Caris	0	0
22	Eliza McNamara	11	2
23	Sinead Goldrick	6	0
24	Megan Fitzsimon	2	0
25	Isabella Simmons	0	0
26	Lauren Magee	7	0
29	Eden Zanker	11	2
30	Shelley Heath	11	1
31	Krstel Petrevski	2	1
32	Gabrielle Colvin	11	0

Ladder

	W	D	L	%	P
Adelaide	7	0	2	208.41	28
Brisbane	7	0	2	195.0	28
Collingwood	7	0	2	190.53	28
Melbourne	7	0	2	130.38	28
Fremantle	6	0	3	185.15	24
North Melbourne	6	0	3	142.48	24
Carlton	5	0	4	125.76	20
Western Bulldogs	5	0	4	88.24	20
Greater Western Sydney	4	0	5	74.07	16
Richmond	3	0	6	84.55	12
St. Kilda	3	0	6	69.57	12
West Coast	2	0	7	53.01	8
Geelong	1	0	8	40.20	4
Gold Coast	0	0	9	36.51	0

Club best and Fairest

	Player	Votes
1st	Tyla Hanks	64
1st	Karen Paxman	64
3rd	Lauren Pearce	57
4th	Kate Hore	55
5th	Lily Mithen	47
6th	Eden Zanker	46
6th	Shelley Heath	46
8th	Shelley Scott	45
9th	Maddison Gay	44
10th	Tegan Cunningham	37
10th	Jacqueline Parry	10
10th	Libby Birch	10
13th	Eliza McNamara	34
14th	Daisy Pearce	33
14th	Gabby Colvin	33
16th	Casey Sherriff	31
17th	Sarah Lampard	29
18th	Alyssa Bannan	27
19th	Sinead Goldrick	26
20th	Brenna Tarrant	21
21st	Lauren Magee	17
22nd	Chantel Emonson	16
23rd	Meg Downie	8
24th	Niamh McEvoy	5
25th	Krstel Petrevski	4
26th	Megan Fitzsimon	3

Other award winner

Trademark player - Shelley Scott

AFL Best and Fairest

Player	Votes
Karen Paxman	13
Tyla Hanks	8
Lily Mithen	5
Lauren Pearce	4
Eden Zanker	4
Tegan Cunningham	3
Daisy Pearce	3
Shelley Scott	2

Tribunal

Round	Player	Charge	Sanction
2	Lily Mithen	Rough conduct (Dangerous tackle)	$400 fine

Coaching staff

Jane Lange - Senior Assistant Coach/Forward Coach
Peter Mercoulia - Assistant Coach - Midfield
Pat McKenna - Assistant Coach - Defence
Brooke Patterson - Defence development coach
Tamara Hyett - Midfield development coach
Jon Stinear - Forward development coach
Justin Crough - Ruck/stoppage development coach

Media
melbournefc.com.au - 16/01/2021