The AFLW has released the pre-season practice match for the coming week, with seven matches to be held between Friday, December 17 and Tuesday, December 21.
The Suns and Lions will host a scratch-match QClash at Leyshon Park on Friday, with the reigning premiers set to be on show against their cross-town rivals ahead of their 2022 campaign.
The Demons and Magpies will battle it out at Casey Fields at 10:00am on the Saturday, with the Bulldogs and Kangaroos also hosting a match at Whitten Oval later that day at 1:00pm.
Adelaide will host Greater Western Sydney at Norwood Oval on Saturday at 11:30am.
The AFLW has noted that matches between Fremantle/West Coast (5:30pm Tuesday at Cockburn ARC), Carlton/St Kilda (11:00am Saturday at Ikon Park) and Richmond/Geelong (2:00pm Saturday) at the Swinburne Centre) will be closed to the general public.
Teams for each match will be released at 2pm AEDT two days prior to the respective game's commencement.
AFLW pre-season practice match schedule: ๐
| Date | Time (local) | Home Team | Away Team | Venue |
| Friday 17 December | 6.00pm | Gold Coast SUNS | Brisbane Lions | Leyshon Park |
| Saturday 18 December | 11.30am | Adelaide Crows | GWS GIANTS | Norwood Oval |
| Saturday 18 December | 10.00am | Melbourne | Collingwood | Casey Fields |
| Saturday 18 December | 11.00am | Carlton | St Kilda | IKON Park |
| Saturday 18 December | 1.00pm | Western Bulldogs | North Melbourne | VU Whitten Oval |
| Saturday 18 December | 2.00pm | Richmond | Geelong Cats | Swinburne Centre |
| Tuesday 21 December | 5.30pm | Fremantle | West Coast Eagles | Cockburn ARC |
