2019–20 W-League

W-League
Season2019–20
ChampionsMelbourne City
PremiersMelbourne City
Matches played57
Goals scored153 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerMorgan Andrews
Natasha Dowie
Kristen Hamilton
Remy Siemsen
(7 goals each)
Longest winning run13 matches
Melbourne City
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Melbourne City
Longest winless run8 matches
Adelaide United
Longest losing run6 matches
Adelaide United
All statistics correct as of 21 March 2020.

The 2019–20 W-League season was the twelfth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. Nine teams competed in the league, with most of the players from Australia but 33 of them from 11 other countries.[1]

Melbourne City was undefeated through the regular season, the third time this has occurred in the W-League and the second time it has been achieved by Melbourne City.

The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season has had a significant impact on the season. Apart from the need to defer a few matches, there were a number of matches that were played in a smoke haze, with some players requiring asthma medication during the matches.[2]

The grand final was played behind closed doors, due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[3]

The season was also notable for the number of high-profile players who left the W-League to join English teams. This included Sam Kerr moving to Chelsea, Hayley Raso to Everton, Caitlin Foord to Arsenal and Chloe Logarzo to Bristol City.[4]

Clubs

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Stadia and locations

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Marden Sports Complex
Coopers Stadium
6,000
16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium
Lions Stadium
52,500
5,000
Canberra United Canberra McKellar Park
Seiffert Oval
3,500
15,000
Melbourne City Melbourne CB Smith Reserve
AAMI Park
2,000
30,050
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Lakeside Stadium
Epping Stadium
AAMI Park
Latrobe City Stadium
Marvel Stadium
12,000
10,000
30,050
12,000
56,347
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground
McDonald Jones Stadium
5,000
33,000
Perth Glory Perth
Bunbury
Dorrien Gardens
Hay Park
4,000
Sydney FC
Sydney

Wollongong
Seymour Shaw
Jubilee Oval
Leichhardt Oval
WIN Stadium
5,000
20,505
20,000
23,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Marconi Stadium
ANZ Stadium
Spotless Stadium
9,000
83,500
24,000

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturers Kit sponsors
Adelaide United Australia Ivan Karlović United States Amber Brooks[5] Macron[6] SA Power Networks[7]
Brisbane Roar Australia Jake Goodship Australia Clare Polkinghorne[8] Umbro[9][10] Brisbane Airport[11]
Canberra United Australia Heather Garriock Australia Nikola Orgill
Australia Karly Roestbakken[12]
Viva Teamwear[13][14] University of Canberra[15][16]
Drake International[note 1][17]
Melbourne City Australia Rado Vidošić Australia Steph Catley[18] Puma[19] Etihad Airways[20]
Melbourne Victory Wales Jeff Hopkins England Natasha Dowie[21] Adidas[22] Back in Motion[23]
Newcastle Jets Australia Ashley Wilson Australia Cassidy Davis
Australia Gema Simon
Australia Clare Wheeler[24]
Viva Teamwear[25] Greater Bank[26]
City of Newcastle[note 2][27]
Perth Glory Australia Bobby Despotovski Australia Natasha Rigby[28] Macron[29] BHP[30]
Sydney FC Australia Ante Juric Australia Teresa Polias[31] Under Armour[32] The Star[33]
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Dean Heffernan Australia Erica Halloway[34] Nike[35] Intermain[36]

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ref.
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Dan Barrett End of contract Pre-season Australia Dean Heffernan 24 April 2019 [37]
Brisbane Roar Australia Melissa Andreatta Quit Australia Jake Goodship 3 September 2019 [38]
Newcastle Jets Australia Craig Deans Assigned caretaker of men's squad
7th
8th
Australia Ashley Wilson
(interim)
(full-time)

13 January 2020
22 February 2020

[39]
[40]

Transfers

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Foreign players

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Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United Brazil Lais Araujo United States Julia Ashley United States Amber Brooks United States Mallory Weber
Brisbane Roar United States Rylee Baisden United States Celeste Boureille United States Shea Connors United States Carson Pickett
Canberra United Brazil Camila United States Simone Charley United States Kaleigh Kurtz United States Katie Stengel Norway Elise ThorsnesR
Melbourne City Japan Yukari Kinga Scotland Claire Emslie Serbia Milica Mijatović United States Lauren Barnes New Zealand Rebekah StottA
United States Ally WattG
Melbourne Victory England Natasha Dowie United States Haley Hanson United States Darian Jenkins United States Emily Menges New Zealand Annalie LongoA
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory Mexico Arianna Romero Spain Celia Jiménez Delgado United States Morgan Andrews United States Crystal Thomas Philippines Stacey CavillA
Sydney FC Canada Lindsay Agnew United States Aubrey Bledsoe United States Sofia Huerta United States Veronica Latsko
Western Sydney Wanderers United States Kristen Hamilton United States Abby Smith United States Sam Staab Republic of Ireland Denise O'SullivanG
United States Lynn Williams

The following do not fill a Visa position:
A Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;
G Guest Players;
R Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players

Regular season

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The regular season runs from 14 November 2019 to 1 March 2020, including a two-week break at the end of January and beginning of February. The season consists of 12 matches per team, 6 home and 6 away, usually with one match per week for each team. Because the league has an odd number of teams, at least one team each week does not play. In most weeks, the league has scheduled one match on Thursday and the remaining matches on Saturday and Sunday. To date, two matches have had to be rescheduled due to bushfires, either because of direct fire threat or because of smoke.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City (C) 12 11 1 0 27 4 +23 34 Qualification to Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 12 7 2 3 24 14 +10 23
3 Sydney FC 12 7 1 4 21 13 +8 22
4 Western Sydney Wanderers 12 7 1 4 24 20 +4 22
5 Brisbane Roar 12 5 2 5 22 19 +3 17
6 Canberra United 12 4 1 7 13 29 −16 13
7 Perth Glory 12 3 2 7 19 24 −5 11
8 Adelaide United 12 2 1 9 12 24 −12 7
9 Newcastle Jets 12 2 1 9 12 27 −15 7
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away ADE BRI CNU MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WSW
Adelaide United 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–2 0–1 3–2
Brisbane Roar 3–2 5–0 0–2 2–3 2–1 1–3
Canberra United 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–4 0–4
Melbourne City 1–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Melbourne Victory 0–0 3–0 0–4 2–1 3–1 1–1
Newcastle Jets 2–0 2–3 1–1 0–7 2–4 0–2
Perth Glory 4–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 2–3
Sydney FC 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–0
Western Sydney Wanderers 2–1 0–4 0–4 1–0 3–1 5–0
Source: W-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures

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Round 1

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14 November 2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–1 Adelaide United Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 787
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
17 November 2019 Sydney FC 3–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
16:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 3,219
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
17 November 2019 Canberra United 2–0 Perth Glory Canberra
Report Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,482
Referee: Isabella Blaess

Round 2

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21 November 2019 Brisbane Roar 2–3 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Dolphin Oval
Attendance: 2,139
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
22 November 2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 2,992
Referee: Kelly Jones
22 November 2019 Adelaide United 0–1 Sydney FC Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 784
Referee: Isabella Blaess
24 November 2019 Canberra United 1–2 Melbourne City Canberra
Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,293
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Round 3

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28 November 2019 Brisbane Roar 1–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Lions Stadium
Attendance: 2,535
Referee: Isabella Blaess
30 November 2019 Newcastle Jets 2–3 Canberra United Newcastle
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 3,446
Referee: Isabella Libri
30 November 2019 Melbourne City 1–0 Adelaide United Shepparton
Report Stadium: John McEwan Reserve
Attendance: 500
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
1 December 2019 Perth Glory 1–3 Sydney FC Perth
Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 797
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Round 4

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5 December 2019 Canberra United 1–2 Brisbane Roar Canberra
Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,185
Referee: Isabella Blaess
7 December 2019 Perth Glory 1–2 Newcastle Jets Perth
Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Referee: Lara Lee
8 December 2019 Sydney FC 1–2 Melbourne City Sydney
Report Stadium: Cromer Park
Attendance: 2,690
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Round 5

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12 December 2019 Melbourne City 1–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Report Stadium: ABD Stadium
Attendance: 907
Referee: Isabella Blaess
13 December 2019 Perth Glory 1–1 Canberra United Perth
Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 365
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
14 December 2019 Brisbane Roar 3–2 Adelaide United Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1,682
Referee: Lara Lee
15 December 2019 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Sydney FC Newcastle
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 2,513
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Round 6

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19 December 2019 Melbourne City 1–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
Report Stadium: ABD Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Kelly Jones
20 December 2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 5–0 Sydney FC Sydney
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 2,233
Referee: Lara Lee
21 December 2019 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
10:30 AEDT Report Stadium: Epping Stadium
Attendance: 406
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
22 December 2019 Adelaide United 1–2 Canberra United Adelaide
Report Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 693
Referee: Isabella Blaess

Round 7

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26 December 2019 Canberra United 0–4 Western Sydney Wanderers Canberra
Report Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
28 December 2019 Perth Glory 1–2 Melbourne Victory Perth
Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 618
Referee: Isabella Blaess
29 December 2019 Sydney FC 2–0 Adelaide United Sydney
Report Stadium: Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 3,373
Referee: Kelly Jones
29 December 2019 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Newcastle Jets Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Lions Stadium
Attendance: 2,189
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Round 8

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2 January 2020 Brisbane Roar 0–2 Melbourne City Brisbane
Report Stadium: Dolphin Oval
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
3 January 2020 Adelaide United 2–2 Perth Glory Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 565
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
5 January 2020 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,961
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
13 January 2020[note 3] Canberra United 0–4 Sydney FC Canberra
Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,473
Referee: Lara Lee

Round 9

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9 January 2020 Melbourne City 4–0 Canberra United Melbourne
Simon 5', 45+4'
Emslie 33'
van Egmond 76'
Report Stadium: ABD Stadium
Attendance: 747
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
12 January 2020 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–4 Brisbane Roar Sydney
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 1,186
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
1 February 2020[note 4] Newcastle Jets 2–0 Adelaide United Newcastle
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 513
Referee: Lara Lee

Round 10

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16 January 2020 Sydney FC 0–0 Brisbane Roar Sydney
Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 1,397
Referee: Kelly Jones
18 January 2020 Adelaide United 0–3 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 692
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
18 January 2020 Melbourne City 2–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Report Stadium: CB Smith Reserve
Attendance: 1,989
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
19 January 2020 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–1 Perth Glory Sydney
Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Isabella Libri

Round 11

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23 January 2020 Newcastle Jets 2–4 Perth Glory Newcastle
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 828
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
25 January 2020 Adelaide United 3–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 569
Referee: Isabella Blaess
26 January 2020 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Canberra United Melbourne
Report Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 562
Referee: Lara Lee

Round 12

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15 February 2020 Sydney FC 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
Report Stadium: Cromer Park
Attendance: 2,309
Referee: Lara Lee
16 February 2020 Perth Glory 4–2 Brisbane Roar Perth
Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 498
Referee: Casey Reibelt
16 February 2020 Canberra United 3–1 Adelaide United Canberra
Report Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,202
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
16 February 2020 Melbourne Victory 0–4 Melbourne City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 1,097
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Round 13

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20 February 2020 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–4 Melbourne City Sydney
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 819
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
22 February 2020 Sydney FC 1–2 Perth Glory Wollongong
Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Referee: Kelly Jones
23 February 2020 Brisbane Roar 5–0 Canberra United Brisbane
Report Stadium: Lions Stadium
Referee: Casey Reibelt
23 February 2020 Newcastle Jets 0–7 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 1,321
Referee: Isabella Blaess

Round 14

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27 February 2020 Adelaide United 2–1 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
Report Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 832
Referee: Rebecca Mackie
29 February 2020 Melbourne Victory 3–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 3,310
Referee: Casey Reibelt
29 February 2020 Perth Glory 2–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Bunbury
Report
Stadium: WML Stadium
Attendance: 1,175
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
1 March 2020 Melbourne City 3–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Finals series

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The grand final was played behind closed doors, due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[43]

Semi-finals Grand Final
      
1 Melbourne City 5
4 Western Sydney Wanderers 1
Melbourne City 1
Sydney FC 0
2 Melbourne Victory 0
3 Sydney FC 1

Semi-finals

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14 March 2020 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
14:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Epping Stadium
Attendance: 704
Referee: Lara Lee
15 March 2020 Melbourne City 5–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
13:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: ABD Stadium
Attendance: 612
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Grand final

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21 March 2020 Melbourne City 1–0 Sydney FC Melbourne
15:30 AEDT Catley 15' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia)[44]
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Regular season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 29 February 2020[45]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 United States Morgan Andrews Perth Glory 7
England Natasha Dowie Melbourne Victory
United States Kristen Hamilton Western Sydney Wanderers
Australia Remy Siemsen Sydney FC
5 Australia Emily van Egmond Melbourne City 6
6 Australia Tara Andrews Newcastle Jets 5
United States Simone Charley Canberra United
United States Darian Jenkins Melbourne Victory
Serbia Milica Mijatović Melbourne City
10 Australia Kyra Cooney-Cross Western Sydney Wanderers 4
Scotland Claire Emslie Melbourne City
Australia Hayley Raso Brisbane Roar
Australia Kyah Simon Melbourne City
United States Mallory Weber Adelaide United
United States Lynn Williams Western Sydney Wanderers

Own goals

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Player Club Against Round
Australia Kaitlyn Torpey Brisbane Roar Melbourne Victory 2
United States Amber Brooks Adelaide United Sydney FC 7
Australia Isabella Wallhead Perth Glory Western Sydney Wanderers 10
Brazil Lais Araujo Adelaide United Western Sydney Wanderers 11
Australia Kim Carroll Perth Glory Sydney FC 13
Australia Cassidy Davis Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory 13

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref.
United States Kristen Hamilton Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane Roar 3–1 28 November 2019 [46]

Clean sheets

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As of 23 February 2020[citation needed]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Australia Lydia Williams Melbourne City 8
2 United States Aubrey Bledsoe Sydney FC 7
3 Australia Casey Dumont Melbourne Victory 5
4 Australia Mackenzie Arnold Brisbane Roar 4
5 United States Abby Smith Western Sydney Wanderers 3
6 Australia Sham Khamis Canberra United 1
Australia Claire Coelho Newcastle Jets

Monthly awards

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Month Player of the month Coach of the month Young player of the month
Name Club Name Club Name Club
November 2019 Australia Remy Siemsen[47] Sydney FC Australia Dean Heffernan[48] Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Kyra Cooney-Cross[49] Western Sydney Wanderers
December 2019 Republic of Ireland Denise O'Sullivan[50] Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Dean Heffernan[51] Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Indiah-Paige Riley[52] Brisbane Roar
January 2020 England Natasha Dowie[53] Melbourne Victory Australia Rado Vidošić[54] Melbourne City Australia Ellie Carpenter[55] Melbourne City
February 2020 United States Morgan Andrews[56] Perth Glory Wales Jeff Hopkins[57] Melbourne Victory Australia Hollie Palmer[58] Brisbane Roar

End-of-season awards

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The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2019–20 Dolan Warren Awards night on 23 July 2020.[59]

International competition

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The W-League was represented in the first edition of the AFC Women's Club Championship, which took place from 26 to 30 November 2019 in Yongin, South Korea.[60] Melbourne Victory were invited to participate in the tournament, as the Premiers of the 2018–19 season.[61] They finished in last place with one point from their 3 matches.

As Premiers in 2019–20, Melbourne City qualify to the 2020 AFC Women's Club Championship.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Back of shorts sponsor
  2. ^ Back sponsor
  3. ^ Deferred from 5 January due to bushfire smoke.[41]
  4. ^ Deferred from 10 January due to bushfire smoke.[42]

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