2021 Western Bulldogs Women's season

The Western Bulldogs finished the home-and-away season eighth on the ladder and with a win–loss record of 5–4, meaning they missed out on qualifying for finals.

The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football team based in Melbourne, Victoria, that competes in the AFL Women's.

The leadership group was composed of Isabel Huntington, Ashleigh Guest, Kirsty Lamb, Bailey Hunt and Bonnie Toogood.

[11][12] The Western Bulldogs began their season with a 9-point loss to second-year expansion club St Kilda, playing in a prime time fixture slot on a Friday night.

Although she was on the losing team, captain Ellie Blackburn secured the three Best and fairest votes for that game[14] after kicking 2 goals and collecting 21 disposals.

The first term kept the Bulldogs goalless, after a shocking missed shot by Kirsten McLeod from inside the goalsquare kept them from scoring more than 4 points.

The Bulldogs suffered from inaccuracy woes, at one point totalling a score of 1.6 (12) before kicking 2 final quarter goals through Fitzgerald and McLeod to win the game.

[25] Jess Fitzgerald, the second pick overall in the 2020 AFL Women's draft, and Katie Lynch, a recruit from Collingwood, shared the title of Best Young Player.

[26] Best and Fairest Ellie Blackburn and 2020 Rising Star winner Isabel Huntington were selected in the initial All-Australian squad of 40.

First-year player Jess Fitzgerald was also one of the three final nominees for the Goal of the Year award, but lost to Brisbane young gun Courtney Hodder.