The seventh season of AFLW has arrived, with all 18 league teams fielding a team for the first time as the competition reaches its maximum expansion. This is Zero Hanger's guide to live streaming every match online, or watching them on TV.

With nine games to be played each weekend, there will be inevitably plenty of cross-over with the men's AFL finals series, although the first week of the competition coincides with the men's bye week.

Every match, despite the men's finals, will be available to watch either by a live stream or on TV.

The season kicks off this Thursday - August 25 - with the Carlton Blues to take on the Collingwood Magpies at IKON Park from 7:10pm (AEST).

The first week sees one game on Thursday, one on Friday, four on Saturday and three on Sunday, although that format changes in weeks to come with the competition attempting to avoid overlap to the men's finals series.

How to watch AFLW 2022 on TV in Australia

You'll be able to watch every game of the AFLW season through Fox Sports.

A vast majority of those games will be available on Fox Footy, through Channel 504. Any other games will be split across the remaining Fox Sports channels.

A select number of matches will also be available on Channel 7, which is a free to air network.

How to live stream AFLW 2022 in Australia

Any games that are available on Fox Sports will also be available on Kayo Sports or, for those with a valid Foxtel TV subscription, you can watch through the Foxtel App.

For those games simulcast on Channel 7, you'll be able to use their free streaming app 7 Plus, although will need to register with a valid email address.