The Brisbane Lions fought hard till the final siren sounded but ran out of time in this afternoon's AFLW Grand Final. 

The Bulldogs came away as Premiers with a fighting six-point win over Brisbane on a wet Ikon Park on Saturday.

The 4.3.27 to 3.3.21 triumph came with a spirited second half revival after the Dogs were held goalless in a scrappy first half played in steady rain.

After fighting to avoid the wooden spoon in the final round last season, the Bulldogs rose to emulate the feats of the club's men's team two years ago.

Bulldogs' Midfielder Emma Kearney sealed the victory with a tackle on Lion Kaitlyn Ashmore late in the last quarter and she goalled from the free kick from 30m.

Lion Jess Wuetschner fought valiantly to keep her team within reach of the flag with two goals in the final term, the second cutting the margin to five points.

Wuetschner celebrates after kicking a goal in the fourth quarter.

But Brisbane was fated to another heartbreaking Grand Final loss after falling to Adelaide by the same margin in the inaugural AFLW season's decider.

The Bulldogs' ball movement improved after half-time and a midfield dominance led by Kearney applied heat to the Lions backline.

Their persistence finally paid off when Deanna Berry booted their first goal with a long shot on the run early in the third quarter. And when Aisling Utri hit the post with a hurried snap, the home team had edged ahead for the first time.

The Bulldogs controlled the critical third quarter and finally got the scoreboard ticking over. Kirsten McLeod, the replacement for suspended skipper Katie Brennan, kicked a goal with a hurried left foot shot from 20m.

Monique Conti was a major contributor in the Bulldogs' third term comeback and the basketball point guard extended the lead to 13 points when a long shot on the run bounced through the unguarded goal just 15 seconds before the siren.

Brisbane dominated possession in a dour first half on what was a greasy surface after heavy pre-match rain. But they couldn't make the Bulldogs pay on the scoreboard.

It took a precision centred pass from Wuetschner to find unmarked Sophie Conway virtually right in front midway through the opening quarter for what would be the only goal of the slogging first half.

But clean marks, particularly contested ones, were difficult in the tough conditions when players often worked the ball forward by simply soccering off the wet turf. And the slippery ball was hard to gather, even when a player wasn't under direct pressure from an opponent.

Lions defender Kate Lutkins is such a great reader of the play and she had a picnic sitting loose inside the defensive 50 to continually repel the frustrated Dogs. But, the defensive toil of Lutkins and Ally Anderson wasn't enough to lift their team over the line.

More to come

WESTERN BULLDOGS   0.1   0.1   3.2   4.3 (27)                  
BRISBANE LIONS         1.1   1.1   1.1   3.3 (21)          

GOALS
Western Bulldogs: Berry, McLeod, Conti, Kearney
Brisbane Lions: Wuetschner 2, Conway

BEST 
Western Bulldogs: Conti, Blackburn, Kearney, Birch, Spark, Bruton
Brisbane Lions: Lutkins, Stanton, Wuetschner, Zielke, Ashmore 

INJURIES 
Western Bulldogs: Nil
Brisbane Lions: Campbell (head knock)

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Mirable, Howorth, Adair

Crowd: 7,083 at Ikon Park