2025 AFLW Season Grand Final: North Melbourne Women's v Brisbane Lions Women's

This is the match report for the match played on 29 November 2025 between the North Melbourne Women's and the Brisbane Lions Women's in the grand final of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League Women's. The North Melbourne Women's hosted the Brisbane Lions Women's at Princes Park. The hosts were coached by Darren Crocker and the visitors were coached by Craig Starcevich.

The North Melbourne Women's (9.2.56) defeated the Brisbane Lions Women's (2.4.16).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFLW Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: North Melbourne Women's v Brisbane Lions Women's
Date: Saturday 29 November 2025
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne Women's def. Brisbane Lions Women's
Score: 9.2.56 - 2.4.16

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne Women's 2 . 0 5 . 0 6 . 0 9 . 2 9 . 2 (56)
Brisbane Lions Women's 1 . 1 1 . 2 2 . 2 2 . 4 2 . 4 (16)
Margin NMLW by 5 NMLW by 22 NMLW by 22 NMLW by 40 NMLW by 40
Duration 20:43 21:01 20:14 20:50 1:22:48

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (North Melbourne Women's) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Brisbane Lions Women's) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Darren Crocker

Brisbane Lions Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Craig Starcevich

Player Statistics

North Melbourne Women's

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Birch, Libby BPL ? 0 0 14 7 7 6 0 3 0 ? 0 0 1 1
10 Bogue, Blaithin CHF ? 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 ? 0 3 0 1
35 Bruton, Jenna HFFR ? 3 0 12 4 8 1 0 4 0 ? 2 1 1 1
5 Craven, Tess INT ? 0 0 17 13 4 0 0 5 0 ? 0 0 4 4
3 Eddey, Bella INT ? 1 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 1 ? 1 2 0 2
20 Ferguson, Jasmine FB ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 1 0 ? 0 1 0 0
25 Garner, Jasmine RO ? 1 0 26 16 10 4 0 3 4 ? 1 1 3 5
8 Gatt, Taylah WR ? 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 2 0 ? 1 1 1 1
9 Kearney, Emma HBFL ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 0 ? 0 2 6 1
60 King, Emma INT ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 5 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0
6 O'Loughlin, Alice INT ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 6 0 ? 0 1 0 2
14 O'Shea, Erika HBFR ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 3 2 ? 0 1 3 0
16 Randall, Tahlia FF ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 3 4 0 ? 0 1 0 1
26 Rennie, Kim RU ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 14 3 1 ? 1 0 1 1
7 Riddell, Ash RR ? 0 0 38 18 20 3 0 3 7 ? 1 1 4 3
11 Shannon, Eliza CHB ? 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 0 0 ? 0 1 5 0
4 Sheerin, Eilish C ? 2 0 28 18 10 0 0 11 8 ? 2 1 4 2
33 Shierlaw, Kate FPR ? 1 0 8 7 1 5 0 1 0 ? 1 0 1 3
15 Smith, Amy WL ? 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 3 2 ? 2 0 0 2
19 Tripodi, Ruby INT ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 6 3 ? 3 0 1 0
13 Wall, Vikki HFFL ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 8 0 ? 1 1 0 3
Rushed ?
Total (21 players) 9 2 298 165 133 50 22 70 28 0+ 16 18 35 33

Brisbane Lions Women's

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Anderson, Ally C ? 0 0 18 7 11 2 0 8 5 ? 0 0 0 2
20 Campbell, Shannon FB ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 1 0 ? 1 0 3 1
12 Conway, Sophie HBFL ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 0 5 1 ? 3 3 1 6
14 Davidson, Dakota FF ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 ? 0 1 0 2
11 Davison, Shanae INT ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 1 ? 0 1 3 1
17 Dawes, Belle RO ? 0 1 31 18 13 3 0 8 2 ? 2 0 5 4
13 Dooley, Neasa INT ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 ? 0 2 0 0
8 Dunne, Jennifer BPL ? 0 0 18 11 7 1 0 1 0 ? 1 0 1 0
5 Ellenger, Jade RR ? 0 0 18 7 11 5 0 7 1 ? 2 1 2 3
10 Grider, Nat CHB ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 3 0 ? 0 1 3 1
7 Hampson, Ellie INT ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 2 0 ? 0 0 0 2
1 Hartill, Eleanor INT ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 6 3 2 ? 1 1 0 1
2 Hickie, Tahlia RU ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 13 3 0 ? 0 1 1 4
21 Hodder, Courtney HFFR ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 2 1 ? 0 2 0 4
3 Koenen, Breanna HBFR ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 3 0 ? 1 0 1 3
28 Mullins, Charlotte WL ? 1 0 21 12 9 3 0 5 1 ? 2 0 1 3
9 O'Dwyer, Orla WR ? 0 1 14 7 7 1 0 1 0 ? 0 1 0 0
6 Postlethwaite, Lily INT ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 1 ? 1 0 1 0
31 Smith, Taylor CHF ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 2 2 0 ? 1 0 0 1
25 Svarc, Cathy FPR ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 7 0 ? 1 0 0 0
29 Svarc, Ruby HFFL ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 4 0 ? 2 2 0 0
Rushed ?
Total (21 players) 2 4 245 144 101 44 21 68 15 0+ 18 16 22 38

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

North Melbourne Women's Coach: Darren Crocker
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
8 J. Dunne 20 S. Campbell

26 K. Rennie 5 T. Craven
33 K. Shierlaw 16 T. Randall

7 A. Riddell 3 B. Eddey
FORWARD 25 J. Garner 60 E. King
HALF-BACK

6 A. O'Loughlin
12 S. Conway 10 N. Grider 3 B. Koenen

19 R. Tripodi
35 J. Bruton 10 B. Bogue 13 V. Wall



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 C. Mullins 18 A. Anderson 9 O. O'Dwyer



8 T. Gatt 4 E. Sheerin 15 A. Smith FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Hickie 11 S. Davison
HALF-FORWARD 5 J. Ellenger 13 N. Dooley
29 R. Svarc 31 T. Smith 21 C. Hodder 17 B. Dawes 7 E. Hampson
14 E. O'Shea 11 E. Shannon 9 E. Kearney

1 E. Hartill
HALF-BACK

6 L. Postlethwaite
FORWARD





14 D. Davidson 25 C. Svarc





20 J. Ferguson 2 L. Birch



BACK



Brisbane Lions Women's Coach: Craig Starcevich

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRLW Charlotte Mullins goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:28
BRLW Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 04:37
NMLW Eilish Sheerin goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 07:54
NMLW Bella Eddey goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 17:37
Q2 BRLW Orla O'Dwyer behind 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 02:08
NMLW Kate Shierlaw goal 3.0.18 - 1.2.8 03:37
NMLW Jenna Bruton goal 4.0.24 - 1.2.8 09:59
NMLW Eilish Sheerin goal 5.0.30 - 1.2.8 16:33
Q3 NMLW Tahlia Randall goal 6.0.36 - 1.2.8 02:33
BRLW Ruby Svarc goal 6.0.36 - 2.2.14 07:16
Q4 NMLW Jasmine Garner goal 7.0.42 - 2.2.14 02:06
NMLW Jenna Bruton goal 8.0.48 - 2.2.14 07:14
NMLW Jenna Bruton goal 9.0.54 - 2.2.14 09:29
BRLW Rushed behind 9.0.54 - 2.3.15 11:03
NMLW Rushed behind 9.1.55 - 2.3.15 14:57
NMLW Rushed behind 9.2.56 - 2.3.15 17:04
BRLW Belle Dawes behind 9.2.56 - 2.4.16 19:19