2025 AFLW Season Preliminary Final 1: North Melbourne Women's v Melbourne Women's

This is the match report for the match played on 22 November 2025 between the North Melbourne Women's and the Melbourne Women's in the first preliminary final of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League Women's. The North Melbourne Women's hosted the Melbourne Women's at Princes Park. The hosts were coached by Darren Crocker and the visitors were coached by Mick Stinear.

The North Melbourne Women's (6.10.46) defeated the Melbourne Women's (5.6.36).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFLW Season
Round: First Preliminary Final
Teams: North Melbourne Women's v Melbourne Women's
Date: Saturday 22 November 2025
Time: 3:05 PM
Venue: Princes Park

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne Women's def. Melbourne Women's
Score: 6.10.46 - 5.6.36

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne Women's	3	.	1	4	.	6	4	.	6	6	.	10	6	.	10	(46)
Melbourne Women's	4	.	2	5	.	2	5	.	6	5	.	6	5	.	6	(36)
Margin	MLBW by 7			MLBW by 2			MLBW by 6			NMLW by 10			NMLW by 10
Duration	24:16			19:45			18:17			19:27			1:21:45

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 (Melbourne Women's) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

North Melbourne Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Darren Crocker

Melbourne Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Stinear

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	9	6	3	4	0	3	0	?	1	0	4	0
10	Bogue, Blaithin	CHF	?	3	0	9	8	1	2	0	4	0	?	1	1	0	1
35	Bruton, Jenna	HFFR	?	0	0	12	6	6	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	1	3
5	Craven, Tess	INT	?	0	0	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	3
3	Eddey, Bella	HFFL	?	0	1	9	5	4	2	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
20	Ferguson, Jasmine	FB	?	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	3	0	?	1	1	1	1
25	Garner, Jasmine	RO	?	1	1	32	21	11	2	0	8	7	?	1	0	0	7
8	Gatt, Taylah	WR	?	0	0	11	5	6	2	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
9	Kearney, Emma	HBFL	?	0	0	21	16	5	4	0	1	0	?	1	2	4	2
60	King, Emma	INT	?	0	0	3	3	0	1	5	0	0	?	0	0	1	0
6	O'Loughlin, Alice	INT	?	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	3
14	O'Shea, Erika	HBFR	?	0	0	15	10	5	5	0	3	0	?	0	1	2	2
16	Randall, Tahlia	FF	?	0	1	6	4	2	3	1	0	0	?	0	0	0	3
26	Rennie, Kim	RU	?	0	0	12	8	4	3	6	1	1	?	0	0	1	2
7	Riddell, Ash	RR	?	1	1	24	12	12	5	0	2	3	?	2	1	1	3
11	Shannon, Eliza	CHB	?	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	2	0	?	2	1	0	1
4	Sheerin, Eilish	INT	?	1	2	18	10	8	0	0	7	5	?	0	1	2	2
33	Shierlaw, Kate	INT	?	0	0	10	9	1	3	0	2	0	?	1	1	5	1
15	Smith, Amy	WL	?	0	0	16	8	8	5	0	2	1	?	0	0	1	1
19	Tripodi, Ruby	C	?	0	0	16	6	10	1	0	4	4	?	0	0	1	0
13	Wall, Vikki	FPR	?	0	0	12	5	7	2	0	5	0	?	0	1	0	3
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				6	10	276	167	109	52	12	54	21	0+	11	11	24	40

Melbourne Women's

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
6	Bannan, Alyssa	HFFL	?	0	0	10	6	4	5	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	1
1	Campbell, Georgia	INT	?	0	0	5	3	2	2	3	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
13	Chaplin, Maeve	BPL	?	0	0	22	19	3	9	0	1	1	?	0	0	6	0
19	Ebert, Laela	INT	?	0	0	8	6	2	4	0	1	0	?	0	1	1	0
24	Fitzsimon, Megan	CHF	?	0	0	14	10	4	1	0	1	0	?	0	1	2	4
17	Gillard, Tahlia	FB	?	0	0	17	14	3	5	0	3	0	?	1	0	3	1
23	Goldrick, Sinead	HBFL	?	0	0	17	11	6	2	0	3	1	?	0	2	1	2
5	Hanks, Tyla	C	?	0	1	18	12	6	3	0	6	2	?	0	1	1	3
7	Harris, Tayla	HFFR	?	1	0	9	6	3	3	1	2	0	?	1	1	1	2
30	Heath, Shelley	RR	?	0	0	6	1	5	0	0	9	0	?	1	1	0	1
10	Hore, Kate	RO	?	2	1	18	11	7	5	0	3	3	?	1	0	1	2
8	Lampard, Sarah	CHB	?	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	2
31	Mackin, Blaithin	INT	?	0	0	11	3	8	1	0	1	2	?	0	0	0	1
20	Mahony, Maggie	INT	?	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	6	0	?	1	2	1	2
22	McNamara, Eliza	WL	?	0	1	21	14	7	6	0	5	1	?	3	0	5	2
11	O'Hehir, Molly	INT	?	0	0	9	5	4	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	0
4	Paxman, Paxy	WR	?	1	0	15	7	8	6	0	1	1	?	0	0	2	2
15	Pearce, Lauren	RU	?	0	0	8	2	6	4	19	1	2	?	0	0	3	0
28	Taylor, Saraid	HBFR	?	0	0	13	8	5	8	0	8	1	?	0	0	2	0
12	Wotherspoon, Ryleigh	FPR	?	1	1	10	6	4	1	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	2
29	Zanker, Eden	FF	?	0	1	9	8	1	3	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	1
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				5	6	256	158	98	73	23	58	14	0+	11	11	32	29

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
	13	M. Chaplin	17	T. Gillard			26	K. Rennie	5	T. Craven
	13	V. Wall	16	T. Randall			7	A. Riddell	60	E. King
FORWARD							25	J. Garner	6	A. O'Loughlin
HALF-BACK									4	E. Sheerin
	23	S. Goldrick	8	S. Lampard	28	S. Taylor			33	K. Shierlaw
	35	J. Bruton	10	B. Bogue	3	B. Eddey
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	22	E. McNamara	5	T. Hanks	4	P. Paxman
	8	T. Gatt	19	R. Tripodi	15	A. Smith	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							15	L. Pearce	1	G. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD							30	S. Heath	19	L. Ebert
	6	A. Bannan	24	M. Fitzsimon	7	T. Harris	10	K. Hore	31	B. Mackin
	14	E. O'Shea	11	E. Shannon	9	E. Kearney			20	M. Mahony
HALF-BACK									11	M. O'Hehir
FORWARD
			29	E. Zanker	12	R. Wotherspoon
			20	J. Ferguson	2	L. Birch
BACK
Melbourne Women's							Coach: Mick Stinear

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MLBW	Paxy Paxman goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:07
	MLBW	Ryleigh Wotherspoon goal	0.0.0	-	2.0.12	04:12
	NMLW	Eilish Sheerin behind	0.1.1	-	2.0.12	06:39
	MLBW	Eliza McNamara behind	0.1.1	-	2.1.13	07:58
	MLBW	Eden Zanker behind	0.1.1	-	2.2.14	10:36
	MLBW	Kate Hore goal	0.1.1	-	3.2.20	11:42
	NMLW	Blaithin Bogue goal	1.1.7	-	3.2.20	13:11
	NMLW	Eilish Sheerin goal	2.1.13	-	3.2.20	15:22
	NMLW	Blaithin Bogue goal	3.1.19	-	3.2.20	17:05
	MLBW	Tayla Harris goal	3.1.19	-	4.2.26	22:04
Q2	NMLW	Bella Eddey behind	3.2.20	-	4.2.26	02:00
	NMLW	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	4.2.26	03:12
	NMLW	Ash Riddell goal	4.3.27	-	4.2.26	04:02
	NMLW	Rushed behind	4.4.28	-	4.2.26	09:10
	NMLW	Tahlia Randall behind	4.5.29	-	4.2.26	11:40
	MLBW	Kate Hore goal	4.5.29	-	5.2.32	14:13
	NMLW	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	5.2.32	16:29
Q3	MLBW	Kate Hore behind	4.6.30	-	5.3.33	02:45
	MLBW	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	5.4.34	05:50
	MLBW	Ryleigh Wotherspoon behind	4.6.30	-	5.5.35	09:42
	MLBW	Tyla Hanks behind	4.6.30	-	5.6.36	12:24
Q4	NMLW	Ash Riddell behind	4.7.31	-	5.6.36	03:21
	NMLW	Jasmine Garner behind	4.8.32	-	5.6.36	05:53
	NMLW	Blaithin Bogue goal	5.8.38	-	5.6.36	07:55
	NMLW	Jasmine Garner goal	6.8.44	-	5.6.36	09:51
	NMLW	Eilish Sheerin behind	6.9.45	-	5.6.36	15:12
	NMLW	Rushed behind	6.10.46	-	5.6.36	17:59

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