2025 AFLW Season Round 1: Geelong Women's v North Melbourne Women's

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2025 between the Geelong Women's and the North Melbourne Women's during round one of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League Women's. The Geelong Women's hosted the North Melbourne Women's at GMHBA Stadium. The hosts were coached by Dan Lowther and the visitors were coached by Darren Crocker.

The Geelong Women's (3.3.21) were defeated by the North Melbourne Women's (8.3.51).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFLW Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong Women's v North Melbourne Women's
Date: Saturday 16 August 2025
Time: 3:35 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong Women's def. by North Melbourne Women's
Score: 3.3.21 - 8.3.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong Women's 2 . 0 2 . 0 2 . 2 3 . 3 3 . 3 (21)
North Melbourne Women's 2 . 0 3 . 2 3 . 2 8 . 3 8 . 3 (51)
Margin level NMLW by 8 NMLW by 6 NMLW by 30 NMLW by 30
Duration 20:22 19:05 18:39 22:37 1:20:43

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Geelong Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Dan Lowther

North Melbourne Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Darren Crocker

Player Statistics

Geelong Women's

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
1 Bowen, Mikayla HFFL ? 0 1 27 16 11 4 0 8 1 ? 2 3 2 3
44 Bragg, Melissa INT ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 11 1 0 ? 0 1 0 1
6 Crockett-Grills, Julia RR ? 2 0 9 6 3 0 0 3 0 ? 1 1 0 1
8 Darby, Kate FPR ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0
38 Dunlop, Piper RU ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 9 2 2 ? 1 1 1 0
20 Friswell, Zali WL ? 0 0 10 3 7 0 0 1 1 ? 0 2 2 0
26 Gunjaca, Claudia FB ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 3 1 ? 3 1 1 1
22 Kearns, Rachel HBFL ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 0 0 ? 1 2 5 1
12 Kenny, Kate WR ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 2 1 ? 0 0 1 2
27 Kilpatrick, Emma INT ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 3 0 ? 1 0 1 1
3 McDonald, Amy INT ? 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 5 4 ? 1 2 1 0
11 McDonald, Meg CHB ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 ? 1 0 0 0
45 Moloney, Aishling FF ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 1 4 0 ? 2 0 0 1
9 Morrison, Nina RO ? 0 0 20 13 7 0 0 4 3 ? 1 1 5 2
23 O'Rourke, Bryde INT ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 ? 0 1 1 0
5 Parry, Jacqueline CHF ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 3 1 ? 1 0 0 2
41 Prespakis, Georgie C ? 0 0 23 14 9 3 0 8 8 ? 1 0 0 6
10 Rankin, Georgie BPL ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 4 1 ? 2 0 2 2
7 Surman, Kate HFFR ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 5 1 ? 1 0 0 1
25 Thorne, Caitlin INT ? 0 1 9 6 3 3 0 9 0 ? 3 2 1 1
21 Webster, Rebecca HBFR ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 0 ? 1 0 3 1
Rushed ?
Total (21 players) 3 3 237 143 94 38 21 69 24 0+ 23 17 26 26

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 16 11 5 1 0 4 0 ? 2 3 2 0
10 Bogue, Blaithin CHF ? 2 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 0 ? 0 2 0 1
12 Bresnehan, Nicole HBFL ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 6 0 ? 0 0 2 1
35 Bruton, Jenna HFFL ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 0 ? 0 1 0 3
5 Craven, Tess WL ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 0 ? 1 0 1 2
3 Eddey, Bella INT ? 1 0 14 6 8 1 0 2 2 ? 0 0 0 2
20 Ferguson, Jasmine FB ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 1 0
25 Garner, Jasmine RO ? 1 1 25 18 7 1 0 12 4 ? 4 0 2 3
8 Gatt, Taylah WR ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 7 1 ? 2 0 3 1
29 Hetherington, Ariana INT ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 6 4 0 ? 1 2 0 2
23 King, Mia C ? 1 0 13 7 6 0 0 7 3 ? 0 4 1 2
6 O'Loughlin, Alice HFFR ? 1 0 15 6 9 2 0 4 0 ? 0 6 1 0
14 O'Shea, Erika INT ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 0 ? 0 0 2 2
16 Randall, Tahlia FF ? 0 1 8 3 5 2 1 1 0 ? 1 1 0 0
26 Rennie, Kim RU ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 16 2 2 ? 1 0 0 1
7 Riddell, Ash RR ? 0 0 28 17 11 3 0 4 7 ? 2 2 0 4
11 Shannon, Eliza CHB ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 5 0 ? 0 2 1 2
4 Sheerin, Eilish HBFR ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 0 0 ? 0 0 2 2
33 Shierlaw, Kate FPR ? 2 0 12 8 4 8 4 2 0 ? 0 0 0 4
15 Smith, Amy INT ? 0 0 23 17 6 2 0 6 3 ? 2 0 4 1
19 Tripodi, Ruby INT ? 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 1 1 ? 1 0 1 3
Rushed ?
Total (21 players) 8 3 294 176 118 45 27 73 23 0+ 17 23 23 36

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

Geelong Women's Coach: Dan Lowther
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 L. Birch 20 J. Ferguson

38 P. Dunlop 44 M. Bragg
8 K. Darby 45 A. Moloney

6 J. Crockett-Grills 27 E. Kilpatrick
FORWARD 9 N. Morrison 3 A. McDonald
HALF-BACK

23 B. O'Rourke
12 N. Bresnehan 11 E. Shannon 4 E. Sheerin

25 C. Thorne
7 K. Surman 5 J. Parry 1 M. Bowen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 T. Craven 23 M. King 8 T. Gatt



12 K. Kenny 41 G. Prespakis 20 Z. Friswell FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 26 K. Rennie 3 B. Eddey
HALF-FORWARD 7 A. Riddell 29 A. Hetherington
35 J. Bruton 10 B. Bogue 6 A. O'Loughlin 25 J. Garner 14 E. O'Shea
21 R. Webster 11 M. McDonald 22 R. Kearns

15 A. Smith
HALF-BACK

19 R. Tripodi
FORWARD





16 T. Randall 33 K. Shierlaw





26 C. Gunjaca 10 G. Rankin



BACK



North Melbourne Women's Coach: Darren Crocker

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLW Jasmine Garner goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:36
GEEW Julia Crockett-Grills goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:31
GEEW Jacqueline Parry goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 11:51
NMLW Kate Shierlaw goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 18:05
Q2 NMLW Kate Shierlaw goal 2.0.12 - 3.0.18 01:29
NMLW Tahlia Randall behind 2.0.12 - 3.1.19 07:18
NMLW Rushed behind 2.0.12 - 3.2.20 13:50
Q3 GEEW Mikayla Bowen behind 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 10:04
GEEW Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 12:11
Q4 NMLW Blaithin Bogue goal 2.2.14 - 4.2.26 00:32
NMLW Bella Eddey goal 2.2.14 - 5.2.32 02:15
NMLW Jasmine Garner behind 2.2.14 - 5.3.33 03:35
NMLW Blaithin Bogue goal 2.2.14 - 6.3.39 04:12
NMLW Alice O'Loughlin goal 2.2.14 - 7.3.45 09:45
GEEW Caitlin Thorne behind 2.3.15 - 7.3.45 12:22
GEEW Julia Crockett-Grills goal 3.3.21 - 7.3.45 15:38
NMLW Mia King goal 3.3.21 - 8.3.51 21:39