2025 AFLW Season Round 1: Western Bulldogs Women's v Melbourne Women's

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2025 between the Western Bulldogs Women's and the Melbourne Women's during round one of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League Women's. The Western Bulldogs Women's hosted the Melbourne Women's at Mission Whitten Oval. The hosts were coached by Tam Hyett and the visitors were coached by Mick Stinear.

The Western Bulldogs Women's (1.8.14) were defeated by the Melbourne Women's (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFLW Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Western Bulldogs Women's v Melbourne Women's
Date: Saturday 16 August 2025
Time: 7:35 PM
Venue: Mission Whitten Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs Women's def. by Melbourne Women's
Score: 1.8.14 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs Women's	0	.	2	1	.	4	1	.	4	1	.	8	1	.	8	(14)
Melbourne Women's	1	.	3	3	.	4	7	.	7	9	.	8	9	.	8	(62)
Margin	MLBW by 7			MLBW by 12			MLBW by 39			MLBW by 48			MLBW by 48
Duration	18:38			20:56			22:09			20:03			1:21:46

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tam Hyett

Melbourne Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Stinear

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs Women's

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Ahrens, Lauren	FB	?	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	3	0	?	1	0	1	0
11	Bennetts, Elle	INT	?	0	0	13	9	4	0	0	5	1	?	0	0	2	2
2	Blackburn, Ellie	HFFR	?	0	2	17	11	6	1	0	4	2	?	0	2	0	1
20	Buttifant, Cleo	INT	?	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	1	0	?	0	1	2	0
8	Carruthers, Dominique	RR	?	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	4	3	?	0	2	0	2
33	Edmonds, Alice	RU	?	0	0	14	7	7	3	27	8	1	?	0	4	1	2
23	Fitzgerald, Jessica	C	?	0	1	14	9	5	1	0	5	4	?	1	1	2	1
25	Gavalas, Ellie	INT	?	0	2	13	9	4	2	0	5	0	?	0	0	1	1
17	Georgostathis, Elisabeth	HBFL	?	0	0	19	16	3	5	0	5	2	?	1	1	4	2
3	Grant, Isabella	BPL	?	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	4	0	?	0	3	2	0
5	Grigg, Elaine	INT	?	0	1	7	5	2	0	0	8	0	?	4	0	0	0
18	Gutknecht, Britney	HBFR	?	0	0	18	15	3	3	0	5	0	?	2	1	4	3
15	Hartwig, Sarah	HFFL	?	0	0	8	3	5	4	0	2	0	?	1	0	0	1
28	Kimber, Kaylee	CHB	?	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	2	0	?	0	0	2	0
9	McDonald, Emma	CHF	?	0	0	5	3	2	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	2
1	Poustie, Sarah	INT	?	0	0	11	7	4	1	0	5	2	?	1	1	1	2
4	Pritchard, Isabelle	RO	?	0	0	13	9	4	1	0	4	2	?	2	3	1	3
10	Smith, Jasmyn	WR	?	0	0	21	11	10	4	0	3	2	?	1	0	2	2
14	Stephenson, Louise	FF	?	0	1	12	8	4	2	3	1	0	?	1	1	0	3
37	Wilcox, Rylie	WL	?	0	0	9	8	1	3	0	7	0	?	1	1	2	2
19	Woodley, Heidi	FPR	?	1	0	8	5	3	2	0	3	0	?	0	2	0	1
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				1	8	243	152	91	41	30	86	19	0+	16	23	27	30

Melbourne Women's

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
6	Bannan, Alyssa	CHF	?	1	2	12	11	1	3	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	5
1	Campbell, Georgia	INT	?	0	0	7	4	3	2	7	3	1	?	1	1	0	0
13	Chaplin, Maeve	HBFR	?	0	0	14	4	10	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	2
19	Ebert, Laela	BPL	?	0	0	11	5	6	1	0	5	1	?	0	0	2	1
24	Fitzsimon, Megan	HFFL	?	0	0	16	7	9	1	0	10	3	?	2	2	0	2
5	Hanks, Tyla	C	?	2	0	29	20	9	4	0	5	4	?	3	0	5	4
7	Harris, Tayla	FPR	?	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	1
30	Heath, Shelley	RO	?	1	0	23	10	13	2	0	8	3	?	4	1	0	2
10	Hore, Kate	FF	?	2	0	16	4	12	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
33	Johnson, Lily	INT	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	0	2	1	?	0	1	2	1
8	Lampard, Sarah	CHB	?	0	0	15	10	5	2	0	2	0	?	0	1	6	1
31	Mackin, Blaithin	INT	?	0	0	14	12	2	3	0	1	2	?	0	2	2	1
20	Mahony, Maggie	INT	?	0	2	14	7	7	0	0	6	0	?	2	1	0	5
22	McNamara, Eliza	WR	?	0	0	22	16	6	1	0	7	0	?	1	0	2	5
11	O'Hehir, Molly	HBFL	?	0	0	10	7	3	2	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	1
4	Paxman, Paxy	WL	?	0	0	16	7	9	1	0	5	1	?	1	1	2	1
15	Pearce, Lauren	RU	?	0	0	10	4	6	1	6	1	3	?	2	0	1	1
3	Pisano, Alyssia	INT	?	0	2	8	5	3	2	0	6	0	?	0	0	0	0
2	Purcell, Olivia	RR	?	1	1	34	12	22	2	0	8	8	?	4	2	4	2
28	Taylor, Saraid	FB	?	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	6	0	?	1	0	1	0
29	Zanker, Eden	HFFR	?	2	0	9	5	4	1	2	4	0	?	1	3	0	1
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				9	8	298	159	139	37	15	84	27	0+	23	16	28	37

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

Western Bulldogs Women's							Coach: Tam Hyett
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	19	L. Ebert	28	S. Taylor			33	A. Edmonds	11	E. Bennetts
	19	H. Woodley	14	L. Stephenson			8	D. Carruthers	20	C. Buttifant
FORWARD							4	I. Pritchard	25	E. Gavalas
HALF-BACK									5	E. Grigg
	11	M. O'Hehir	8	S. Lampard	13	M. Chaplin			1	S. Poustie
	2	E. Blackburn	9	E. McDonald	15	S. Hartwig
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	4	P. Paxman	5	T. Hanks	22	E. McNamara
	10	J. Smith	23	J. Fitzgerald	37	R. Wilcox	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							15	L. Pearce	1	G. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD							2	O. Purcell	33	L. Johnson
	24	M. Fitzsimon	6	A. Bannan	29	E. Zanker	30	S. Heath	31	B. Mackin
	18	B. Gutknecht	28	K. Kimber	17	E. Georgostathis			20	M. Mahony
HALF-BACK									3	A. Pisano
FORWARD
			10	K. Hore	7	T. Harris
			27	L. Ahrens	3	I. Grant
BACK
Melbourne Women's							Coach: Mick Stinear

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MLBW	Maggie Mahony behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	06:17
	WBLW	Ellie Blackburn behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	08:59
	WBLW	Louise Stephenson behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	10:52
	MLBW	Shelley Heath goal	0.2.2	-	1.1.7	12:42
	MLBW	Alyssa Bannan behind	0.2.2	-	1.2.8	17:07
	MLBW	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	1.3.9	17:59
Q2	MLBW	Kate Hore goal	0.2.2	-	2.3.15	03:11
	WBLW	Ellie Blackburn behind	0.3.3	-	2.3.15	05:20
	MLBW	Alyssa Bannan goal	0.3.3	-	3.3.21	07:51
	WBLW	Heidi Woodley goal	1.3.9	-	3.3.21	10:04
	MLBW	Alyssia Pisano behind	1.3.9	-	3.4.22	17:46
	WBLW	Jessica Fitzgerald behind	1.4.10	-	3.4.22	20:53
Q3	MLBW	Eden Zanker goal	1.4.10	-	4.4.28	00:35
	MLBW	Alyssia Pisano behind	1.4.10	-	4.5.29	02:33
	MLBW	Maggie Mahony behind	1.4.10	-	4.6.30	03:27
	MLBW	Tyla Hanks goal	1.4.10	-	5.6.36	06:37
	MLBW	Kate Hore goal	1.4.10	-	6.6.42	11:35
	MLBW	Eden Zanker goal	1.4.10	-	7.6.48	13:52
	MLBW	Alyssa Bannan behind	1.4.10	-	7.7.49	18:46
Q4	MLBW	Olivia Purcell behind	1.4.10	-	7.8.50	02:51
	MLBW	Olivia Purcell goal	1.4.10	-	8.8.56	04:38
	WBLW	Ellie Gavalas behind	1.5.11	-	8.8.56	12:17
	WBLW	Elaine Grigg behind	1.6.12	-	8.8.56	12:47
	MLBW	Tyla Hanks goal	1.6.12	-	9.8.62	16:03
	WBLW	Ellie Gavalas behind	1.7.13	-	9.8.62	17:42
	WBLW	Rushed behind	1.8.14	-	9.8.62	19:13

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