2025 AFLW Season Round 2: Essendon Women's v West Coast Women's

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 2025 between the Essendon Women's and the West Coast Women's during round two of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League Women's. The Essendon Women's hosted the West Coast Women's at Windy Hill. The hosts were coached by Natalie Wood and the visitors were coached by Daisy Pearce.

The Essendon Women's (4.7.31) defeated the West Coast Women's (4.2.26).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFLW Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon Women's v West Coast Women's
Date: Sunday 24 August 2025
Time: 2:35 PM
Venue: Windy Hill

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon Women's def. West Coast Women's
Score: 4.7.31 - 4.2.26

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon Women's 1 . 0 1 . 2 2 . 5 4 . 7 4 . 7 (31)
West Coast Women's 1 . 0 2 . 1 2 . 2 4 . 2 4 . 2 (26)
Margin level WCSW by 5 ESSW by 3 ESSW by 5 ESSW by 5
Duration 19:19 19:11 18:26 21:32 1:18:28

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Essendon Women's) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (West Coast Women's) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Natalie Wood

West Coast Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Daisy Pearce

Player Statistics

Essendon Women's

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Adams, Chloe INT ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 3 1 ? 2 0 0 0
24 Alexander, Sophie CHF ? 1 0 9 8 1 4 0 4 0 ? 1 0 0 1
3 Bannister, Daria HFFL ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 2 0 ? 0 1 1 0
7 Belloni, Grace FF ? 0 0 7 5 2 5 0 1 0 ? 0 1 0 4
28 Busch, Mia HBFL ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 6 3 ? 0 0 0 1
20 Cain, Stephanie WL ? 0 0 12 3 9 2 0 7 1 ? 0 1 0 0
13 Chambers, Taya CHB ? 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 2 0 ? 1 1 0 1
17 Clarke, Georgia BPL ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 3 1 ? 1 1 3 0
16 Dyke, Matilda RU ? 0 1 17 9 8 6 3 6 4 ? 2 0 3 1
14 Gamble, Ellyse INT ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 2 0 ? 0 0 2 0
23 Gaylor, Amy RO ? 0 0 21 12 9 6 0 8 6 ? 1 0 3 3
2 Gee, Georgia INT ? 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 1 ? 2 2 0 0
21 MacLachlan, Maggie WR ? 0 1 12 6 6 2 0 3 0 ? 0 0 1 1
25 Morcom, Alex FB ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 0 ? 1 0 3 1
33 Murphy, Courtney INT ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 4 2 3 ? 2 2 2 1
5 Nanscawen, Georgia RR ? 0 0 25 13 12 3 0 8 5 ? 2 2 2 3
4 Prespakis, Madison C ? 0 0 22 11 11 1 0 5 4 ? 3 0 2 2
10 Ridewood, Holly INT ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 5 0 ? 3 0 0 4
8 Toogood, Bonnie FPR ? 2 3 13 10 3 7 1 3 1 ? 1 2 0 1
27 Van De Heuvel, Sophie HBFR ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 ? 0 1 0 1
9 Walker, Brooke HFFR ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 5 0 ? 1 1 0 2
Rushed ?
Total (21 players) 4 7 237 141 96 57 8 77 30 0+ 23 15 22 27

West Coast Women's

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Britton, Jaide WL ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 3 0 ? 0 0 2 2
15 Bushby, Abbygail HFFR ? 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 0 ? 0 2 0 3
22 Cleaver, Georgie INT ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 1 0 ? 0 0 2 0
32 Dalgleish, Kayla INT ? 2 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 0 ? 0 0 0 3
10 Drennan, Alison C ? 0 0 20 6 14 5 0 8 3 ? 0 2 0 1
19 Franklin, Amy HFFL ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 0 0 ? 2 0 0 1
2 Gibson, Kellie INT ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 1 ? 0 0 0 0
17 Hooker, Dana INT ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 3 1 ? 0 2 1 1
25 Kavanagh, Kayley INT ? 0 0 7 1 6 2 0 2 0 ? 0 1 0 0
6 Lewis, Isabella FPR ? 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 3 0 ? 0 2 0 1
27 McGrath, Liz RU ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 31 4 2 ? 2 1 2 2
8 Painter, Lucia FF ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 3 1 ? 0 0 2 1
7 Rentsch, Jessica RR ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 6 0 ? 2 4 2 2
4 Roberts, Ella RO ? 0 1 21 7 14 3 0 8 3 ? 1 2 0 3
9 Roux, Roxanne FB ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 5 0 ? 3 0 1 1
5 Rowley, Courtney HBFL ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 0 0 ? 0 0 2 2
13 Swanson, Emma CHB ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 3 0 ? 1 1 7 1
3 Thomas, Charlie HBFR ? 0 0 16 15 1 8 0 0 0 ? 1 0 2 2
1 Wakfer, Lauren CHF ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 2 2 0 ? 1 2 0 1
16 Wakfer, Zoe BPL ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 ? 1 1 0 0
21 Western, Mikayla WR ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 6 2 ? 1 3 0 1
Rushed ?
Total (21 players) 4 2 240 135 105 51 33 61 13 0+ 15 23 23 28

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

Essendon Women's Coach: Natalie Wood
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
16 Z. Wakfer 9 R. Roux

16 M. Dyke 15 C. Adams
8 B. Toogood 7 G. Belloni

5 G. Nanscawen 14 E. Gamble
FORWARD 23 A. Gaylor 2 G. Gee
HALF-BACK

33 C. Murphy
5 C. Rowley 13 E. Swanson 3 C. Thomas

10 H. Ridewood
9 B. Walker 24 S. Alexander 3 D. Bannister



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 J. Britton 10 A. Drennan 21 M. Western



21 M. MacLachlan 4 M. Prespakis 20 S. Cain FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 L. McGrath 22 G. Cleaver
HALF-FORWARD 7 J. Rentsch 32 K. Dalgleish
19 A. Franklin 1 L. Wakfer 15 A. Bushby 4 E. Roberts 2 K. Gibson
27 S. Van De Heuvel 13 T. Chambers 28 M. Busch

17 D. Hooker
HALF-BACK

25 K. Kavanagh
FORWARD





8 L. Painter 6 I. Lewis





25 A. Morcom 17 G. Clarke



BACK



West Coast Women's Coach: Daisy Pearce

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSW Bonnie Toogood goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:33
WCSW Abbygail Bushby goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 18:15
Q2 ESSW Maggie MacLachlan behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 03:35
ESSW Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 05:21
WCSW Kayla Dalgleish goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 07:22
WCSW Lucia Painter behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 19:06
Q3 ESSW Daria Bannister behind 1.3.9 - 2.1.13 09:43
ESSW Bonnie Toogood behind 1.4.10 - 2.1.13 10:42
ESSW Bonnie Toogood behind 1.5.11 - 2.1.13 11:48
ESSW Bonnie Toogood goal 2.5.17 - 2.1.13 14:53
WCSW Ella Roberts behind 2.5.17 - 2.2.14 17:45
Q4 ESSW Georgia Gee goal 3.5.23 - 2.2.14 00:49
WCSW Kayla Dalgleish goal 3.5.23 - 3.2.20 04:25
ESSW Bonnie Toogood behind 3.6.24 - 3.2.20 06:18
ESSW Matilda Dyke behind 3.7.25 - 3.2.20 08:24
WCSW Kellie Gibson goal 3.7.25 - 4.2.26 12:16
ESSW Sophie Alexander goal 4.7.31 - 4.2.26 20:22