2025 AFLW Season Round 2: Melbourne Women's v St Kilda Women's

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 2025 between the Melbourne Women's and the St Kilda Women's during round two of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League Women's. The Melbourne Women's hosted the St Kilda Women's at Casey Fields. The hosts were coached by Mick Stinear and the visitors were coached by Nick Dal Santo.

The Melbourne Women's (13.11.89) defeated the St Kilda Women's (2.3.15).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFLW Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne Women's v St Kilda Women's
Date: Saturday 23 August 2025
Time: 3:05 PM
Venue: Casey Fields

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne Women's def. St Kilda Women's
Score: 13.11.89 - 2.3.15

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne Women's	2	.	5	7	.	8	9	.	9	13	.	11	13	.	11	(89)
St Kilda Women's	1	.	0	1	.	1	2	.	2	2	.	3	2	.	3	(15)
Margin	MLBW by 11			MLBW by 43			MLBW by 49			MLBW by 74			MLBW by 74
Duration	21:08			23:24			20:38			21:25			1:26:35

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Melbourne Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Stinear

St Kilda Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Nick Dal Santo

Player Statistics

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	0	11	6	5	1	0	3	0	?	0	1	1	1
1	Campbell, Georgia	INT	?	0	0	9	3	6	2	10	0	3	?	0	0	0	1
13	Chaplin, Maeve	HBFR	?	0	0	12	9	3	3	0	3	0	?	0	1	3	1
19	Ebert, Laela	BPL	?	0	0	11	4	7	1	0	0	0	?	0	1	2	2
24	Fitzsimon, Megan	HFFL	?	1	0	14	9	5	0	0	9	2	?	1	1	0	3
9	Gall, Georgia	FPR	?	2	0	10	4	6	3	0	0	0	?	1	0	0	0
23	Goldrick, Sinead	INT	?	0	0	11	6	5	1	0	0	1	?	0	1	1	2
5	Hanks, Tyla	C	?	0	0	28	14	14	4	0	12	4	?	2	2	0	2
7	Harris, Tayla	HFFR	?	4	4	16	13	3	8	2	5	1	?	1	2	0	3
30	Heath, Shelley	HBFL	?	0	0	18	7	11	0	0	3	0	?	1	2	0	1
10	Hore, Kate	RO	?	1	3	26	11	15	5	0	2	5	?	1	1	0	2
33	Johnson, Lily	INT	?	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	0
31	Mackin, Blaithin	CHB	?	0	1	10	6	4	1	0	1	2	?	1	2	1	2
20	Mahony, Maggie	INT	?	0	0	11	4	7	0	0	3	0	?	0	2	0	2
22	McNamara, Eliza	WL	?	0	0	16	8	8	2	0	5	0	?	2	1	1	3
11	O'Hehir, Molly	INT	?	0	1	11	9	2	3	0	2	1	?	1	0	1	3
4	Paxman, Paxy	WR	?	1	0	20	15	5	2	0	3	1	?	0	1	1	3
15	Pearce, Lauren	RU	?	0	0	12	5	7	3	25	2	4	?	2	0	0	2
2	Purcell, Olivia	RR	?	0	1	19	10	9	0	0	6	2	?	2	0	1	2
28	Taylor, Saraid	FB	?	0	0	9	3	6	2	0	8	0	?	2	0	2	0
29	Zanker, Eden	FF	?	2	0	19	12	7	8	1	5	3	?	1	4	0	7
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				13	11	295	160	135	49	38	72	29	0+	18	22	15	42

St Kilda Women's

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Anderson, J'Noemi	RR	?	1	0	10	7	3	1	0	9	4	?	3	0	0	2
17	Barr, Nicola	INT	?	0	0	8	6	2	4	0	3	0	?	0	1	1	2
26	Baskaran, Charlotte	WR	?	0	0	9	4	5	0	0	4	1	?	3	1	1	0
11	Besanko, Zoe	FF	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
3	Burke, Alice	INT	?	0	0	7	4	3	0	0	5	0	?	0	0	1	0
25	Clarke, Amber	INT	?	0	0	9	7	2	1	0	2	2	?	1	2	2	2
34	Clarke, Arianna	INT	?	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	0
15	Forbes, Kyla	HBFL	?	0	0	11	8	3	5	0	4	0	?	0	0	1	0
16	Friend, Ella	HFFL	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	0	1	0	?	1	1	4	0
9	Lambert, Jaimee	C	?	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	3	2	?	2	0	1	0
1	McDonald, Molly	WL	?	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	8	2	?	2	1	2	2
20	Ott, Rebecca	RU	?	0	0	13	7	6	1	13	5	4	?	1	2	2	1
21	Patrikios, Georgia	HFFR	?	1	0	19	11	8	1	0	8	4	?	2	1	1	0
32	Plane, Natalie	INT	?	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	9	0	?	1	0	0	1
14	Priest, Hannah	BPL	?	0	0	7	3	4	3	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	0
22	Richards, Ashleigh	FPR	?	0	0	12	7	5	2	0	7	1	?	2	2	0	4
6	Smith, Tyanna	RO	?	0	0	20	13	7	1	0	9	6	?	2	1	1	2
2	Stevens, Nicola	FB	?	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	5	0	?	0	0	2	0
10	Trudgeon, Paige	CHB	?	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	5	0	?	2	1	1	1
30	Wardlaw, Jesse	CHF	?	0	1	6	5	1	4	1	1	1	?	0	0	1	1
12	Watson, Serene	HBFR	?	0	0	18	14	4	6	0	2	0	?	0	4	6	0
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				2	3	197	128	69	39	14	94	27	0+	22	18	27	18

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

Melbourne Women's							Coach: Mick Stinear
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	14	H. Priest	2	N. Stevens			15	L. Pearce	1	G. Campbell
	9	G. Gall	29	E. Zanker			2	O. Purcell	23	S. Goldrick
FORWARD							10	K. Hore	33	L. Johnson
HALF-BACK									20	M. Mahony
	15	K. Forbes	10	P. Trudgeon	12	S. Watson			11	M. O'Hehir
	7	T. Harris	6	A. Bannan	24	M. Fitzsimon
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	1	M. McDonald	9	J. Lambert	26	C. Baskaran
	4	P. Paxman	5	T. Hanks	22	E. McNamara	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							20	R. Ott	17	N. Barr
HALF-FORWARD							7	J. Anderson	3	A. Burke
	16	E. Friend	30	J. Wardlaw	21	G. Patrikios	6	T. Smith	25	A. Clarke
	13	M. Chaplin	31	B. Mackin	30	S. Heath			34	A. Clarke
HALF-BACK									32	N. Plane
FORWARD
			11	Z. Besanko	22	A. Richards
			28	S. Taylor	19	L. Ebert
BACK
St Kilda Women's							Coach: Nick Dal Santo

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MLBW	Tayla Harris goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:10
	MLBW	Tayla Harris goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	05:34
	STKW	J'Noemi Anderson goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	07:57
	MLBW	Kate Hore behind	2.1.13	-	1.0.6	12:44
	MLBW	Tayla Harris behind	2.2.14	-	1.0.6	13:49
	MLBW	Olivia Purcell behind	2.3.15	-	1.0.6	14:35
	MLBW	Tayla Harris behind	2.4.16	-	1.0.6	17:02
	MLBW	Kate Hore behind	2.5.17	-	1.0.6	17:43
Q2	MLBW	Tayla Harris goal	3.5.23	-	1.0.6	01:40
	STKW	Rushed behind	3.5.23	-	1.1.7	05:15
	MLBW	Eden Zanker goal	4.5.29	-	1.1.7	07:27
	MLBW	Georgia Gall goal	5.5.35	-	1.1.7	11:29
	MLBW	Tayla Harris goal	6.5.41	-	1.1.7	13:04
	MLBW	Molly O'Hehir behind	6.6.42	-	1.1.7	15:08
	MLBW	Paxy Paxman goal	7.6.48	-	1.1.7	19:31
	MLBW	Kate Hore behind	7.7.49	-	1.1.7	21:26
	MLBW	Blaithin Mackin behind	7.8.50	-	1.1.7	23:04
Q3	STKW	Jesse Wardlaw behind	7.8.50	-	1.2.8	02:44
	STKW	Georgia Patrikios goal	7.8.50	-	2.2.14	04:03
	MLBW	Eden Zanker goal	8.8.56	-	2.2.14	07:34
	MLBW	Kate Hore goal	9.8.62	-	2.2.14	14:29
	MLBW	Rushed behind	9.9.63	-	2.2.14	16:21
Q4	MLBW	Georgia Gall goal	10.9.69	-	2.2.14	00:58
	MLBW	Lily Johnson goal	11.9.75	-	2.2.14	07:40
	MLBW	Alyssa Bannan goal	12.9.81	-	2.2.14	13:20
	STKW	Natalie Plane behind	12.9.81	-	2.3.15	15:57
	MLBW	Megan Fitzsimon goal	13.9.87	-	2.3.15	18:27
	MLBW	Tayla Harris behind	13.10.88	-	2.3.15	19:37
	MLBW	Tayla Harris behind	13.11.89	-	2.3.15	20:50

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