2025 AFLW Season Round 5: Essendon Women's v St Kilda Women's

This is the match report for the match played on 14 September 2025 between the Essendon Women's and the St Kilda Women's during round five of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League Women's. The Essendon Women's hosted the St Kilda Women's at Windy Hill. The hosts were coached by Natalie Wood and the visitors were coached by Nick Dal Santo.

The Essendon Women's (1.2.8) were defeated by the St Kilda Women's (9.6.60).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFLW Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon Women's v St Kilda Women's
Date: Sunday 14 September 2025
Time: 1:05 PM
Venue: Windy Hill

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon Women's def. by St Kilda Women's
Score: 1.2.8 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon Women's 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 2 1 . 2 (8)
St Kilda Women's 3 . 2 5 . 2 7 . 3 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin STKW by 14 STKW by 26 STKW by 39 STKW by 52 STKW by 52
Duration 20:51 18:52 19:43 19:38 1:19:04

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 (St Kilda Women's) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Natalie Wood

St Kilda Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Nick Dal Santo

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 11 3 8 0 0 6 2 ? 0 0 0 1
24 Alexander, Sophie CHF ? 1 1 8 6 2 5 0 3 0 ? 1 1 0 1
7 Belloni, Grace HFFR ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 0 ? 2 2 1 3
28 Busch, Mia HBFR ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 3 0 ? 0 0 2 0
20 Cain, Stephanie WL ? 0 0 22 14 8 3 0 1 4 ? 0 2 4 4
13 Chambers, Taya INT ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 ? 0 0 4 0
17 Clarke, Georgia CHB ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 0 2 ? 1 0 2 2
16 Dyke, Matilda FB ? 0 0 13 3 10 2 1 3 0 ? 0 2 1 1
14 Gamble, Ellyse BPL ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 2 0 ? 1 0 4 0
23 Gaylor, Amy RO ? 0 0 18 7 11 3 0 3 1 ? 3 0 2 3
2 Gee, Georgia HFFL ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 ? 1 0 0 0
26 Gladman, Amelie FPR ? 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 ? 0 1 0 0
21 MacLachlan, Maggie WR ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 3 2 ? 0 1 2 3
25 Morcom, Alex HBFL ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 0 ? 1 0 3 2
5 Nanscawen, Georgia RR ? 0 0 19 7 12 3 0 10 3 ? 2 2 4 1
4 Prespakis, Madison C ? 0 0 24 14 10 2 0 5 6 ? 2 0 2 1
10 Ridewood, Holly INT ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 2 2 ? 1 1 0 1
18 Strong, Sophie INT ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 ? 0 0 0 0
8 Toogood, Bonnie FF ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 7 2 ? 2 1 2 2
29 Verbrugge, Jess INT ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0
30 Wales, Stephanie RU ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 24 10 5 ? 0 0 3 4
Rushed ?
Total (21 players) 1 2 251 137 114 40 25 67 29 0+ 17 13 36 29

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 FF ? 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 9 3 ? 2 2 1 2
17 Barr, Nicola WR ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 4 1 ? 1 0 0 1
26 Baskaran, Charlotte INT ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 5 0 ? 0 1 0 2
3 Burke, Alice HBFL ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 3 1 ? 1 1 2 0
19 Caris, Rene INT ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 12 3 0 ? 0 0 0 1
25 Clarke, Amber HFFR ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 ? 1 0 1 2
15 Forbes, Kyla INT ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 3 0 ? 0 0 3 0
8 Jakobsson, Bianca BPL ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 1 0 ? 0 0 3 1
9 Lambert, Jaimee C ? 0 0 27 8 19 1 0 9 3 ? 1 3 1 6
1 McDonald, Molly WL ? 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 2 1 ? 1 1 1 3
20 Ott, Rebecca RU ? 0 0 15 4 11 2 12 4 2 ? 1 0 1 1
21 Patrikios, Georgia RR ? 1 0 20 14 6 1 0 4 0 ? 1 1 1 5
14 Priest, Hannah HFFL ? 2 0 9 6 3 2 0 6 0 ? 1 0 0 1
22 Richards, Ashleigh FPR ? 2 0 20 10 10 5 0 5 2 ? 0 0 2 0
33 Simpson, Charlotte INT ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 2 3 ? 0 3 1 2
6 Smith, Tyanna RO ? 0 2 21 16 5 0 0 8 4 ? 1 1 2 6
2 Stevens, Nicola FB ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 2 ? 0 0 2 0
18 Stuart, Hannah INT ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 3 1 ? 0 0 0 2
10 Trudgeon, Paige CHB ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 1 ? 1 0 5 2
30 Wardlaw, Jesse CHF ? 3 2 21 14 7 6 2 4 1 ? 1 2 0 4
12 Watson, Serene HBFR ? 0 0 22 13 9 6 0 5 2 ? 0 2 1 5
Rushed ?
Total (21 players) 9 6 291 160 131 49 26 86 27 0+ 13 17 27 46

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
8 B. Jakobsson 2 N. Stevens

30 S. Wales 15 C. Adams
26 A. Gladman 8 B. Toogood

5 G. Nanscawen 13 T. Chambers
FORWARD 23 A. Gaylor 10 H. Ridewood
HALF-BACK

18 S. Strong
3 A. Burke 10 P. Trudgeon 12 S. Watson

29 J. Verbrugge
7 G. Belloni 24 S. Alexander 2 G. Gee



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 M. McDonald 9 J. Lambert 17 N. Barr



21 M. MacLachlan 4 M. Prespakis 20 S. Cain FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 20 R. Ott 26 C. Baskaran
HALF-FORWARD 21 G. Patrikios 19 R. Caris
14 H. Priest 30 J. Wardlaw 25 A. Clarke 6 T. Smith 15 K. Forbes
28 M. Busch 17 G. Clarke 25 A. Morcom

33 C. Simpson
HALF-BACK

18 H. Stuart
FORWARD





7 J. Anderson 22 A. Richards





16 M. Dyke 14 E. Gamble



BACK



St Kilda Women's Coach: Nick Dal Santo

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKW Ashleigh Richards goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:00
STKW Jesse Wardlaw goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 06:14
STKW Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 10:06
STKW Hannah Priest goal 0.0.0 - 3.1.19 13:45
STKW Jesse Wardlaw behind 0.0.0 - 3.2.20 19:03
ESSW Sophie Alexander goal 1.0.6 - 3.2.20 20:47
Q2 STKW Georgia Patrikios goal 1.0.6 - 4.2.26 05:09
STKW Ashleigh Richards goal 1.0.6 - 5.2.32 18:46
Q3 STKW Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 5.3.33 06:28
STKW Jesse Wardlaw goal 1.0.6 - 6.3.39 07:25
STKW Jesse Wardlaw goal 1.0.6 - 7.3.45 09:54
Q4 STKW Hannah Priest goal 1.0.6 - 8.3.51 01:14
STKW Tyanna Smith behind 1.0.6 - 8.4.52 04:10
STKW Tyanna Smith behind 1.0.6 - 8.5.53 08:02
STKW Amber Clarke goal 1.0.6 - 9.5.59 08:43
ESSW Amelie Gladman behind 1.1.7 - 9.5.59 11:28
ESSW Sophie Alexander behind 1.2.8 - 9.5.59 13:40
STKW Jesse Wardlaw behind 1.2.8 - 9.6.60 18:02