2025 AFLW Season Round 5: Port Adelaide Women's v Melbourne Women's

This is the match report for the match played on 13 September 2025 between the Port Adelaide Women's and the Melbourne Women's during round five of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League Women's. The Port Adelaide Women's hosted the Melbourne Women's at Alberton Oval. The hosts were coached by Lauren Arnell and the visitors were coached by Mick Stinear.

The Port Adelaide Women's (6.7.43) defeated the Melbourne Women's (5.11.41).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFLW Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Port Adelaide Women's v Melbourne Women's
Date: Saturday 13 September 2025
Time: 2:35 PM
Venue: Alberton Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide Women's def. Melbourne Women's
Score: 6.7.43 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Port Adelaide Women's	1	.	3	3	.	5	5	.	7	6	.	7	6	.	7	(43)
Melbourne Women's	0	.	4	1	.	8	2	.	8	5	.	11	5	.	11	(41)
Margin	PADW by 5			PADW by 9			PADW by 17			PADW by 2			PADW by 2
Duration	18:38			20:44			20:08			21:06			1:20:36

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Port Adelaide Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Lauren Arnell

Melbourne Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Stinear

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide Women's

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Boag, Ella	WR	?	1	0	11	7	4	1	0	4	0	?	1	1	3	0
21	Borg, Amelie	FB	?	0	0	6	5	1	1	2	4	0	?	4	1	5	0
23	Brook, Alissa	HBFR	?	0	0	5	2	3	1	3	1	0	?	1	0	1	1
6	Brooksby, Molly	HBFL	?	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	5	1	?	0	0	6	0
5	Dowrick, Abbey	RO	?	0	0	19	16	3	2	0	13	5	?	2	0	4	3
3	Evans, Jasmine	INT	?	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
31	Gaunt, Chloe	INT	?	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	1
30	Germech, Teagan	CHB	?	0	0	8	4	4	3	0	5	0	?	0	0	4	0
16	Goody, Shineah	RR	?	0	1	14	11	3	2	0	6	5	?	6	1	0	4
12	Heads, Ella	WL	?	0	0	16	11	5	3	0	4	0	?	0	3	2	2
27	Houghton, Gemma	HFFR	?	1	1	9	6	3	3	0	2	0	?	0	1	2	2
35	Lamb, Kirsty	INT	?	0	0	9	6	3	1	0	4	0	?	1	1	1	2
9	Moloney, Maria	INT	?	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	2	2	?	0	1	0	1
1	Mules-Robinson, Justine	HFFL	?	0	0	7	6	1	1	0	2	2	?	0	2	1	2
2	O'Dea, Ebony	INT	?	0	0	8	7	1	1	0	5	0	?	3	0	0	3
44	Pope, Katelyn	FF	?	0	1	8	4	4	2	0	4	0	?	0	0	1	0
29	Scholz, Matilda	RU	?	0	0	12	8	4	5	18	3	2	?	0	2	0	0
32	Sowden, Jasmine	CHF	?	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	3	0	?	0	2	0	2
20	Syme, Sachi	BPL	?	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	3	1	?	0	0	6	0
10	Tahau, Indy	FPR	?	3	1	11	8	3	3	1	6	0	?	0	2	1	3
8	Woodland, Ashleigh	C	?	0	2	20	17	3	1	0	6	5	?	3	0	1	4
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				6	7	207	152	55	41	24	85	23	0+	21	18	38	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	?	0	2	16	6	10	1	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	3
1	Campbell, Georgia	INT	?	0	0	4	0	4	0	11	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
13	Chaplin, Maeve	HBFR	?	0	0	23	17	6	3	0	3	0	?	1	1	9	8
32	Colvin, Gabrielle	FB	?	0	0	12	10	2	3	0	4	0	?	2	1	6	0
19	Ebert, Laela	CHB	?	0	0	12	8	4	0	0	2	0	?	1	1	0	0
24	Fitzsimon, Megan	HFFL	?	0	1	15	9	6	0	0	2	3	?	0	2	3	3
9	Gall, Georgia	FPR	?	0	1	14	3	11	2	0	2	0	?	0	3	0	2
5	Hanks, Tyla	C	?	0	0	27	15	12	1	0	2	3	?	0	1	3	8
7	Harris, Tayla	HFFR	?	1	0	13	9	4	4	5	4	1	?	2	1	0	4
30	Heath, Shelley	RO	?	0	0	14	4	10	1	0	10	0	?	3	1	0	2
10	Hore, Kate	RR	?	3	1	27	16	11	5	0	10	7	?	3	3	1	6
33	Johnson, Lily	INT	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	0
20	Mahony, Maggie	INT	?	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	1
22	McNamara, Eliza	WL	?	0	0	23	17	6	3	0	9	0	?	2	1	1	3
11	O'Hehir, Molly	HBFL	?	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	0
4	Paxman, Paxy	WR	?	0	2	18	8	10	2	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	1
15	Pearce, Lauren	RU	?	0	0	8	1	7	0	7	1	1	?	0	0	0	1
43	Rigoni, Jemma	INT	?	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	0
28	Taylor, Saraid	BPL	?	0	0	11	4	7	2	0	2	1	?	2	0	1	0
12	Wotherspoon, Ryleigh	INT	?	1	0	9	5	4	2	0	5	1	?	1	2	0	1
29	Zanker, Eden	FF	?	0	1	15	7	8	2	2	1	2	?	0	1	0	1
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				5	11	280	150	130	34	25	69	19	0+	18	21	24	44

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

Port Adelaide Women's							Coach: Lauren Arnell
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	28	S. Taylor	32	G. Colvin			29	M. Scholz	3	J. Evans
	10	I. Tahau	44	K. Pope			16	S. Goody	31	C. Gaunt
FORWARD							5	A. Dowrick	35	K. Lamb
HALF-BACK									9	M. Moloney
	11	M. O'Hehir	19	L. Ebert	13	M. Chaplin			2	E. O'Dea
	27	G. Houghton	32	J. Sowden	1	J. Mules-Robinson
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	22	E. McNamara	5	T. Hanks	4	P. Paxman
	17	E. Boag	8	A. Woodland	12	E. Heads	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							15	L. Pearce	1	G. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD							10	K. Hore	33	L. Johnson
	24	M. Fitzsimon	6	A. Bannan	7	T. Harris	30	S. Heath	20	M. Mahony
	23	A. Brook	30	T. Germech	6	M. Brooksby			43	J. Rigoni
HALF-BACK									12	R. Wotherspoon
FORWARD
			29	E. Zanker	9	G. Gall
			21	A. Borg	20	S. Syme
BACK
Melbourne Women's							Coach: Mick Stinear

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PADW	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:15
	PADW	Ashleigh Woodland behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	01:08
	PADW	Ella Boag goal	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	02:27
	MLBW	Eden Zanker behind	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	04:47
	MLBW	Georgia Gall behind	1.2.8	-	0.2.2	06:35
	PADW	Katelyn Pope behind	1.3.9	-	0.2.2	07:46
	MLBW	Paxy Paxman behind	1.3.9	-	0.3.3	09:57
	MLBW	Alyssa Bannan behind	1.3.9	-	0.4.4	16:47
Q2	PADW	Ashleigh Woodland behind	1.4.10	-	0.4.4	03:44
	PADW	Gemma Houghton goal	2.4.16	-	0.4.4	05:38
	MLBW	Alyssa Bannan behind	2.4.16	-	0.5.5	07:56
	MLBW	Kate Hore behind	2.4.16	-	0.6.6	10:34
	PADW	Gemma Houghton behind	2.5.17	-	0.6.6	11:49
	PADW	Indy Tahau goal	3.5.23	-	0.6.6	13:49
	MLBW	Kate Hore goal	3.5.23	-	1.6.12	14:56
	MLBW	Paxy Paxman behind	3.5.23	-	1.7.13	17:59
	MLBW	Rushed behind	3.5.23	-	1.8.14	19:03
Q3	PADW	Indy Tahau goal	4.5.29	-	1.8.14	01:20
	PADW	Shineah Goody behind	4.6.30	-	1.8.14	07:57
	PADW	Indy Tahau behind	4.7.31	-	1.8.14	09:05
	PADW	Chloe Gaunt goal	5.7.37	-	1.8.14	10:19
	MLBW	Kate Hore goal	5.7.37	-	2.8.20	14:19
Q4	MLBW	Ryleigh Wotherspoon goal	5.7.37	-	3.8.26	01:56
	PADW	Indy Tahau goal	6.7.43	-	3.8.26	04:25
	MLBW	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	3.9.27	06:11
	MLBW	Tayla Harris goal	6.7.43	-	4.9.33	09:25
	MLBW	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	4.10.34	15:57
	MLBW	Kate Hore goal	6.7.43	-	5.10.40	18:12
	MLBW	Megan Fitzsimon behind	6.7.43	-	5.11.41	19:36

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