2025 AFLW Season Round 7: Essendon Women's v North Melbourne Women's

This is the match report for the match played on 26 September 2025 between the Essendon Women's and the North Melbourne Women's during round seven of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League Women's. The Essendon Women's hosted the North Melbourne Women's at Windy Hill. The hosts were coached by Natalie Wood and the visitors were coached by Darren Crocker.

The Essendon Women's (6.5.41) were defeated by the North Melbourne Women's (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFLW Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon Women's v North Melbourne Women's
Date: Friday 26 September 2025
Time: 3:05 PM
Venue: Windy Hill

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon Women's def. by North Melbourne Women's
Score: 6.5.41 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon Women's	3	.	2	3	.	3	5	.	5	6	.	5	6	.	5	(41)
North Melbourne Women's	0	.	0	5	.	5	6	.	8	10	.	11	10	.	11	(71)
Margin	ESSW by 20			NMLW by 14			NMLW by 9			NMLW by 30			NMLW by 30
Duration	24:03			24:07			19:16			24:04			1:31:30

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 (North Melbourne Women's) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Natalie Wood

North Melbourne Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Darren Crocker

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	HBFL	?	0	0	14	9	5	4	0	2	1	?	0	1	4	1
24	Alexander, Sophie	CHF	?	2	0	14	6	8	3	1	3	2	?	0	0	1	2
3	Bannister, Daria	HFFL	?	0	1	10	5	5	2	0	5	0	?	1	0	0	1
7	Belloni, Grace	HFFR	?	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	2	0	?	1	0	1	3
32	Brooker, Grace	FPR	?	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	1
36	Brown, Brooke	INT	?	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	2	0	?	0	0	1	0
28	Busch, Mia	BPL	?	0	0	17	11	6	3	0	2	0	?	1	1	3	0
20	Cain, Stephanie	WL	?	1	0	17	9	8	2	0	2	5	?	1	2	0	2
17	Clarke, Georgia	CHB	?	0	0	10	7	3	1	0	0	0	?	0	1	3	0
16	Dyke, Matilda	HBFR	?	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	2	0	?	1	1	2	0
14	Gamble, Ellyse	FB	?	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	1	0
23	Gaylor, Amy	INT	?	1	0	19	10	9	3	0	3	2	?	1	2	1	1
2	Gee, Georgia	INT	?	1	0	7	2	5	1	0	6	1	?	1	0	1	0
21	MacLachlan, Maggie	WR	?	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	3	0	?	0	1	1	2
25	Morcom, Alex	RO	?	0	0	10	8	2	1	0	7	2	?	2	1	1	0
33	Murphy, Courtney	INT	?	0	0	3	2	1	0	5	0	1	?	0	1	0	0
5	Nanscawen, Georgia	RR	?	0	0	22	11	11	5	0	9	3	?	2	2	3	1
4	Prespakis, Madison	C	?	0	1	25	15	10	3	0	2	3	?	0	0	2	6
10	Ridewood, Holly	INT	?	1	0	10	6	4	1	0	1	0	?	1	0	0	3
8	Toogood, Bonnie	FF	?	0	3	20	12	8	5	0	3	1	?	3	0	3	2
30	Wales, Stephanie	RU	?	0	0	12	8	4	1	17	5	3	?	1	1	0	1
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				6	5	253	148	105	46	23	61	24	0+	16	15	28	26

North Melbourne Women's

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Birch, Libby	BPL	?	0	0	14	7	7	3	0	0	0	?	1	1	1	1
10	Bogue, Blaithin	FPR	?	2	1	12	9	3	0	0	3	2	?	2	1	0	1
24	Boyd, Tessa	INT	?	0	0	16	7	9	0	0	2	1	?	0	0	2	2
35	Bruton, Jenna	WR	?	0	1	14	7	7	1	0	2	1	?	0	0	0	1
5	Craven, Tess	INT	?	1	1	14	9	5	1	0	3	1	?	0	0	1	1
3	Eddey, Bella	HFFL	?	0	0	11	6	5	0	0	6	3	?	1	1	1	1
20	Ferguson, Jasmine	FB	?	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	?	0	1	0	0
25	Garner, Jasmine	RO	?	1	0	21	12	9	0	0	2	3	?	1	0	1	2
21	Gavin Mangan, Amy	INT	?	0	1	10	7	3	1	0	4	1	?	1	0	0	4
9	Kearney, Emma	HBFR	?	0	0	11	8	3	1	0	0	0	?	0	1	4	4
60	King, Emma	INT	?	1	0	8	5	3	1	14	2	2	?	2	1	2	2
23	King, Mia	C	?	0	0	22	11	11	2	0	7	5	?	2	0	1	3
16	Randall, Tahlia	FF	?	1	4	11	6	5	3	2	0	0	?	0	1	0	1
26	Rennie, Kim	RU	?	0	1	11	5	6	1	10	1	4	?	2	1	1	1
7	Riddell, Ash	RR	?	1	0	28	8	20	1	0	4	5	?	0	1	0	5
11	Shannon, Eliza	CHB	?	0	0	9	2	7	1	0	3	1	?	0	1	0	0
4	Sheerin, Eilish	HBFL	?	0	0	18	10	8	2	0	3	2	?	1	1	2	6
33	Shierlaw, Kate	CHF	?	2	1	9	7	2	3	0	0	1	?	1	1	1	1
15	Smith, Amy	WL	?	0	0	16	7	9	2	0	4	1	?	0	1	3	1
19	Tripodi, Ruby	INT	?	0	0	11	3	8	1	0	3	2	?	0	2	0	1
13	Wall, Vikki	HFFR	?	1	0	11	5	6	2	0	1	0	?	1	1	0	1
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				10	11	281	142	139	27	26	50	35	0+	15	16	20	39

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
	2	L. Birch	20	J. Ferguson			30	S. Wales	36	B. Brown
	32	G. Brooker	8	B. Toogood			5	G. Nanscawen	23	A. Gaylor
FORWARD							25	A. Morcom	2	G. Gee
HALF-BACK									33	C. Murphy
	4	E. Sheerin	11	E. Shannon	9	E. Kearney			10	H. Ridewood
	7	G. Belloni	24	S. Alexander	3	D. Bannister
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	A. Smith	23	M. King	35	J. Bruton
	21	M. MacLachlan	4	M. Prespakis	20	S. Cain	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							26	K. Rennie	24	T. Boyd
HALF-FORWARD							7	A. Riddell	5	T. Craven
	3	B. Eddey	33	K. Shierlaw	13	V. Wall	25	J. Garner	21	A. Gavin Mangan
	16	M. Dyke	17	G. Clarke	15	C. Adams			60	E. King
HALF-BACK									19	R. Tripodi
FORWARD
			16	T. Randall	10	B. Bogue
			14	E. Gamble	28	M. Busch
BACK
North Melbourne Women's							Coach: Darren Crocker

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSW	Bonnie Toogood behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:28
	ESSW	Daria Bannister behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	08:17
	ESSW	Amy Gaylor goal	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	13:46
	ESSW	Sophie Alexander goal	2.2.14	-	0.0.0	18:28
	ESSW	Stephanie Cain goal	3.2.20	-	0.0.0	20:56
Q2	NMLW	Kate Shierlaw goal	3.2.20	-	1.0.6	01:45
	ESSW	Bonnie Toogood behind	3.3.21	-	1.0.6	04:05
	NMLW	Emma King goal	3.3.21	-	2.0.12	07:49
	NMLW	Blaithin Bogue goal	3.3.21	-	3.0.18	09:22
	NMLW	Jasmine Garner goal	3.3.21	-	4.0.24	11:51
	NMLW	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	4.1.25	13:54
	NMLW	Tahlia Randall behind	3.3.21	-	4.2.26	15:35
	NMLW	Tahlia Randall behind	3.3.21	-	4.3.27	17:07
	NMLW	Amy Gavin Mangan behind	3.3.21	-	4.4.28	18:06
	NMLW	Ash Riddell goal	3.3.21	-	5.4.34	22:04
	NMLW	Tahlia Randall behind	3.3.21	-	5.5.35	24:03
Q3	NMLW	Blaithin Bogue behind	3.3.21	-	5.6.36	01:14
	NMLW	Jenna Bruton behind	3.3.21	-	5.7.37	04:02
	NMLW	Tahlia Randall behind	3.3.21	-	5.8.38	04:50
	ESSW	Madison Prespakis behind	3.4.22	-	5.8.38	06:04
	ESSW	Georgia Gee goal	4.4.28	-	5.8.38	10:34
	ESSW	Holly Ridewood goal	5.4.34	-	5.8.38	13:58
	ESSW	Bonnie Toogood behind	5.5.35	-	5.8.38	16:40
	NMLW	Tess Craven goal	5.5.35	-	6.8.44	19:09
Q4	NMLW	Blaithin Bogue goal	5.5.35	-	7.8.50	00:59
	NMLW	Kate Shierlaw behind	5.5.35	-	7.9.51	03:38
	ESSW	Sophie Alexander goal	6.5.41	-	7.9.51	05:19
	NMLW	Vikki Wall goal	6.5.41	-	8.9.57	07:04
	NMLW	Kate Shierlaw goal	6.5.41	-	9.9.63	10:02
	NMLW	Tahlia Randall goal	6.5.41	-	10.9.69	11:12
	NMLW	Tess Craven behind	6.5.41	-	10.10.70	16:55
	NMLW	Kim Rennie behind	6.5.41	-	10.11.71	20:56

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