2025 AFLW Season Round 7: Melbourne Women's v Gold Coast Women's

This is the match report for the match played on 26 September 2025 between the Melbourne Women's and the Gold Coast Women's during round seven of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League Women's. The Melbourne Women's hosted the Gold Coast Women's at Casey Fields. The hosts were coached by Mick Stinear and the visitors were coached by Rhyce Shaw.

The Melbourne Women's (13.15.93) defeated the Gold Coast Women's (0.6.6).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFLW Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne Women's v Gold Coast Women's
Date: Friday 26 September 2025
Time: 1:05 PM
Venue: Casey Fields

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne Women's def. Gold Coast Women's
Score: 13.15.93 - 0.6.6

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne Women's	3	.	2	6	.	6	7	.	10	13	.	15	13	.	15	(93)
Gold Coast Women's	0	.	3	0	.	4	0	.	6	0	.	6	0	.	6	(6)
Margin	MLBW by 17			MLBW by 38			MLBW by 46			MLBW by 87			MLBW by 87
Duration	20:55			20:40			20:15			23:56			1:25:46

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 (Gold Coast Women's) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Stinear

Gold Coast Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rhyce Shaw

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	?	2	1	13	6	7	1	0	4	1	?	0	0	0	1
13	Chaplin, Maeve	HBFR	?	0	0	25	20	5	8	0	6	0	?	2	0	6	6
32	Colvin, Gabrielle	BPL	?	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	?	0	2	1	1
19	Ebert, Laela	CHB	?	0	0	6	1	5	0	0	3	0	?	0	0	0	0
24	Fitzsimon, Megan	HFFL	?	1	1	21	15	6	1	0	15	1	?	3	2	0	6
9	Gall, Georgia	FPR	?	1	1	9	6	3	3	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	1
17	Gillard, Tahlia	FB	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	0	2	0	?	0	2	0	0
23	Goldrick, Sinead	HBFL	?	0	0	7	5	2	0	0	4	0	?	1	1	0	2
5	Hanks, Tyla	C	?	1	0	25	15	10	2	0	2	3	?	0	0	1	6
7	Harris, Tayla	FF	?	2	1	16	11	5	3	8	0	1	?	1	1	4	0
30	Heath, Shelley	RO	?	0	0	13	4	9	3	0	4	1	?	0	0	1	2
10	Hore, Kate	RR	?	2	3	20	13	7	3	0	5	9	?	2	1	0	4
33	Johnson, Lily	INT	?	0	2	11	4	7	1	0	1	1	?	0	2	0	1
20	Mahony, Maggie	INT	?	0	0	5	1	4	1	0	3	0	?	0	1	0	0
22	McNamara, Eliza	WL	?	1	0	22	18	4	3	0	2	1	?	2	3	2	7
4	Paxman, Paxy	WR	?	1	1	13	7	6	0	0	1	1	?	1	0	3	0
15	Pearce, Lauren	RU	?	0	0	13	7	6	3	17	5	6	?	2	0	0	1
3	Pisano, Alyssia	INT	?	1	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	0
43	Rigoni, Jemma	INT	?	0	0	11	8	3	1	0	2	0	?	3	0	4	1
12	Wotherspoon, Ryleigh	INT	?	1	2	17	12	5	3	0	7	0	?	3	0	1	5
29	Zanker, Eden	HFFR	?	0	0	8	6	2	1	2	1	2	?	1	0	0	6
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				13	15	267	167	100	39	27	69	27	0+	21	15	23	50

Gold Coast Women's

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Bella, Lauren	RU	?	0	0	5	1	4	0	14	2	0	?	1	2	1	0
26	Bischa, Kiara	INT	?	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	3	0	?	1	1	2	0
5	Brancatisano, Maddy	INT	?	0	1	9	4	5	1	0	1	3	?	2	0	2	3
18	Clayden, Georgia	WR	?	0	0	13	12	1	4	0	0	0	?	0	0	2	0
27	Dupuy, Jacqui	FF	?	0	0	13	7	6	3	10	1	1	?	0	1	0	2
9	Fitzpatrick, Clara	FB	?	0	0	11	4	7	1	0	3	0	?	0	1	1	1
25	Girvan, Meara	CHB	?	0	0	18	14	4	2	0	2	2	?	0	1	6	0
28	Harrington, Tara	INT	?	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	?	1	1	0	2
12	Harris, Havana	CHF	?	0	1	11	6	5	1	2	6	3	?	1	2	1	1
1	Kievit, Annabel	HFFR	?	0	2	4	2	2	0	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	1
10	Maurer, Ella	HBFL	?	0	0	10	4	6	1	0	2	1	?	0	1	4	0
11	McLaughlin, Niamh	HBFR	?	0	0	17	8	9	2	0	1	0	?	0	1	4	2
14	Mithen, Lily	WL	?	0	0	14	6	8	2	0	7	1	?	1	0	2	0
44	Oliver, Taya	INT	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	?	0	1	0	0
8	Rowbottom, Charlie	C	?	0	0	23	13	10	1	0	8	3	?	2	3	0	4
13	Single, Lucy	RO	?	0	0	19	14	5	0	0	9	3	?	4	3	5	3
16	Smith, Ella	HFFL	?	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
17	Stanton, Jamie	FPR	?	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	1	1	?	0	0	0	0
33	Veerhuis, Ellie	INT	?	0	0	6	1	5	0	0	2	0	?	0	1	0	1
4	Whitfort, Claudia	RR	?	0	1	9	7	2	1	0	0	2	?	1	0	0	2
22	Wilson, Charlotte	BPL	?	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	3	0	?	0	2	3	0
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				0	6	209	120	89	22	26	55	21	0+	15	21	33	23

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
	22	C. Wilson	9	C. Fitzpatrick			15	L. Pearce	33	L. Johnson
	9	G. Gall	7	T. Harris			10	K. Hore	20	M. Mahony
FORWARD							30	S. Heath	3	A. Pisano
HALF-BACK									43	J. Rigoni
	10	E. Maurer	25	M. Girvan	11	N. McLaughlin			12	R. Wotherspoon
	29	E. Zanker	6	A. Bannan	24	M. Fitzsimon
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	14	L. Mithen	8	C. Rowbottom	18	G. Clayden
	4	P. Paxman	5	T. Hanks	22	E. McNamara	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	L. Bella	26	K. Bischa
HALF-FORWARD							4	C. Whitfort	5	M. Brancatisano
	16	E. Smith	12	H. Harris	1	A. Kievit	13	L. Single	28	T. Harrington
	13	M. Chaplin	19	L. Ebert	23	S. Goldrick			44	T. Oliver
HALF-BACK									33	E. Veerhuis
FORWARD
			27	J. Dupuy	17	J. Stanton
			17	T. Gillard	32	G. Colvin
BACK
Gold Coast Women's							Coach: Rhyce Shaw

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MLBW	Megan Fitzsimon goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:24
	GCSW	Havana Harris behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	03:34
	GCSW	Annabel Kievit behind	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	06:06
	MLBW	Alyssia Pisano goal	2.0.12	-	0.2.2	07:45
	MLBW	Georgia Gall behind	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	10:15
	GCSW	Claudia Whitfort behind	2.1.13	-	0.3.3	15:40
	MLBW	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	0.3.3	17:18
	MLBW	Ryleigh Wotherspoon goal	3.2.20	-	0.3.3	18:12
Q2	MLBW	Tayla Harris goal	4.2.26	-	0.3.3	01:36
	MLBW	Georgia Gall goal	5.2.32	-	0.3.3	03:44
	MLBW	Rushed behind	5.3.33	-	0.3.3	05:16
	GCSW	Rushed behind	5.3.33	-	0.4.4	09:57
	MLBW	Megan Fitzsimon behind	5.4.34	-	0.4.4	12:54
	MLBW	Alyssa Bannan goal	6.4.40	-	0.4.4	15:27
	MLBW	Kate Hore behind	6.5.41	-	0.4.4	17:32
	MLBW	Paxy Paxman behind	6.6.42	-	0.4.4	19:26
Q3	MLBW	Paxy Paxman goal	7.6.48	-	0.4.4	01:44
	MLBW	Kate Hore behind	7.7.49	-	0.4.4	03:54
	MLBW	Rushed behind	7.8.50	-	0.4.4	08:01
	MLBW	Alyssa Bannan behind	7.9.51	-	0.4.4	09:23
	GCSW	Annabel Kievit behind	7.9.51	-	0.5.5	10:41
	GCSW	Maddy Brancatisano behind	7.9.51	-	0.6.6	17:38
	MLBW	Tayla Harris behind	7.10.52	-	0.6.6	19:26
Q4	MLBW	Tayla Harris goal	8.10.58	-	0.6.6	02:09
	MLBW	Lily Johnson behind	8.11.59	-	0.6.6	03:32
	MLBW	Kate Hore behind	8.12.60	-	0.6.6	06:43
	MLBW	Kate Hore goal	9.12.66	-	0.6.6	08:03
	MLBW	Kate Hore goal	10.12.72	-	0.6.6	09:38
	MLBW	Tyla Hanks goal	11.12.78	-	0.6.6	13:46
	MLBW	Eliza McNamara goal	12.12.84	-	0.6.6	15:20
	MLBW	Alyssa Bannan goal	13.12.90	-	0.6.6	18:01
	MLBW	Lily Johnson behind	13.13.91	-	0.6.6	19:34
	MLBW	Ryleigh Wotherspoon behind	13.14.92	-	0.6.6	20:53
	MLBW	Ryleigh Wotherspoon behind	13.15.93	-	0.6.6	23:33

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