2025 AFLW Season Round 10: Melbourne Women's v Sydney Women's

This is the match report for the match played on 18 October 2025 between the Melbourne Women's and the Sydney Women's during round ten of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League Women's. The Melbourne Women's hosted the Sydney Women's at Casey Fields. The hosts were coached by Mick Stinear and the visitors were coached by Scott Gowans.

The Melbourne Women's (9.11.65) defeated the Sydney Women's (3.3.21).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFLW Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne Women's v Sydney Women's
Date: Saturday 18 October 2025
Time: 1:05 PM
Venue: Casey Fields

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne Women's def. Sydney Women's
Score: 9.11.65 - 3.3.21

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne Women's	2	.	1	6	.	3	9	.	5	9	.	11	9	.	11	(65)
Sydney Women's	3	.	0	3	.	2	3	.	3	3	.	3	3	.	3	(21)
Margin	SYDW by 5			MLBW by 19			MLBW by 38			MLBW by 44			MLBW by 44
Duration	24:27			21:42			20:30			18:38			1:25:17

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 (Sydney Women's) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Stinear

Sydney Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Scott Gowans

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	HFFR	?	1	1	8	5	3	2	0	3	0	?	0	1	0	1
1	Campbell, Georgia	INT	?	0	2	10	7	3	3	11	2	2	?	0	1	0	3
13	Chaplin, Maeve	CHB	?	0	0	16	10	6	2	0	4	0	?	0	0	2	2
19	Ebert, Laela	INT	?	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	3	0	?	1	0	0	2
24	Fitzsimon, Megan	HFFL	?	0	0	23	17	6	1	0	3	5	?	1	0	3	3
17	Gillard, Tahlia	FB	?	0	0	13	8	5	5	1	4	0	?	0	0	4	2
23	Goldrick, Sinead	HBFR	?	0	0	15	10	5	1	0	4	2	?	1	1	0	1
5	Hanks, Tyla	C	?	0	1	22	11	11	1	0	7	1	?	0	1	0	6
7	Harris, Tayla	FF	?	1	0	10	4	6	2	0	2	0	?	0	0	0	1
30	Heath, Shelley	RR	?	1	0	20	9	11	2	0	8	3	?	1	1	1	6
10	Hore, Kate	RO	?	1	1	25	16	9	4	0	2	6	?	1	1	0	6
33	Johnson, Lily	INT	?	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	0
8	Lampard, Sarah	HBFL	?	0	0	14	7	7	5	0	1	1	?	0	1	3	3
22	McNamara, Eliza	WL	?	0	0	26	13	13	3	0	3	2	?	1	1	2	3
11	O'Hehir, Molly	INT	?	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	3	0	?	0	1	1	2
4	Paxman, Paxy	WR	?	0	0	20	11	9	3	0	3	3	?	1	0	3	2
15	Pearce, Lauren	RU	?	0	1	16	8	8	2	17	1	6	?	3	0	1	5
43	Rigoni, Jemma	CHF	?	1	2	11	4	7	2	0	2	0	?	1	1	1	0
28	Taylor, Saraid	BPL	?	0	0	10	4	6	3	0	4	1	?	1	1	1	1
12	Wotherspoon, Ryleigh	INT	?	0	0	13	7	6	2	0	8	1	?	1	1	0	3
29	Zanker, Eden	FPR	?	4	0	13	7	6	5	2	1	1	?	2	1	1	1
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				9	11	302	166	136	49	31	69	34	0+	15	13	23	53

Sydney Women's

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Cooper, Holly	INT	?	1	0	6	3	3	2	0	4	0	?	1	0	0	1
27	Davies, Giselle	INT	?	0	0	6	1	5	2	1	2	0	?	1	0	0	0
23	Fish, Zippy	WR	?	0	0	26	20	6	4	0	7	3	?	2	2	11	3
31	Gardiner, Laura	RR	?	0	0	31	16	15	3	0	9	3	?	3	1	5	1
11	Grierson, Jas	INT	?	0	0	12	7	5	2	0	2	0	?	1	0	4	1
16	Grunden, Sarah	HFFL	?	0	0	8	5	3	4	0	3	0	?	1	1	0	4
18	Ham, Montana	HFFR	?	0	0	21	14	7	5	0	6	3	?	1	1	3	6
30	Hamilton, Alexia	FPR	?	0	1	9	4	5	3	1	2	0	?	0	1	0	0
10	Hamilton, Cynthia	CHF	?	1	0	14	6	8	1	0	1	1	?	0	0	1	2
26	Hausegger, Lara	HBFR	?	0	0	9	7	2	1	0	3	0	?	0	3	3	0
29	Kennedy, Tanya	RO	?	0	0	18	14	4	0	0	3	2	?	1	2	1	3
15	McCarthy, Paris	FF	?	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	4	0	?	0	1	0	0
9	McEvoy, Lucy	HBFL	?	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	4	0	?	1	0	3	0
8	Mitchell, Alice	FB	?	0	0	13	4	9	3	0	0	0	?	0	0	0	1
4	Moloney, Darcy	C	?	0	0	9	3	6	2	0	5	0	?	0	0	0	1
7	Morphett, Ally	RU	?	0	1	18	10	8	5	7	1	4	?	0	1	2	0
12	Pullar, Lulu	WL	?	0	0	17	6	11	2	0	2	2	?	0	0	1	2
13	Reid, Caitlin	INT	?	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	?	0	1	1	0
6	Sargent-Wilson, Ruby	INT	?	1	0	7	7	0	1	0	1	0	?	0	0	0	1
20	Tarrant, Brenna	BPL	?	0	0	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	?	1	0	6	0
17	Van Loon, Ash	CHB	?	0	0	4	1	3	2	0	7	0	?	0	1	0	0
Rushed					?
Total (21 players)				3	3	254	146	108	48	12	67	18	0+	13	15	41	26

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
	20	B. Tarrant	8	A. Mitchell			15	L. Pearce	1	G. Campbell
	29	E. Zanker	7	T. Harris			30	S. Heath	19	L. Ebert
FORWARD							10	K. Hore	33	L. Johnson
HALF-BACK									11	M. O'Hehir
	9	L. McEvoy	17	A. Van Loon	26	L. Hausegger			12	R. Wotherspoon
	6	A. Bannan	43	J. Rigoni	24	M. Fitzsimon
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	12	L. Pullar	4	D. Moloney	23	Z. Fish
	4	P. Paxman	5	T. Hanks	22	E. McNamara	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							7	A. Morphett	2	H. Cooper
HALF-FORWARD							31	L. Gardiner	27	G. Davies
	16	S. Grunden	10	C. Hamilton	18	M. Ham	29	T. Kennedy	11	J. Grierson
	23	S. Goldrick	13	M. Chaplin	8	S. Lampard			13	C. Reid
HALF-BACK									6	R. Sargent-Wilson
FORWARD
			15	P. McCarthy	30	A. Hamilton
			17	T. Gillard	28	S. Taylor
BACK
Sydney Women's							Coach: Scott Gowans

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDW	Cynthia Hamilton goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	03:11
	SYDW	Ruby Sargent-Wilson goal	0.0.0	-	2.0.12	07:44
	MLBW	Eden Zanker goal	1.0.6	-	2.0.12	09:56
	MLBW	Kate Hore goal	2.0.12	-	2.0.12	13:46
	SYDW	Holly Cooper goal	2.0.12	-	3.0.18	17:16
	MLBW	Jemma Rigoni behind	2.1.13	-	3.0.18	22:04
Q2	MLBW	Jemma Rigoni goal	3.1.19	-	3.0.18	01:19
	MLBW	Eden Zanker goal	4.1.25	-	3.0.18	03:05
	MLBW	Shelley Heath goal	5.1.31	-	3.0.18	06:16
	SYDW	Ally Morphett behind	5.1.31	-	3.1.19	09:10
	MLBW	Tayla Harris goal	6.1.37	-	3.1.19	10:23
	MLBW	Lauren Pearce behind	6.2.38	-	3.1.19	12:20
	MLBW	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	3.1.19	17:40
	SYDW	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	3.2.20	19:12
Q3	MLBW	Eden Zanker goal	7.3.45	-	3.2.20	02:03
	MLBW	Rushed behind	7.4.46	-	3.2.20	05:12
	MLBW	Eden Zanker goal	8.4.52	-	3.2.20	10:34
	SYDW	Alexia Hamilton behind	8.4.52	-	3.3.21	14:00
	MLBW	Alyssa Bannan goal	9.4.58	-	3.3.21	15:59
	MLBW	Jemma Rigoni behind	9.5.59	-	3.3.21	17:28
Q4	MLBW	Rushed behind	9.6.60	-	3.3.21	02:25
	MLBW	Kate Hore behind	9.7.61	-	3.3.21	04:34
	MLBW	Alyssa Bannan behind	9.8.62	-	3.3.21	08:31
	MLBW	Georgia Campbell behind	9.9.63	-	3.3.21	12:14
	MLBW	Tyla Hanks behind	9.10.64	-	3.3.21	13:56
	MLBW	Georgia Campbell behind	9.11.65	-	3.3.21	16:37

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