2025 VFLW Season Elimination Final 2: Box Hill Women's v Essendon Women's Reserves

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 2025 between the Box Hill Women's and the Essendon Women's Reserves in the second elimination final of the 2025 season of the Victorian Football League Women's. The Box Hill Women's hosted the Essendon Women's Reserves at Box Hill City Oval. The hosts were coached by Michael Ericson and the visitors were coached by Cherie O'Neill.

The Box Hill Women's (4.5.29) defeated the Essendon Women's Reserves (4.4.28).

Match Details

Season: 2025 VFLW Season
Round: Second Elimination Final
Teams: Box Hill Women's v Essendon Women's Reserves
Date: Saturday 9 August 2025
Time: 11:35 AM
Venue: Box Hill City Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Box Hill Women's def. Essendon Women's Reserves
Score: 4.5.29 - 4.4.28

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Box Hill Women's 2 . 2 2 . 2 3 . 4 4 . 5 4 . 5 (29)
Essendon Women's Reserves 1 . 2 3 . 4 3 . 4 4 . 4 4 . 4 (28)
Margin BOXW by 6 ESWR by 8 level BOXW by 1 BOXW by 1
Duration 20:06 20:08 20:13 20:15 1:20:42

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Box Hill Women's) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon Women's Reserves) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Box Hill Women's

Captain: unknown
Coach: Michael Ericson

Essendon Women's Reserves

Captain: unknown
Coach: Cherie O'Neill

Player Statistics

Box Hill Women's

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baldwin, Isla RU ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 9 3 ? 1 3 3 2
4 Cariss-Brett, Amy WR ? 1 0 11 8 3 2 0 2 1 ? 2 0 1 2
3 Cattle, Tess INT ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 1 4 ? 1 1 1 4
10 Collingwood, Gabby HFFR ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 2 1 ? 2 3 0 3
7 Dillon, Rosie WL ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 4 1 ? 0 1 0 2
24 Embelton, Annabelle BPL ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 6 5 0 ? 0 0 5 1
19 Exon, Nat INT ? 0 1 18 10 8 4 0 1 3 ? 1 0 0 2
2 Fogarty, Olivia FPR ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 1 ? 0 2 0 1
23 Juneja, Emma CHB ? 0 1 16 13 3 4 0 3 2 ? 0 1 1 3
33 Lee, Mikayla FPL ? 1 0 12 3 9 2 0 1 3 ? 1 0 0 1
18 Matin, Jessica RO ? 2 0 13 11 2 8 0 3 0 ? 0 1 1 3
34 Murdoch, Ruby INT ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 1 ? 0 0 0 1
25 Neaves, Rebecca RR ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 ? 0 0 0 0
27 Price, Paige FF ? 0 0 11 2 9 1 32 6 3 ? 0 0 0 1
21 Prosser-Shaw, Amelie HFFL ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 0 ? 0 1 3 1
80 Robins, Emma HBFL ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 2 1 ? 0 0 2 0
5 Stevenson, Stasia BPR ? 0 0 14 5 9 0 0 7 3 ? 2 2 0 0
22 Stilve, Emma C ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 0 ? 0 0 0 1
30 Torcasio, Angelina HBFR ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 4 0 ? 0 0 0 1
6 Van Berkel, Matilda FB ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 3 1 ? 0 2 2 2
50 Zielinski, Mia CHF ? 0 2 9 7 2 4 0 2 0 ? 0 0 0 2
Rushed ?
Total (21 players) 4 5 247 158 89 63 38 59 28 0+ 10 17 19 33

Essendon Women's Reserves

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
67 Azzopardi, Grace BPR ? 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 0 1 ? 1 0 2 0
47 Bernardi, Christina WL ? 1 0 12 10 2 4 0 5 2 ? 2 0 1 2
61 Chaston, El HFFR ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 6 3 ? 2 1 3 2
77 Davidge, Tia HFFL ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 4 0 ? 0 0 0 2
42 Ford, Maddison BPL ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 4 0 ? 0 0 2 0
45 Ford, Sarah RU ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 0 ? 0 0 2 1
58 Gilcrist, Taylah RO ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 1 4 0 ? 1 0 1 0
41 Ibrahim, Madison INT ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 ? 0 1 0 1
79 Johnston, Sam INT ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 1 2 0 ? 0 1 0 1
43 Manfre, Olivia FPL ? 2 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 ? 0 1 0 1
53 McDonald, Abbey FPR ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 2 4 ? 0 2 3 3
64 Melnikas, Ashlea CHB ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 10 7 ? 1 1 2 1
46 Mifsud, Megan INT ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 7 1 ? 2 2 0 1
73 Molan, Sophie CHF ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 1 ? 2 0 3 1
68 Orritt, Scarlett WR ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 0 ? 0 0 1 0
57 Plummer, Brooke HBFL ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 3 2 ? 1 0 4 1
70 Porter, Isabelle C ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 0 ? 1 0 0 0
44 Prince, Layla FF ? 0 0 9 3 6 3 17 4 0 ? 0 0 0 1
80 Robinson, Marnie RR ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 2 1 ? 3 1 3 1
51 Ryan, Drew FB ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 4 0 ? 1 0 1 2
74 Thompson, Lucy HBFR ? 0 2 20 9 11 5 0 5 3 ? 0 0 1 3
Rushed ?
Total (21 players) 4 4 235 143 92 61 19 66 25 0+ 17 10 29 24

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

Box Hill Women's Coach: Michael Ericson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
42 M. Ford 51 D. Ryan 67 G. Azzopardi 12 I. Baldwin 3 T. Cattle
2 O. Fogarty 27 P. Price 33 M. Lee 25 R. Neaves 19 N. Exon
FORWARD 18 J. Matin 34 R. Murdoch
HALF-BACK



57 B. Plummer 64 A. Melnikas 74 L. Thompson



10 G. Collingwood 50 M. Zielinski 21 A. Prosser-Shaw



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



47 C. Bernardi 70 I. Porter 68 S. Orritt



4 A. Cariss-Brett 22 E. Stilve 7 R. Dillon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 45 S. Ford 41 M. Ibrahim
HALF-FORWARD 80 M. Robinson 79 S. Johnston
77 T. Davidge 73 S. Molan 61 E. Chaston 58 T. Gilcrist 46 M. Mifsud
30 A. Torcasio 23 E. Juneja 80 E. Robins



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



43 O. Manfre 44 L. Prince 53 A. McDonald



5 S. Stevenson 6 M. Van Berkel 24 A. Embelton



BACK



Essendon Women's Reserves Coach: Cherie O'Neill

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BOXW Mia Zielinski behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 04:06
ESWR Sam Johnston goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 05:04
ESWR Lucy Thompson behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 08:17
BOXW Emma Juneja behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 09:41
BOXW Jessica Matin goal 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 13:09
ESWR Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 17:24
BOXW Amy Cariss-Brett goal 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 19:34
Q2 ESWR Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 03:39
ESWR Lucy Thompson behind 2.2.14 - 1.4.10 08:14
ESWR Olivia Manfre goal 2.2.14 - 2.4.16 11:33
ESWR Olivia Manfre goal 2.2.14 - 3.4.22 13:43
Q3 BOXW Mikayla Lee goal 3.2.20 - 3.4.22 07:28
BOXW Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 17:40
BOXW Nat Exon behind 3.4.22 - 3.4.22 18:02
Q4 BOXW Jessica Matin goal 4.4.28 - 3.4.22 02:26
BOXW Mia Zielinski behind 4.5.29 - 3.4.22 03:45
ESWR Christina Bernardi goal 4.5.29 - 4.4.28 07:20