North Melbourne vs Melbourne AFLW 2025 Preliminary Finals

Sat 22 Nov 2025 · 15:05 AEDT

Final AFLW 2025 · Preliminary Finals

North Melbourne Coach: Darren Crocker

46 6.10

36 5.6

Melbourne Coach: Mick Stinear

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

North Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

29 Eden Zanker FF 12 Ryleigh Wotherspoon FPR

Half forwards

6 Alyssa Bannan HFFL 24 Megan Fitzsimon CHF 7 Tayla Harris HFFR

Followers

15 Lauren Pearce RK 30 Shelley Heath-Barker RR 10 Kate Hore ROV

Centre

22 Eliza McNamara WL 5 Tyla Hanks C 4 Paxy Paxman WR

Half backs

23 Sinead Goldrick HBFL 8 Sarah Lampard CHB 28 Saraid Taylor HBFR

Backs

13 Maeve Chaplin BPL 17 Tahlia Gillard FB

Interchange 5

1 Georgia Campbell INT 11 Molly O'Hehir INT 19 Laela Ebert INT 20 Maggie Mahony INT 31 Blaithin Mackin INT

Emergencies 3

9 Georgia Gall EMG 18 Denby Taylor EMG 33 Lily Johnson EMG

2Q3Q4Q

Paxy Paxman1Q - 2:07 - Goal - 0–6 Ryleigh Wotherspoon1Q - 4:12 - Goal - 0–12 Eilish Sheerin1Q - 6:39 - Behind - 1–12 Eliza McNamara1Q - 7:58 - Behind - 1–13 Eden Zanker1Q - 10:36 - Behind - 1–14 Kate Hore1Q - 11:42 - Goal - 1–20 Blaithin Bogue1Q - 13:11 - Goal - 7–20 Eilish Sheerin1Q - 15:22 - Goal - 13–20 Blaithin Bogue1Q - 17:05 - Goal - 19–20 Tayla Harris1Q - 22:04 - Goal - 19–26 Bella Eddey2Q - 2:00 - Behind - 20–26

Rushed behind2Q - 3:12 - Rushed behind - 21–26

Ash Riddell2Q - 4:02 - Goal - 27–26

Rushed behind2Q - 9:10 - Rushed behind - 28–26

Tahlia Randall2Q - 11:40 - Behind - 29–26 Kate Hore2Q - 14:13 - Goal - 29–32

Rushed behind2Q - 16:29 - Rushed behind - 30–32

Kate Hore3Q - 2:45 - Behind - 30–33

Rushed behind3Q - 5:50 - Rushed behind - 30–34

Ryleigh Wotherspoon3Q - 9:42 - Behind - 30–35 Tyla Hanks3Q - 12:24 - Behind - 30–36 Ash Riddell4Q - 3:21 - Behind - 31–36 Jasmine Garner4Q - 5:53 - Behind - 32–36 Blaithin Bogue4Q - 7:55 - Goal - 38–36 Jasmine Garner4Q - 9:51 - Goal - 44–36 Eilish Sheerin4Q - 15:12 - Behind - 45–36

Rushed behind4Q - 17:59 - Rushed behind - 46–36

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Rushed behindRushed behind
4Q 17:5946–36
Eilish SheerinBehind
4Q 15:1245–36
Jasmine GarnerGoal
4Q 9:5144–36
Blaithin BogueGoal
4Q 7:5538–36
Jasmine GarnerBehind
4Q 5:5332–36
Ash RiddellBehind
4Q 3:2131–36
Tyla HanksBehind
3Q 12:2430–36
Ryleigh WotherspoonBehind
3Q 9:4230–35
Rushed behindRushed behind
3Q 5:5030–34
Kate HoreBehind
3Q 2:4530–33
Rushed behindRushed behind
2Q 16:2930–32
Kate HoreGoal
2Q 14:1329–32
Tahlia RandallBehind
2Q 11:4029–26
Rushed behindRushed behind
2Q 9:1028–26
Ash RiddellGoal
2Q 4:0227–26
Rushed behindRushed behind
2Q 3:1221–26
Bella EddeyBehind
2Q 2:0020–26
Tayla HarrisGoal
1Q 22:0419–26
Blaithin BogueGoal
1Q 17:0519–20
Eilish SheerinGoal
1Q 15:2213–20
Blaithin BogueGoal
1Q 13:117–20
Kate HoreGoal
1Q 11:421–20
Eden ZankerBehind
1Q 10:361–14
Eliza McNamaraBehind
1Q 7:581–13
Eilish SheerinBehind
1Q 6:391–12
Ryleigh WotherspoonGoal
1Q 4:120–12
Paxy PaxmanGoal
1Q 2:070–6

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
NTH	19	30	30	46	46
MEL	26	32	36	36	36

Match Leaders

Goals

Blaithin BogueNTH

Behinds

Eilish SheerinNTH

Disposals

Jasmine GarnerNTH

Tackles

Shelley Heath-BarkerMEL

Team Stats

NTHMEL

Scoring / Attack

6Goals5

10Behinds6

20Shots at goal11

30Goal accuracy %45.5

40Inside 50s29

4Goal assists4

5Marks inside 505

Possession

276Disposals256

167Kicks158

109Handballs98

120Contested possessions102

160Uncontested possessions147

Clearance / Contest

21Total clearances14

8Centre clearances5

13Stoppage clearances9

54Tackles58

12Hitouts23

5Contested marks14

Other

52Marks73

68.5Disposal efficiency %65.6

0Bounces1

69Turnovers73

52Clangers50

280Total possessions249

73Intercepts69

24Rebound 50s32

19Tackles inside 5010

30One-percenters32

11Frees for11

11Frees against11

1,123AFL Fantasy1,157

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: MEL 19 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: NTH 18 pts
Lead Changes: 3
Score Ties: 0

How the match finished

North Melbourne beat Melbourne by 10 points, 46–36.

This match record does not include quarter scores.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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