Port Adelaide vs Melbourne AFLW 2025 Round 5

Sat 13 Sep 2025 · 15:05 AEST

Final AFLW 2025 · Round 5

Port Adelaide Coach: Lauren Arnell

43 6.7

41 5.11

Melbourne Coach: Mick Stinear

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Port Adelaide

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

29 Eden Zanker FF 9 Georgia Gall FPR

Half forwards

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

Followers

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

Centre

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

Half backs

11 Molly O'Hehir HBFL 19 Laela Ebert CHB 13 Maeve Chaplin HBFR

Backs

28 Saraid Taylor BPL 32 Gabrielle Colvin FB

Interchange 5

1 Georgia Campbell INT 12 Ryleigh Wotherspoon INT 20 Maggie Mahony INT 33 Lily Johnson INT 43 Jemma Rigoni INT

Emergencies 3

3 Alyssia Pisano EMG 14 Amelia Dethridge EMG 35 Mekah Morrissy EMG

2Q3Q4Q

Rushed behind1Q - 0:15 - Rushed behind - 1–0

Ashleigh Woodland1Q - 1:08 - Behind - 2–0 Ella Boag1Q - 2:27 - Goal - 8–0 Eden Zanker1Q - 4:47 - Behind - 8–1 Georgia Gall1Q - 6:35 - Behind - 8–2 Katelyn Pope1Q - 7:46 - Behind - 9–2 Paxy Paxman1Q - 9:57 - Behind - 9–3 Alyssa Bannan1Q - 16:47 - Behind - 9–4 Ashleigh Woodland2Q - 3:44 - Behind - 10–4 Gemma Houghton2Q - 5:38 - Goal - 16–4 Alyssa Bannan2Q - 7:56 - Behind - 16–5 Kate Hore2Q - 10:34 - Behind - 16–6 Gemma Houghton2Q - 11:49 - Behind - 17–6 Indy Tahau2Q - 13:49 - Goal - 23–6 Kate Hore2Q - 14:56 - Goal - 23–12 Paxy Paxman2Q - 17:59 - Behind - 23–13

Rushed behind2Q - 19:03 - Rushed behind - 23–14

Indy Tahau3Q - 1:20 - Goal - 29–14 Shineah Goody3Q - 7:57 - Behind - 30–14 Indy Tahau3Q - 9:05 - Behind - 31–14 Chloe Gaunt3Q - 10:19 - Goal - 37–14 Kate Hore3Q - 14:19 - Goal - 37–20 Ryleigh Wotherspoon4Q - 1:56 - Goal - 37–26 Indy Tahau4Q - 4:25 - Goal - 43–26

Rushed behind4Q - 6:11 - Rushed behind - 43–27

Tayla Harris4Q - 9:25 - Goal - 43–33

Rushed behind4Q - 15:57 - Rushed behind - 43–34

Kate Hore4Q - 18:12 - Goal - 43–40 Megan Fitzsimon4Q - 19:36 - Behind - 43–41

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Megan FitzsimonBehind
4Q 19:3643–41
Kate HoreGoal
4Q 18:1243–40
Rushed behindRushed behind
4Q 15:5743–34
Tayla HarrisGoal
4Q 9:2543–33
Rushed behindRushed behind
4Q 6:1143–27
Indy TahauGoal
4Q 4:2543–26
Ryleigh WotherspoonGoal
4Q 1:5637–26
Kate HoreGoal
3Q 14:1937–20
Chloe GauntGoal
3Q 10:1937–14
Indy TahauBehind
3Q 9:0531–14
Shineah GoodyBehind
3Q 7:5730–14
Indy TahauGoal
3Q 1:2029–14
Rushed behindRushed behind
2Q 19:0323–14
Paxy PaxmanBehind
2Q 17:5923–13
Kate HoreGoal
2Q 14:5623–12
Indy TahauGoal
2Q 13:4923–6
Gemma HoughtonBehind
2Q 11:4917–6
Kate HoreBehind
2Q 10:3416–6
Alyssa BannanBehind
2Q 7:5616–5
Gemma HoughtonGoal
2Q 5:3816–4
Ashleigh WoodlandBehind
2Q 3:4410–4
Alyssa BannanBehind
1Q 16:479–4
Paxy PaxmanBehind
1Q 9:579–3
Katelyn PopeBehind
1Q 7:469–2
Georgia GallBehind
1Q 6:358–2
Eden ZankerBehind
1Q 4:478–1
Ella BoagGoal
1Q 2:278–0
Ashleigh WoodlandBehind
1Q 1:082–0
Rushed behindRushed behind
1Q 0:151–0

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
PTA	9	23	37	43	43
MEL	4	14	20	41	41

Match Leaders

Goals

2 tied leaders

Indy TahauPTA

Behinds

3 tied leaders

Alyssa BannanMEL

Disposals

2 tied leaders

Kate HoreMEL

Tackles

Abbey DowrickPTA

Team Stats

PTAMEL

Scoring / Attack

6Goals5

7Behinds11

16Shots at goal13

37.5Goal accuracy %38.5

30Inside 50s44

4Goal assists4

11Marks inside 508

Possession

207Disposals280

152Kicks150

55Handballs130

120Contested possessions128

77Uncontested possessions152

Clearance / Contest

23Total clearances19

7Centre clearances4

16Stoppage clearances15

85Tackles69

24Hitouts25

9Contested marks9

Other

41Marks34

53.1Disposal efficiency %65

1Bounces2

81Turnovers71

53Clangers67

197Total possessions280

71Intercepts81

38Rebound 50s24

10Tackles inside 5018

30One-percenters32

21Frees for18

18Frees against21

1,062AFL Fantasy1,106

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: PTA 23 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: MEL 15 pts
Lead Changes: 0
Score Ties: 0

How the match finished

Port Adelaide beat Melbourne by 2 points, 43–41.

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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