Melbourne vs Essendon AFLW 2025 Round 8

Fri 03 Oct 2025 · 19:15 AEST

Final AFLW 2025 · Round 8

Melbourne Coach: Mick Stinear

36 5.6

22 3.4

Essendon Coach: Natalie Wood

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

8 Bonnie Toogood FF 2 Georgia Gee FPR

Half forwards

3 Daria Bannister HFFL 24 Sophie Alexander CHF 32 Grace Brooker HFFR

Followers

30 Stephanie Wales RK 5 Georgia Nanscawen RR 20 Stephanie Cain ROV

Centre

23 Amy Gaylor WL 4 Madison Prespakis C 21 Maggie MacLachlan WR

Half backs

6 Maddison Gay HBFL 17 Georgia Clarke CHB 28 Mia Busch HBFR

Backs

16 Matilda Dyke BPL 14 Ellyse Gamble FB

Interchange 5

7 Grace Belloni INT 10 Holly Ridewood INT 15 Chloe Adams INT 33 Courtney Murphy INT 36 Brooke Brown INT

Emergencies 3

11 Brooke Sheridan EMG 19 Mia Van Dyke EMG 26 Amelie Gladman EMG

2Q3Q4Q

Tayla Harris1Q - 0:53 - Goal - 6–0 Georgia Gall1Q - 3:06 - Goal - 12–0 Eden Zanker1Q - 7:49 - Behind - 13–0 Tayla Harris1Q - 8:17 - Goal - 19–0 Grace Brooker1Q - 11:39 - Goal - 19–6 Ryleigh Wotherspoon2Q - 9:52 - Goal - 25–6 Lily Johnson2Q - 13:34 - Behind - 26–6 Sophie Alexander2Q - 16:13 - Behind - 26–7 Daria Bannister3Q - 0:39 - Behind - 26–8 Megan Fitzsimon3Q - 6:16 - Goal - 32–8 Tayla Harris3Q - 8:11 - Behind - 33–8 Grace Brooker3Q - 12:44 - Behind - 33–9 Eden Zanker4Q - 3:53 - Behind - 34–9 Georgia Gee4Q - 7:40 - Goal - 34–15

Rushed behind4Q - 13:02 - Rushed behind - 35–15

Rushed behind4Q - 15:56 - Rushed behind - 35–16

Holly Ridewood4Q - 16:34 - Goal - 35–22 Kate Hore4Q - 18:58 - Behind - 36–22

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Kate HoreBehind
4Q 18:5836–22
Holly RidewoodGoal
4Q 16:3435–22
Rushed behindRushed behind
4Q 15:5635–16
Rushed behindRushed behind
4Q 13:0235–15
Georgia GeeGoal
4Q 7:4034–15
Eden ZankerBehind
4Q 3:5334–9
Grace BrookerBehind
3Q 12:4433–9
Tayla HarrisBehind
3Q 8:1133–8
Megan FitzsimonGoal
3Q 6:1632–8
Daria BannisterBehind
3Q 0:3926–8
Sophie AlexanderBehind
2Q 16:1326–7
Lily JohnsonBehind
2Q 13:3426–6
Ryleigh WotherspoonGoal
2Q 9:5225–6
Grace BrookerGoal
1Q 11:3919–6
Tayla HarrisGoal
1Q 8:1719–0
Eden ZankerBehind
1Q 7:4913–0
Georgia GallGoal
1Q 3:0612–0
Tayla HarrisGoal
1Q 0:536–0

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
MEL	19	26	33	36	36
ESS	6	7	9	22	22

Match Leaders

Goals

Behinds

Disposals

Tackles

Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

5Goals3

6Behinds4

20Shots at goal8

25Goal accuracy %37.5

40Inside 50s26

3Goal assists1

6Marks inside 502

Possession

265Disposals289

162Kicks153

103Handballs136

118Contested possessions126

142Uncontested possessions167

Clearance / Contest

21Total clearances17

4Centre clearances5

17Stoppage clearances12

86Tackles70

26Hitouts12

5Contested marks5

Other

49Marks48

65.3Disposal efficiency %63

3Bounces2

69Turnovers73

58Clangers52

260Total possessions293

73Intercepts69

23Rebound 50s34

24Tackles inside 505

45One-percenters43

18Frees for21

21Frees against18

1,199AFL Fantasy1,155

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: MEL 25 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: MEL 19 pts
Lead Changes: 0
Score Ties: 0

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 14 points, 36–22.

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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