Port Adelaide vs Western Bulldogs AFLW 2025 Round 8

Sat 04 Oct 2025 · 19:15 AEST

Final AFLW 2025 · Round 8

Port Adelaide Coach: Lauren Arnell

54 8.6

35 5.5

Western Bulldogs Coach: Tamara Hyett

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Port Adelaide

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Western Bulldogs

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

14 Louise Stephenson FF 5 Elaine Grigg FPR

Half forwards

19 Heidi Woodley HFFL 9 Emma McDonald CHF 15 Sarah Hartwig HFFR

Followers

33 Alice Edmonds RK 23 Jess Fitzgerald RR 4 Isabelle Pritchard ROV

Centre

37 Rylie Wilcox WL 2 Ellie Blackburn C 10 Jasmyn Smith WR

Half backs

17 Elisabeth Georgostathis HBFL 28 Kaylee Kimber CHB 18 Britney Gutknecht HBFR

Backs

11 Elle Bennetts BPL 27 Lauren Ahrens FB

Interchange 5

1 Sarah Poustie INT 7 Deanna Berry INT 8 Dominique Carruthers INT 20 Cleo Buttifant INT 25 Ellie Gavalas INT

Emergencies 3

6 Maggie Gorham EMG 16 Naomi Ferres EMG 32 Vaomua Laloifi EMG

2Q3Q4Q

Gemma Houghton1Q - 6:51 - Behind - 1–0 Rylie Wilcox1Q - 11:43 - Goal - 1–6 Sarah Hartwig1Q - 15:06 - Behind - 1–7 Sarah Hartwig1Q - 16:06 - Behind - 1–8 Sarah Hartwig1Q - 18:18 - Behind - 1–9 Jess Fitzgerald2Q - 7:15 - Behind - 1–10 Indy Tahau2Q - 11:50 - Goal - 7–10 Sarah Hartwig2Q - 13:24 - Goal - 7–16 Sarah Hartwig2Q - 16:01 - Goal - 7–22 Lauren Young2Q - 17:13 - Behind - 8–22 Ashleigh Woodland2Q - 17:53 - Goal - 14–22 Lauren Young2Q - 19:05 - Behind - 15–22 Elaine Grigg3Q - 1:47 - Goal - 15–28 Gemma Houghton3Q - 5:24 - Behind - 16–28 Indy Tahau3Q - 10:11 - Goal - 22–28 Indy Tahau3Q - 14:50 - Goal - 28–28 Abbey Dowrick3Q - 16:58 - Behind - 29–28 Indy Tahau4Q - 3:43 - Goal - 35–28

Rushed behind4Q - 5:40 - Rushed behind - 36–28

Lauren Young4Q - 9:26 - Goal - 42–28 Gemma Houghton4Q - 12:28 - Goal - 48–28 Emma McDonald4Q - 15:59 - Behind - 48–29 Kirsty Lamb4Q - 19:47 - Goal - 54–29 Emma McDonald4Q - 22:18 - Goal - 54–35

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Emma McDonaldGoal
4Q 22:1854–35
Kirsty LambGoal
4Q 19:4754–29
Emma McDonaldBehind
4Q 15:5948–29
Gemma HoughtonGoal
4Q 12:2848–28
Lauren YoungGoal
4Q 9:2642–28
Rushed behindRushed behind
4Q 5:4036–28
Indy TahauGoal
4Q 3:4335–28
Abbey DowrickBehind
3Q 16:5829–28
Indy TahauGoal
3Q 14:5028–28
Indy TahauGoal
3Q 10:1122–28
Gemma HoughtonBehind
3Q 5:2416–28
Elaine GriggGoal
3Q 1:4715–28
Lauren YoungBehind
2Q 19:0515–22
Ashleigh WoodlandGoal
2Q 17:5314–22
Lauren YoungBehind
2Q 17:138–22
Sarah HartwigGoal
2Q 16:017–22
Sarah HartwigGoal
2Q 13:247–16
Indy TahauGoal
2Q 11:507–10
Jess FitzgeraldBehind
2Q 7:151–10
Sarah HartwigBehind
1Q 18:181–9
Sarah HartwigBehind
1Q 16:061–8
Sarah HartwigBehind
1Q 15:061–7
Rylie WilcoxGoal
1Q 11:431–6
Gemma HoughtonBehind
1Q 6:511–0

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
PTA	1	15	29	54	54
WBD	9	22	28	35	35

Match Leaders

Goals

Indy TahauPTA

Behinds

Sarah HartwigWBD

Disposals

Isabelle PritchardWBD

Tackles

2 tied leaders

Abbey DowrickPTA

Team Stats

PTAWBD

Scoring / Attack

8Goals5

6Behinds5

19Shots at goal15

42.1Goal accuracy %33.3

32Inside 50s28

4Goal assists2

7Marks inside 508

Possession

201Disposals252

156Kicks145

45Handballs107

110Contested possessions124

88Uncontested possessions123

Clearance / Contest

28Total clearances24

12Centre clearances4

16Stoppage clearances20

69Tackles50

27Hitouts22

4Contested marks8

Other

39Marks35

61.7Disposal efficiency %63.9

0Bounces0

63Turnovers58

58Clangers58

198Total possessions247

58Intercepts63

23Rebound 50s24

8Tackles inside 5013

34One-percenters24

25Frees for27

27Frees against25

975AFL Fantasy963

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: PTA 25 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: PTA 33 pts
Lead Changes: 2
Score Ties: 1

How the match finished

Port Adelaide beat Western Bulldogs by 19 points, 54–35.

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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