2025 AFL Women's season

2025 AFL Women's season
Date14 August – 29 November 2025
Teams18

The 2025 AFL Women's season is the upcoming tenth season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, the highest-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season will feature 18 clubs and run from 14 August to 29 November, comprising a twelve-round home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top eight clubs.[1]

Background

In September 2024, Australian Football League (AFL) chief executive officer Andrew Dillon announced that the 2025 season would have an earlier start date than previous seasons to accommodate an extra home-and-away match,[2] and in November, AFL executive general manager Laura Kane announced that a twelve-match home-and-away season would be played over twelve weeks in 2025, abandoning the strategy of a compressed fixture trialled in 2024 where eleven matches were played over ten weeks.[3]

Coach appointments

New coach Club Date of appointment Previous coach Ref.
Rhyce Shaw Gold Coast 21 January 2025 Cameron Joyce [4]

Club leadership

Club Coach Leadership group
Captain(s) Vice-captain(s) Other leader(s)
Adelaide
Brisbane Breanna Koenen Belle Dawes, Nat Grider Ally Anderson, Sophie Conway, Jade Ellenger, Cathy Svarc, Ruby Svarc[5]
Carlton Abbie McKay Mimi Hill Tara Bohanna, Harriet Cordner[6]
Collingwood
Essendon Steph Cain, Bonnie Toogood Maddison Gay Bess Keaney, Steph Wales[7]
Fremantle Ange Stannett Ashleigh Brazill Hayley Miller, Gabby Newton, Emma O'Driscoll, Áine Tighe[8]
Geelong Meg McDonald Amy McDonald, Nina Morrison[9]
Gold Coast
Greater Western Sydney
Hawthorn Emily Bates Eliza West Jasmine Fleming, Tilly Lucas-Rodd, Áine McDonagh, Jenna Richardson[10]
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide Justine Mules-Robinson Amelie Borg, Julia Teakle Kirsty Lamb[11]
Richmond
St Kilda Hannah Priest Serene Watson Nicola Barr, Molly McDonald, Georgia Patrikios, Tyanna Smith[12]
Sydney
West Coast Bella Lewis, Charlie Thomas Mikayla Western Alison Drennan, Dana Hooker[13]
Western Bulldogs Deanna Berry Ellie Blackburn Elle Bennetts, Jess Fitzgerald, Elisabeth Georgostathis, Isabella Grant, Isabelle Pritchard, Louise Stephenson[14]

Pre-season

All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au

Official practice matches
Saturday, 2 August (9:00 am) Fremantle v St Kilda Victor George Kailis Oval
Saturday, 2 August (12:00 pm) North Melbourne v Essendon Avalon Airport Oval
Saturday, 2 August (12:05 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Carlton Blacktown ISP Oval
Saturday, 2 August (12:30 pm) Brisbane v Sydney Brighton Homes Arena
Saturday, 2 August (8:00 pm) Gold Coast v Geelong People First Stadium
Saturday, 2 August (6:15 pm) West Coast v Western Bulldogs Mineral Resources Park
Sunday, 3 August (11:00 am) Adelaide v Melbourne Thomas Farms Oval
Sunday, 3 August (12:00 pm) Richmond v Hawthorn Ikon Park
Sunday, 3 August (1:30 pm) Port Adelaide v Collingwood Alberton Oval

Home-and-away season

All starting times are local time. Source: afl.com.au

Round 1

Round 1
Thursday, 14 August (7:15 pm) Carlton v Collingwood Ikon Park
Thursday, 14 August (7:15 pm) West Coast v Gold Coast Sullivan Logistics Stadium
Friday, 15 August (6:15 pm) Sydney v Richmond North Sydney Oval
Saturday, 16 August (3:35 pm) Geelong v North Melbourne GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 16 August (5:35 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Essendon Corroboree Group Manuka Oval
Saturday, 16 August (7:35 pm) Western Bulldogs v Melbourne Mission Whitten Oval
Sunday, 17 August (12:40 pm) Brisbane v Hawthorn Brighton Homes Arena
Sunday, 17 August (2:10 pm) St Kilda v Adelaide RSEA Park
Sunday, 17 August (3:40 pm) Port Adelaide v Fremantle Alberton Oval

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 23 August (1:05 pm) Collingwood v Greater Western Sydney Victoria Park
Saturday, 23 August (3:05 pm) Melbourne v St Kilda Casey Fields
Saturday, 23 August (3:05 pm) Gold Coast v Sydney People First Stadium
Saturday, 23 August (3:05 pm) Fremantle v Brisbane Fremantle Community Bank Oval
Saturday, 23 August (7:15 pm) Hawthorn v Carlton Kinetic Stadium
Sunday, 24 August (1:05 pm) Essendon v West Coast Windy Hill
Sunday, 24 August (1:05 pm) North Melbourne v Port Adelaide Arden Street Oval
Sunday, 24 August (3:05 pm) Richmond v Western Bulldogs Ikon Park
Sunday, 24 August (2:35 pm) Adelaide v Geelong Unley Oval

Round 3

Round 3 (Indigenous Round week 1)
Friday, 29 August (6:45 pm) Richmond v Essendon TIO Stadium
Saturday, 30 August (1:05 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Adelaide Henson Park
Saturday, 30 August (3:05 pm) St Kilda v West Coast RSEA Park
Saturday, 30 August (3:05 pm) Geelong v Sydney GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 30 August (4:35 pm) Port Adelaide v Gold Coast Alberton Oval
Saturday, 30 August (7:15 pm) Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn Mission Whitten Oval
Sunday, 31 August (1:05 pm) Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park
Sunday, 31 August (1:05 pm) Fremantle v North Melbourne Fremantle Community Bank Oval
Sunday, 31 August (5:05 pm) Brisbane v Carlton Brighton Homes Arena

Round 4

Round 4 (Indigenous Round week 2)
Saturday, 6 September (12:35 pm) Melbourne v Richmond Casey Fields
Saturday, 6 September (1:05 pm) Gold Coast v Greater Western Sydney People First Stadium
Saturday, 6 September (3:05 pm) Carlton v Western Bulldogs Ikon Park
Saturday, 6 September (7:15 pm) Hawthorn v St Kilda Cazalys Stadium
Sunday, 7 September (1:05 pm) Sydney v Fremantle Henson Park
Sunday, 7 September (12:35 pm) Adelaide v Brisbane Norwood Oval
Sunday, 7 September (3:05 pm) North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval
Sunday, 7 September (3:05 pm) Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill
Sunday, 7 September (3:05 pm) West Coast v Port Adelaide Mineral Resources Park

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 13 September (1:05 pm) Collingwood v Sydney Victoria Park
Saturday, 13 September (2:35 pm) Carlton v Gold Coast Ikon Park
Saturday, 13 September (2:35 pm) Port Adelaide v Melbourne Alberton Oval
Saturday, 13 September (4:35 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Western Bulldogs Corroboree Group Manuka Oval
Sunday, 14 September (1:05 pm) Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill
Sunday, 14 September (1:05 pm) Richmond v Geelong Ikon Park
Sunday, 14 September (3:05 pm) Hawthorn v Adelaide Kinetic Stadium
Sunday, 14 September (3:05 pm) Brisbane v North Melbourne Brighton Homes Arena
Sunday, 14 September (3:05 pm) Fremantle v West Coast Fremantle Community Bank Oval

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 20 September (1:05 pm) Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park
Saturday, 20 September (1:05 pm) North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval
Saturday, 20 September (1:05 pm) Fremantle v Essendon Fremantle Community Bank Oval
Saturday, 20 September (7:35 pm) Port Adelaide v Geelong Alberton Oval
Sunday, 21 September (1:05 pm) Sydney v Greater Western Sydney Henson Park
Sunday, 21 September (1:05 pm) Melbourne v West Coast Casey Fields
Sunday, 21 September (3:05 pm) Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Mission Whitten Oval
Sunday, 21 September (3:05 pm) St Kilda v Richmond RSEA Park
Sunday, 21 September (5:05 pm) Gold Coast v Adelaide People First Stadium

Round 7

Round 7
Thursday, 25 September (7:15 pm) Geelong v Hawthorn GMHBA Stadium
Friday, 26 September (1:05 pm) Melbourne v Gold Coast Casey Fields
Friday, 26 September (3:05 pm) Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill
Friday, 26 September (5:05 pm) Carlton v Fremantle Ikon Park
Friday, 26 September (7:15 pm) Western Bulldogs v Collingwood Mission Whitten Oval
Sunday, 28 September (1:05 pm) St Kilda v Port Adelaide RSEA Park
Sunday, 28 September (2:35 pm) Adelaide v Sydney Unley Oval
Sunday, 28 September (3:05 pm) Brisbane v Richmond Brighton Homes Arena
Sunday, 28 September (3:05 pm) West Coast v Greater Western Sydney Mineral Resources Park

Round 8

Round 8
Thursday, 2 October (7:15 pm) Hawthorn v Fremantle Kinetic Stadium
Friday, 3 October (7:15 pm) Melbourne v Essendon Ikon Park
Saturday, 4 October (1:05 pm) Greater Western Sydney v St Kilda Henson Park
Saturday, 4 October (3:05 pm) North Melbourne v Sydney University of Tasmania Stadium
Saturday, 4 October (5:05 pm) Gold Coast v Brisbane People First Stadium
Saturday, 4 October (6:35 pm) Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs Alberton Oval
Sunday, 5 October (1:05 pm) Richmond v Adelaide Ikon Park
Sunday, 5 October (3:05 pm) Geelong v Carlton GMHBA Stadium
Sunday, 5 October (2:05 pm) West Coast v Collingwood Mineral Resources Park

Round 9

Round 9 (Pride Round week 1)
Friday, 10 October (7:15 pm) Western Bulldogs v Essendon Mission Whitten Oval
Saturday, 11 October (12:35 pm) Adelaide v West Coast Norwood Oval
Saturday, 11 October (3:05 pm) Geelong v Greater Western Sydney GMHBA Stadium
Saturday, 11 October (3:05 pm) Hawthorn v Gold Coast Kinetic Stadium
Saturday, 11 October (4:05 pm) Brisbane v Port Adelaide Brighton Homes Arena
Saturday, 11 October (7:15 pm) Richmond v North Melbourne Ikon Park
Sunday, 12 October (1:05 pm) Sydney v Carlton Henson Park
Sunday, 12 October (3:05 pm) St Kilda v Collingwood RSEA Park
Sunday, 12 October (2:05 pm) Fremantle v Melbourne Fremantle Community Bank Oval

Round 10

Round 10 (Pride Round week 2)
Friday, 17 October (6:45 pm) Port Adelaide v Hawthorn Alberton Oval
Friday, 17 October (6:15 pm) West Coast v Geelong Sullivan Logistics Stadium
Saturday, 18 October (1:05 pm) Melbourne v Sydney Casey Fields
Saturday, 18 October (3:05 pm) North Melbourne v Adelaide Arden Street Oval
Saturday, 18 October (3:05 pm) Greater Western Sydney v Fremantle Henson Park
Saturday, 18 October (7:15 pm) Carlton v St Kilda Ikon Park
Sunday, 19 October (1:05 pm) Essendon v Brisbane Windy Hill
Sunday, 19 October (3:05 pm) Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park
Sunday, 19 October (4:05 pm) Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs Great Barrier Reef Arena

Round 11

Round 11
Friday, 24 October (6:45 pm) Adelaide v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval
Saturday, 25 October (1:05 pm) Sydney v West Coast Henson Park
Saturday, 25 October (3:05 pm) Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill
Saturday, 25 October (2:05 pm) Fremantle v Richmond Fremantle Community Bank Oval
Saturday, 25 October (6:15 pm) Brisbane v Melbourne Brighton Homes Arena
Sunday, 26 October (1:05 pm) Western Bulldogs v Geelong Mars Stadium
Sunday, 26 October (1:05 pm) North Melbourne v St Kilda North Hobart Oval
Sunday, 26 October (3:05 pm) Carlton v Greater Western Sydney Ikon Park
Sunday, 26 October (3:05 pm) Gold Coast v Collingwood Bond University

Round 12

Round 12
Dates and times TBC Adelaide v Fremantle Norwood Oval
Collingwood v Brisbane Victoria Park
Geelong v Melbourne GMHBA Stadium
Greater Western Sydney v Port Adelaide Henson Park
Hawthorn v North Melbourne Kinetic Stadium
Richmond v Gold Coast Ikon Park
St Kilda v Western Bulldogs RSEA Park
Sydney v Essendon C.ex Coffs International Stadium
West Coast v Carlton Sullivan Logistics Stadium

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Finals series
2 Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
3 Carlton 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
4 Collingwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
5 Essendon 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
6 Fremantle 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
7 Geelong 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
8 Gold Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
9 Greater Western Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
10 Hawthorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
11 Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
12 North Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
13 Port Adelaide 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
14 Richmond 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
15 St Kilda 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
16 Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
17 West Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
18 Western Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for

Progression by round

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Adelaide
Brisbane
Carlton
Collingwood
Essendon
Fremantle
Geelong
Gold Coast
Greater Western Sydney
Hawthorn
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Richmond
St Kilda
Sydney
West Coast
Western Bulldogs

Source: Australian Football

Home match attendance

Team Hosted Total Highest Lowest Average
2024[15] 2025[16] Change
Adelaide 2,862
Brisbane 3,439
Carlton 1,974
Collingwood 2,196
Essendon 3,226
Fremantle 2,226
Geelong 2,733
Gold Coast 1,634
Greater Western Sydney 1,369
Hawthorn 2,430
Melbourne 1,740
North Melbourne 1,821
Port Adelaide 3,013
Richmond 1,772
St Kilda 1,724
Sydney 3,613
West Coast 2,757
Western Bulldogs 6,683
Total/overall 2,658

Source: Australian Football

Win–loss table

Team Home-and-away season Ladder Finals series
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 F1 F2 F3 GF
Adelaide STK GEE GWS BRI HAW GC SYD RIC WC NM PA FRE 1
(0–0–0)
Brisbane HAW FRE CAR ADE NM WB RIC GC PA ESS MEL COL 2
(0–0–0)
Carlton COL HAW BRI WB GC NM FRE GEE SYD STK GWS WC 3
(0–0–0)
Collingwood CAR GWS MEL NM SYD HAW WB WC STK RIC GC BRI 4
(0–0–0)
Essendon GWS WC RIC GEE STK FRE NM MEL WB BRI HAW SYD 5
(0–0–0)
Fremantle PA BRI NM SYD WC ESS CAR HAW MEL GWS RIC ADE 6
(0–0–0)
Geelong NM ADE SYD ESS RIC PA HAW CAR GWS WC WB MEL 7
(0–0–0)
Gold Coast WC SYD PA GWS CAR ADE MEL BRI HAW WB COL RIC 8
(0–0–0)
Greater Western Sydney ESS COL ADE GC WB SYD WC STK GEE FRE CAR PA 9
(0–0–0)
Hawthorn BRI CAR WB STK ADE COL GEE FRE GC PA ESS NM 10
(0–0–0)
Melbourne WB STK COL RIC PA WC GC ESS FRE SYD BRI GEE 11
(0–0–0)
North Melbourne GEE PA FRE COL BRI CAR ESS SYD RIC ADE STK HAW 12
(0–0–0)
Port Adelaide FRE NM GC WC MEL GEE STK WB BRI HAW ADE GWS 13
(0–0–0)
Richmond SYD WB ESS MEL GEE STK BRI ADE NM COL FRE GC 14
(0–0–0)
St Kilda ADE MEL WC HAW ESS RIC PA GWS COL CAR NM WB 15
(0–0–0)
Sydney RIC GC GEE FRE COL GWS ADE NM CAR MEL WC ESS 16
(0–0–0)
West Coast GC ESS STK PA FRE MEL GWS COL ADE GEE SYD CAR 17
(0–0–0)
Western Bulldogs MEL RIC HAW CAR GWS BRI COL PA ESS WB GEE WB 18
(0–0–0)

Source: Australian Football

Coach departures

Outgoing coach Club Manner of departure Date of departure Caretaker coach Incoming coach Date of appointment
Matthew Clarke Adelaide Stepping down at end of season[17] —

See also

References

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