AFLW Round 8, 2025
Melbourne vs Essendon
Friday 3 October
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 2681
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Melbourne | 3.1 | 4.2 | 5.6.36 | |
| Essendon | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 3.4.22 |
Melbourne win by 14 points
Goalkickers: Tayla Harris 2, Megan Fitzsimon 1, Georgia Gall 1, Ryleigh Wotherspoon 1
Milestones:
Nil
Statistical categories led:
Nil
AFLW B&F votes:
TBD
Coaches votes:
10 - Maeve Chaplin
7 - Tayla Harris
4 - Eliza McNamara
2 - Megan Fitzsimon
2 - Kate Hore
After big home wins against West Coast and Gold Coast, Melbourne played a prime time home game at neutral Princes Park and avenged their record defeat against the Bombers a year earlier. Three quick goals in the opening quarter set up a lead they successfully defended, holding Essendon to one goal until late in the last quarter. Two quick goals cut the margin to 14 but Essendon had left themselves too much work to do.
Best were Chaplin, Harris, and McNamara. Goldrick left the game with illness in the final quarter and Heath dislocated her finger.
Links
Demonblog match review
Media
afl.com.au - 03/10/2025