2025 Hawthorn Football Club women's season

Hawthorn Football Club

2025 season
President	Andrew Gowers
Coach	Daniel Webster
Captain	Emily Bates
Home ground	Kinetic Stadium
Home and Away	4th
Finals	Semi final
Leading goalkicker	Áine McDonagh (21)
Highest home attendance	2,401 (Round 5 vs. Adelaide)
Lowest home attendance	1,643 (Round 8 vs. Fremantle)
Average home attendance	2,094
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The 2025 Hawthorn Football Club season is the club's 4th season in the AFL Women's.

Key personnel

Position	Name
Board members
President	Andrew Gowers
Director	Anne-Marie Pellizzer
	Ian Silk
	James Merlino
	Katie Hudson
	Luke Stambolis
	Owen Wilson
	Tim Shearer
	Luke McCabe
Coaches
Senior coach	Daniel Webster
Backline coach	Steph Binder
Forwards coach	Cam Howat
Midfield coach/List manager	Keegan Brooksby
Development coach	Michael Ericson
	Cam McKinlay
	Jake Ireland
	Kai Baker-Hill
	Devina Lai
Leadership group
Captain	Emily Bates
Vice–captain	Eliza West
Leadership group member	Jasmine Fleming
	Tilly Lucas-Rodd
	Áine McDonagh
	Jenna Richardson

Playing list changes

Additions

Date	Player	Reason	Old club	Ref
5 December 2024	Keely Coyne	Delisted free agent	Western Bulldogs	[1]
10 December 2024	Najwa Allen	Trade	Adelaide	[2]
16 December 2024	Lavinia Cox	Draft	Bendigo Pioneers	[3]
	Daisy Flockart	Draft	Sandringham Dragons	[4]
	Grace Baba	Draft	Eastern Ranges	[5]
	Elli Symonds	Draft	Dandenong Stingrays	[6]
	Rebecca Clottey	Draft	Geelong Falcons	[7]
24 October 2025	Nat Exon	Free agent	St Kilda

Departures

Date	Player	Reason	New club	Ref
19 November 2024	Bridget Deed	Delisted	—	[8]
	Casey Dumont	Delisted	—
7 December 2024	Charlotte Baskaran	Trade	St Kilda	[9]
10 December 2024	Louise Stephenson	Trade	Western Bulldogs	[2]
	Mattea Breed	Trade	Collingwood	[10]
12 December 2024	Tahlia Fellows	Delisted	—	[11]
	Sophie Locke	Delisted	—

2025 player squad

2025 Hawthorn Football Club squad

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Emily Bates (C)  2 Eliza West (VC)  3 Greta Bodey  4 Najwa Allen  5 Jasmine Fleming  6 Hayley McLaughlin  7 Aileen Gilroy  8 Lavinia Cox  9 Keely Coyne 10 Kaitlyn Ashmore 11 Jenna Richardson 12 Casey Sherriff 14 Daisy Flockart 15 Grace Baba 16 Ainslie Kemp		17 Mackenzie Eardley 18 Tilly Lucas-Rodd 19 Bridie Hipwell 20 Laura Elliot 21 Elli Symonds 22 Laura Stone 23 Jess Vukic 24 Tamara Smith 25 Emily Everist 26 Rebecca Clottey 27 Mikayla Williamson 28 Sophie Butterworth 29 Nat Exon 31 Lucy Wales 41 Kristy Stratton				13 Áine McDonagh		Head coach Daniel Webster Assistant coaches Steph Binder (backline) Keegan Brooksby (midfield) Cam Howat (forwards) Michael Ericson (development) Cam McKinlay (development) Jake Ireland (development) Kai Baker-Hill (development) Devina Lai (development) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 25 October 2025 Source(s): Hawthorn AFLW, AFL Women's

Pre-Season

Date and local time	Opponent	Scores(Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Report
		Home	Away	Result
Saturday, 26 July (12:30 pm)	Melbourne	9.8 (62)	4.4 (28)	Lost by 34 points	Casey Fields	—
Sunday, 3 August (12:00 pm)	Richmond	6.2 (38)	10.15 (75)	Won by 37 points	IKON Park	—

Home and Away

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores(Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Position	Report
			Home	Away	Result
1	Sunday, 17 August (12:40 pm)	Brisbane	3.11 (29)	4.9 (33)	Won by 4 points	Brighton Homes Arena	4,208	9th	Report
2	Saturday, 23 August (7:15 pm)	Carlton	3.12 (30)	2.10 (22)	Won by 8 points	Kinetic Stadium	2,214	5th	Report
3	Saturday, 30 August (7:15 pm)	Western Bulldogs	1.4 (10)	2.2 (14)	Won by 4 points	Mission Whitten Oval	2,021	5th	Report
4	Saturday, 6 September (7:15 pm)	St Kilda	5.10 (40)	2.5 (17)	Won by 23 points	Cazalys Stadium	2,017	4th	Report
5	Sunday, 14 September (3:05 pm)	Adelaide	4.3 (27)	7.6 (48)	Lost by 21 points	Kinetic Stadium	2,401	5th	Report
6	Saturday, 20 September (12:35 pm)	Collingwood	3.12 (30)	5.9 (39)	Won by 9 points	Victoria Park	2,067	3rd	Report
7	Thursday, 25 September (7:15 pm)	Geelong	5.5 (35)	6.6 (42)	Won by 7 points	GMHBA Stadium	3,146	3rd	Report
8	Thursday, 2 October (7:15 pm)	Fremantle	5.3 (33)	2.6 (18)	Won by 15 points	Kinetic Stadium	1,643	3rd	Report
9	Saturday, 11 October (3:05 pm)	Gold Coast	8.12 (60)	6.1 (37)	Won by 23 points	Kinetic Stadium	2,195	2nd	Report
10	Friday, 17 October (7:15 pm)	Port Adelaide	15.4 (94)	8.11 (59)	Lost by 35 points	Alberton Oval	3,039	3rd	Report
11	Saturday, 25 October (3:05 pm)	Essendon	3.8 (26)	7.14 (56)	Won by 30 points	Windy Hill	2,652	2nd	Report
12	Friday, 31 October (7:15 pm)	North Melbourne	2.6 (18)	10.7 (67)	Lost by 49 points	Kinetic Stadium		4th	Report

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	North Melbourne	12	12	0	0	868	270	321.5	48	Finals series
2	Melbourne	12	9	3	0	684	327	209.2	36
3	Brisbane	12	9	3	0	652	403	161.8	36
4	Hawthorn	12	9	3	0	451	433	104.2	36
5	Carlton	12	8	4	0	554	474	116.9	32
6	Adelaide	12	7	5	0	515	460	112.0	28
7	St Kilda	12	7	5	0	392	407	96.3	28
8	West Coast	12	6	6	0	472	423	111.6	24
9	Sydney	12	6	6	0	542	504	107.5	24
10	Port Adelaide	12	6	6	0	631	601	105.0	24
11	Fremantle	12	6	6	0	414	512	80.9	24
12	Western Bulldogs	12	5	7	0	415	358	115.9	20
13	Geelong	12	5	7	0	500	539	92.8	20
14	Essendon	12	4	8	0	331	552	60.0	16
15	Collingwood	12	3	9	0	314	505	62.2	12
16	Richmond	12	2	10	0	349	583	59.9	8
17	Greater Western Sydney	12	2	10	0	401	681	58.9	8
18	Gold Coast	12	2	10	0	319	772	41.3	8

Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for

Finals Series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Report
			Home	Away	Result
Qualifying final	Friday, 7 November (7:15 pm)	North Melbourne	5.12 (42)	0.3 (3)	Lost by 39 points	IKON Park	4,392	Report
Semi final	TBD	Carlton				TBC

Statistics

As of the end of round 12. Players without appearances not included ^[12]

No	Name	Pos.	Games	Goals	Behinds	Kicks	Handballs	Disposals	Marks	Tackles	Hitouts
1	Emily Bates	MF	7	1	1	54	97	151	11	44	0
2	Eliza West	MF	12	1	0	90	182	272	14	67	0
3	Greta Bodey	FW	12	11	14	73	46	119	23	49	0
4	Najwa Allen	DF	5	0	1	38	14	52	14	1	0
5	Jasmine Fleming	MF	9	1	2	91	69	160	15	50	0
6	Hayley McLaughlin	FW	10	2	1	37	54	91	13	36	0
7	Aileen Gilroy	FW	7	2	11	79	13	92	10	26	0
8	Lavinia Cox	FW	3	0	0	10	5	15	2	4	0
9	Keely Coyne	DF	12	2	0	86	44	130	16	26	0
10	Kaitlyn Ashmore	MF	9	3	2	59	29	88	19	35	0
11	Jenna Richardson	DF	10	0	0	75	39	114	45	25	0
12	Casey Sherriff	MF	12	2	2	58	38	96	10	31	0
13	Áine McDonagh	FW	12	21	18	95	49	144	28	31	3
14	Daisy Flockart	MF	5	0	2	24	28	52	3	27	1
15	Grace Baba	MF	7	0	4	36	21	57	3	17	0
16	Ainslie Kemp	DF	1	0	1	12	3	15	3	0	0
17	Mackenzie Eardley	FW	10	1	2	62	35	97	22	44	46
18	Tilly Lucas-Rodd	DF	12	0	2	186	68	254	42	43	0
19	Bridie Hipwell	FW	6	2	1	32	23	55	3	29	0
20	Laura Elliott	DF	12	0	0	74	41	115	25	17	0
21	Elli Symonds	RU	8	2	1	27	27	54	12	25	40
22	Laura Stone	FW	11	3	3	74	69	143	5	80	0
23	Jess Vukic	RU	7	2	0	12	17	29	0	23	28
24	Tamara Smith	DF	11	0	0	70	50	120	19	66	0
25	Emily Everist	DF	11	0	0	92	30	122	26	36	0
27	Mikayla Williamson	MF	11	2	3	71	49	120	16	30	0
28	Sophie Butterworth	FW	4	0	0	8	5	13	5	3	1
29	Nat Exon	MF	2	0	0	8	4	12	2	10	0
31	Lucy Wales	RU	9	0	1	91	74	165	25	53	180
41	Kristy Stratton	FW	4	1	4	20	10	30	11	7	0

Goalkickers

Name	Goals	Games	Average
Áine McDonagh	21	12	1.8
Greta Bodey	11	12	0.9
Kaitlyn Ashmore	3	9	0.3
Laura Stone	3	12	0.3
Keely Coyne	2	12	0.2
Aileen Gilroy	2	7	0.3
Bridie Hipwell	2	6	0.3
Hayley McLaughlin	2	10	0.2
Casey Sherriff	2	12	0.2
Elli Symonds	2	8	0.3
Jess Vukic	2	7	0.3
Mikayla Williamson	2	11	0.2
Emily Bates	1	7	0.1
Mackenzie Eardley	1	10	0.1
Jasmine Fleming	1	9	0.1
Kristy Stratton	1	4	0.3
Eliza West	1	12	0.1

Injury list

Name	Injury	Status	Source	Injury date	Return date
Laura Stone	Ankle		[13]	6 October 2024	3 August 2025
Mackenzie Eardley	Knee		[14]	12 August 2025	23 August 2025
Jenna Richardson	Hamstring		[14]	12 August 2025	30 August 2025
Kristy Stratton	Hamstring		[14]	12 August 2025	16 September 2025
Jasmine Fleming	Knee		[15]	17 August 2025	14 September 2025
Aileen Gilroy	Hamstring		[15]	17 August 2025	20 September 2025
Áine McDonagh	Thumb		[15]	17 August 2025	23 August 2025
Ainslie Kemp	Knee		[16]	21 August 2025
Najwa Allen	Hamstring		[17]	30 August 2025	21 October 2025
Kaitlyn Ashmore	Hamstring		[17]	30 August 2025	25 September 2025
Mackenzie Eardley	Knee		[18]	14 September 2025	20 September 2025
Emily Everist	Concussion		[19]	20 September 2025	31 September 2025
Bridie Hipwell	Leg		[19]	20 September 2025
Emily Bates	Shoulder		[20]	25 September 2025
Mikayla Williamson	Hamstring		[21]	11 October 2025	25 October 2025
Lucy Wales	Appendix		[22]	17 October 2025
Jess Vukic	Concussion		[22]	17 October 2025	4 November 2025
Lavinia Cox	Ankle		[23]	28 October 2025
Elli Symonds	Foot		[24]	31 October 2025

Milestones

Round	Name	Milestone	Opponent	Score	Ground	Ref
1	Eliza West	50th AFLW game	Brisbane	4.9 (33) – 3.11 (29)	Brighton Homes Arena	[25] [26] [27] [28] [29]
	Lavinia Cox	AFLW debut
	Najwa Allen	Club debut
	Keely Coyne	Club debut
2	Grace Baba	AFLW debut	Carlton	3.12 (30) – 2.10 (22)	Kinetic Stadium	[30] [31]
3	Elli Symonds	AFLW debut	Western Bulldogs	2.2 (14) – 1.4 (10)	Mission Whitten Oval	[32] [33]
5	Elli Symonds	1st AFLW goal	Adelaide	4.3 (27) – 7.6 (48)	Kinetic Stadium	[34]
6	Keely Coyne	1st club goal	Collingwood	5.9 (39) – 3.12 (30)	Victoria Park	[35]
8	Daisy Flockart	AFLW debut	Fremantle	5.3 (33) – 2.6 (18)	Kinetic Stadium	[36] [37]
	Hayley McLaughlin	1st AFLW goal
11	Áine McDonagh	50th AFLW goal	Essendon	7.14 (56) – 3.8 (26)	Windy Hill	[38]
12	Najwa Allen	50th AFLW game	North Melbourne	2.6 (18) – 10.7 (67)	IKON Park

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