2025 Hawthorn Football Club women's season

Hawthorn Football Club

2025 season
President	Andrew Gowers
Coach	Daniel Webster
Captain(s)	Emily Bates
Home ground	Kinetic Stadium
Home and Away	2nd
Leading goalkicker	Aine McDonagh (14)
Highest home attendance	2,401 (Round 5 vs. Adelaide)
Lowest home attendance	1,643 (Round 8 vs. Fremantle)
Average home attendance	2,069
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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
	Aine 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]

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 31 Lucy Wales 41 Kristy Stratton				13 Aine 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: 22 August 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			Report
10	Friday, 17 October (7:15 pm)	Port Adelaide				Alberton Oval
11	Saturday, 25 October (3:05 pm)	Essendon				Windy Hill
12	Friday, 31 October (7:15 pm)	North Melbourne				Kinetic Stadium

Ladder

Updated to Western Bulldogs v Essendon (round 9).

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	North Melbourne	8	8	0	0	613	186	329.6	32	Finals series
2	Melbourne	8	7	1	0	489	176	277.8	28
3	Hawthorn	8	7	1	0	258	209	123.4	28
4	Carlton	8	6	2	0	358	292	122.6	24
5	Brisbane	8	5	3	0	439	286	153.5	20
6	West Coast	8	5	3	0	343	271	126.6	20
7	Adelaide	8	5	3	0	362	289	125.3	20
8	St Kilda	8	5	3	0	287	292	98.3	20
9	Sydney	8	4	4	0	391	362	108.0	16
10	Western Bulldogs	9	3	6	0	317	315	100.6	12
11	Geelong	8	3	5	0	327	359	91.1	12
12	Port Adelaide	8	3	5	0	371	411	90.3	12
13	Fremantle	8	3	5	0	252	394	64.0	12
14	Essendon	9	3	6	0	275	431	63.8	12
15	Greater Western Sydney	8	2	6	0	257	400	64.3	8
16	Collingwood	8	2	6	0	198	348	56.9	8
17	Richmond	8	1	7	0	250	403	62.0	4
18	Gold Coast	8	1	7	0	213	576	37.0	4

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

Statistics

As of the end of round 8. 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	8	1	0	57	121	178	9	47	0
3	Greta Bodey	FW	8	6	8	49	32	81	13	33	0
4	Najwa Allen	DF	3	0	0	31	9	40	11	0	0
5	Jasmine Fleming	MF	5	0	1	50	35	85	9	21	0
6	Hayley McLaughlin	FW	8	1	1	31	47	78	10	30	0
7	Aileen Gilroy	FW	3	0	4	32	8	40	4	13	0
8	Lavinia Cox	FW	3	0	0	10	5	15	2	4	0
9	Keely Coyne	DF	8	1	0	55	25	80	10	13	0
10	Kaitlyn Ashmore	MF	5	1	0	31	15	46	11	20	0
11	Jenna Richardson	DF	6	0	0	53	28	81	35	17	0
12	Casey Sherriff	MF	8	2	2	37	22	59	6	24	0
13	Aine McDonagh	FW	8	11	11	57	34	91	20	21	0
14	Daisy Flockart	MF	1	0	1	3	6	9	0	4	0
15	Grace Baba	MF	4	0	1	14	12	31	2	5	0
16	Ainslie Kemp	DF	1	0	1	12	3	15	3	0	0
17	Mackenzie Eardley	FW	6	1	2	37	18	55	11	21	9
18	Tilly Lucas-Rodd	DF	8	0	1	133	49	182	36	27	0
19	Bridie Hipwell	FW	6	2	1	32	23	55	3	29	0
20	Laura Elliott	DF	8	0	0	49	26	75	19	11	0
21	Elli Symonds	RU	4	1	1	12	14	26	4	13	20
22	Laura Stone	FW	8	1	2	46	42	88	5	56	0
23	Jess Vukic	RU	5	2	0	11	13	24	0	14	19
24	Tamara Smith	DF	8	0	0	56	40	96	16	43	0
25	Emily Everist	DF	7	0	0	64	20	84	22	25	0
27	Mikayla Williamson	MF	8	2	3	53	29	82	16	24	0
28	Sophie Butterworth	FW	4	0	0	8	5	13	5	3	1
31	Lucy Wales	RU	8	0	1	87	60	147	25	51	160
41	Kristy Stratton	FW	2	1	0	12	4	16	6	5	0

Goalkickers

Name	Goals	Games	Average
Aine McDonagh	11	8	1.4
Greta Bodey	6	8	0.8
Bridie Hipwell	2	6	0.3
Casey Sherriff	2	8	0.3
Jess Vukic	2	5	0.4
Mikayla Williamson	2	8	0.3
Kaitlyn Ashmore	1	5	0.2
Emily Bates	1	7	0.1
Keely Coyne	1	8	0.1
Mackenzie Eardley	1	6	0.2
Hayley McLaughlin	1	8	0.1
Laura Stone	1	8	0.1
Kristy Stratton	1	2	0.5
Elli Symonds	1	4	0.3
Eliza West	1	8	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
Aine McDonagh	Thumb		[15]	17 August 2025	23 August 2025
Ainslie Kemp	Knee		[16]	21 August 2025
Najwa Allen	Hamstring		[17]	30 August 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

Milestones

Round	Name	Milestone	Opponent	Score	Ground	Ref
1	Eliza West	50th AFLW game	Brisbane	4.9 (33) – 3.11 (29)	Brighton Homes Arena	[21] [22] [23] [24] [25]
	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	[26] [27]
3	Elli Symonds	AFLW debut	Western Bulldogs	2.2 (14) – 1.4 (10)	Mission Whitten Oval	[28] [29]
5	Elli Symonds	1st AFLW goal	Adelaide	4.3 (27) – 7.6 (48)	Kinetic Stadium	[30]
6	Keely Coyne	1st club goal	Collingwood	5.9 (39) – 3.12 (30)	Victoria Park	[31]
8	Daisy Flockart	AFLW debut	Fremantle	5.3 (33) – 2.6 (18)	Kinetic Stadium	[32] [33]
	Hayley McLaughlin	1st AFLW goal

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