2025 VFL Women's season

2025 VFL Women's season
North Melbourne Werribee players celebrate with the premiership cup
Date	19 April − 30 August 2025 [1]
Teams	12
Premiers	North Melbourne Werribee 2nd premiership
Runners-up	Collingwood 2nd runners-up result
Minor premiers	North Melbourne Werribee 1st minor premiership
Lambert–Pearce Medallist	Angelica Gogos (Darebin – 25 votes)
Rohenna Young Medallist	Nyakoat Dojiok (North Melbourne Werribee – 37 goals)
Matches played	91
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The 2025 VFL Women's season was the ninth season of the VFL Women's (VFLW), the state-level senior women's Australian rules football competition in Victoria. ^[2] The season began on 19 April and concluded on 30 August. ^[3]

North Melbourne Werribee won the premiership for the second time and the second consecutive year, defeating Collingwood by six points in the 2025 VFLW Grand Final. ^{[4] [5]}

Background

League membership

On 28 October 2024, the Sandringham Football Club announced that the Southern Saints would be known as the Sandringham Zebras (as of 1 November 2024), consolidating the identities of its men's and women's teams under the one club for the 2025 season. ^{[6] [7]} The Saints were formed ahead of the 2018 VFLW season and were managed by the St Kilda Football Club until 2020. ^{[8] [9]}

On 21 February 2025, Richmond announced it would not renew its affiliation agreement with Port Melbourne for the 2025 VFLW season, with Port Melbourne instead competing as a standalone club. ^{[10] [11]} The affiliation had been in place since the 2021 VFLW season. ^{[12] [13]}

Reigning premiers North Melbourne entered into an affiliation with VFL club Werribee, becoming known as the North Melbourne Werribee Kangaroos and playing up to four games a season at Chirnside Park. ^[14]

Unlike the previous season, the two NSW-based AFL Women's teams have not been fixtured to take part in any matches against VFL Women's teams. ^[15]

Fixture dates

Beginning this season, the VFLW season was played between April and August, instead of March to July. ^[16] The change occurred after the Australian Football League (AFL) announced that the AFL Women's season would commence the week beginning 11 August 2025, two weeks earlier than in previous years. ^{[17] [18]} The 2025 season fixture was announced in February 2025. ^[19]

Clubs

Venues and affiliations

Club	Home venue(s)	Capacity	AFLW affiliation
Box Hill	Box Hill City Oval	10,000	Hawthorn
Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve	10,000
Carlton	IKON Park	13,000	Carlton
Casey	Casey Fields	9,000	Melbourne
Collingwood	AIA Vitality Centre	3,500	Collingwood
Victoria Park	10,000
Darebin	Genis Steel Oval	5,000	—
Essendon	NEC Hangar	3,500	Essendon
Windy Hill	10,000
Geelong Cats	Deakin University	10,000	Geelong
KFC Oval
North Melbourne Werribee	Arden Street Oval	4,000	North Melbourne
Avalon Airport Oval	8,000
Port Melbourne	ETU Stadium	6,000	—
Sandringham	RSEA Park	8,000	St Kilda
WS Trevor Barker Beach Oval	6,000
Western Bulldogs	Mission Whitten Oval	10,000	Western Bulldogs
Williamstown	DSV Stadium	6,000	—

Coach appointments

New coach	Club	Date of appointment	Previous coach	Ref
Lachlan Harris	Sandringham	6 September 2024	Michelle Densley	[20]
Tom Chitsos	Port Melbourne	9 September 2024	Sean Buncle	[21]
Taylah Hassett	Geelong Cats	10 December 2024	Elise Coventry	[22]
Aasta O'Connor	Carlton	21 February 2025	Glenn Strachan	[23]

Club leadership

Club	Coach	Leadership group			Ref
		Captain(s)	Vice-captain(s)	Other leader(s)
Box Hill	Michael Ericson [24]	Ellie McLinden	Rosie Dillon	Mietta Kendall, Gabby Collingwood, Maddi Torpey	[25]
Carlton	Aasta O'Connor	Octavia Di Donato [a]	Amy Trindade, Steph Demeo		[28]
Casey	Matt Brewer	Ally Kirkwood, Meg Macdonald			[29]
Collingwood	Tom Cashin	Dominique Carbone	Lauren Szigeti	Erin McKinnon, Amelia Peck, Jordan Ivey	[30]
Darebin	Lache Walker [31]	Caitlin Bunker	Riley Christgoergl	Alyssa Mifsud, Stephanie Simpson, Lulu Beatty	[32]
Essendon	Cherie O'Neill	El Chaston	Sophie Molan	Sarah Ford, Ashlea Melnikas, Christina Bernardi	[33]
Geelong Cats	Taylah Hassett	Mel Staunton	Abby Favell	Madi Sexton, Liv Stewart, Poppy Schaap	[34]
North Melbourne Werribee	Brett Gourley [35]	Renee Tierney	Maddie Di Cosmo	Mara McSweeney, Kate Reynolds, Tessa Boyd	[36]
Port Melbourne	Tom Chitsos [37]	Eloise Ashley-Cooper, Olivia Barton [38]		Lauren Caruso, Molly Denahy Maloney, Lily Hart	[39]
Sandringham	Lachie Harris	Grace Hodder	Erica Fowler	Ali Hynes, Tayla Kearns, Bella Enno, Beth Pinchin	[40]
Western Bulldogs	Rhys Cahir	Stephanie Asciak [41]	Jaimi Tabb, Bri McFarlane, Millie Klingbeil	Mali McLeod, Mary Sandral	[42]
Williamstown	Liam Kavanagh	Eliza Straford	Emily Eaves	Zoe Day, Megan Williamson, Eloise Freeman, Phoebe Chisholm, Jemima Wrigley, Gaby De Angelis	[43]

Home-and-away season

Round 1

	Round 1
Friday, 18 April (9:15am)	North Melbourne Werribee 9.11 (65)	def.	Carlton 2.5 (17)	Arden Street Oval	Report
Saturday, 19 April (11:05am)	Sandringham 8.5 (53)	def.	Darebin 3.3 (21)	Trevor Barker Beach Oval	Report
Saturday, 19 April (11:05am)	Geelong Cats 4.6 (30)	def. by	Box Hill 14.4 (88)	Deakin University	Report
Saturday, 19 April (2:35pm)	Casey 3.1 (19)	def. by	Collingwood 7.5 (47)	Casey Fields	Report
Saturday, 19 April (4:05pm)	Port Melbourne 7.7 (49)	def.	Essendon 4.6 (30)	ETU Stadium	Report
Sunday, 20 April (11:05am)	Western Bulldogs 2.6 (18)	def. by	Williamstown 4.4 (28)	Mission Whitten Oval	Report

Round 2

	Round 2
Friday, 25 April (10:35am)	North Melbourne Werribee 6.8 (44)	def.	Williamstown 4.1 (25)	Arden Street Oval	Report
Saturday, 26 April (10:05am)	Western Bulldogs 6.6 (42)	def.	Darebin 3.3 (21)	Mission Whitten Oval	Report
Saturday, 26 April (11:05am)	Essendon 10.4 (64)	def.	Collingwood 3.6 (24)	Windy Hill	Report
Saturday, 26 April (12:05pm)	Geelong Cats 4.5 (29)	def. by	Carlton 7.6 (48)	Deakin University	Report
Saturday, 26 April (2:05pm)	Sandringham 4.2 (26)	def.	Casey 3.6 (24)	RSEA Park	Report
Sunday, 27 April (2:35pm)	Box Hill 5.10 (40)	def.	Port Melbourne 5.4 (34)	Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve	Report

Round 3

	Round 3
Saturday, 3 May (10:05am)	Collingwood 4.2 (26)	def. by	Western Bulldogs 6.13 (49)	Victoria Park	Report
Saturday, 3 May (10:35am)	Darebin 1.1 (7)	def. by	Port Melbourne 8.5 (53)	Genis Steel Oval	Report
Saturday, 3 May (11:05am)	Essendon 5.5 (35)	def.	North Melbourne Werribee 4.8 (32)	Windy Hill	Report
Saturday, 3 May (11:35am)	Box Hill 11.9 (75)	def.	Casey 3.7 (25)	Box Hill City Oval	Report
Saturday, 3 May (1:05pm)	Carlton 2.2 (14)	def. by	Sandringham 2.6 (18)	Ikon Park	Report
Saturday, 3 May (6:15pm)	Williamstown 10.4 (64)	def.	Geelong Cats 2.5 (17)	DSV Stadium	Report

Round 4

	Round 4
Saturday, 10 May (10:35am)	Darebin 3.8 (26)	def.	Collingwood 3.5 (23)	Genis Steel Oval	Report
Saturday, 10 May (11:05am)	Geelong Cats 2.5 (17)	def. by	Sandringham 10.6 (66)	Deakin University	Report
Saturday, 10 May (2:35pm)	Essendon 7.7 (49)	def.	Carlton 3.4 (22)	Windy Hill	Report
Saturday, 10 May (2:35pm)	Western Bulldogs 11.13 (79)	def.	Casey 2.2 (14)	Mission Whitten Oval	Report
Sunday, 11 May (11:05am)	North Melbourne Werribee 9.7 (61)	def.	Box Hill 4.3 (27)	Arden Street Oval	Report
Sunday, 11 May (2:05pm)	Williamstown 4.3 (27)	def. by	Port Melbourne 5.7 (37)	DSV Stadium	Report
This was the first time in VFLW history that Darebin had defeated Collingwood. [44]

Round 5

	Round 5
Saturday, 17 May (12:35pm)	Carlton 2.4 (16)	def. by	Darebin 7.4 (46)	Ikon Park	Report
Saturday, 17 May (2:05pm)	North Melbourne Werribee 6.7 (43)	def.	Western Bulldogs 3.4 (22)	Arden Street Oval	Report
Saturday, 17 May (2:05pm)	Collingwood 4.3 (27)	def.	Box Hill 3.7 (25)	Victoria Park	Report
Saturday, 17 May (2:35pm)	Casey 5.6 (36)	def. by	Essendon 6.6 (42)	Casey Fields	Report
Saturday, 17 May (2:05pm)	Port Melbourne 9.7 (61)	def.	Geelong Cats 0.4 (4)	ETU Stadium	Report
Sunday, 18 May (9:45am)	Sandringham 4.4 (28)	def. by	Williamstown 4.5 (29)	Trevor Barker Beach Oval	Report

Round 6

	Round 6
Saturday, 24 May (10:35am)	Darebin 8.10 (58)	def.	Casey 2.2 (14)	Genis Steel Oval	Report
Saturday, 24 May (1:05pm)	Geelong Cats 3.6 (24)	def. by	Essendon 9.10 (64)	Deakin University	Report
Saturday, 24 May (2:35pm)	Box Hill 8.8 (56)	def.	Western Bulldogs 3.4 (22)	Box Hill City Oval	Report
Sunday, 25 May (10:05am)	Collingwood 7.4 (46)	def.	North Melbourne Werribee 5.3 (33)	Victoria Park	Report
Sunday, 25 May (11:05am)	Carlton 3.3 (21)	def. by	Williamstown 5.3 (33)	Ikon Park	Report
Sunday, 25 May (2:05pm)	Sandringham 4.0 (24)	drew with	Port Melbourne 3.6 (24)	Trevor Barker Beach Oval	Report

Round 7

	Round 7
Saturday, 31 May (11:05am)	Essendon 3.7 (25)	def. by	Box Hill 6.6 (42)	Windy Hill	Report
Saturday, 31 May (12:05pm)	Casey 2.4 (16)	def. by	Carlton 9.2 (56)	Casey Fields	Report
Saturday, 31 May (12:05pm)	Collingwood 8.13 (61)	def.	Sandringham 1.2 (8)	Victoria Park	Report
Saturday, 31 May (3:05pm)	Darebin 7.4 (46)	def.	Geelong Cats 3.3 (21)	Genis Steel Oval	Report
Sunday, 1 June (9:35am)	Williamstown 2.1 (13)	def.	Western Bulldogs 1.0 (6)	DSV Stadium	Report
Sunday, 1 June (11:05am)	Port Melbourne 2.3 (15)	def. by	North Melbourne Werribee 6.6 (42)	ETU Stadium	Report
The Darebin vs Geelong Cats match, which was scheduled to be played at RMIT Oval in Bundoora, was moved to Genis Steel Oval. [45] [46]

Round 8

	Round 8
Saturday, 14 June (11:05am)	Western Bulldogs 5.3 (33)	def.	Port Melbourne 3.5 (23)	Mission Whitten Oval	Report
Saturday, 14 June (11:05am)	Casey 3.5 (23)	def. by	Williamstown 6.4 (40)	Casey Fields	Report
Saturday, 14 June (11:35am)	Collingwood 7.5 (47)	def.	Essendon 6.3 (39)	AIA Vitality Centre	Report
Saturday, 14 June (11:35am)	Box Hill 6.7 (43)	def.	Darebin 1.5 (11)	Box Hill City Oval	Report
Saturday, 14 June (2:45pm)	North Melbourne Werribee 17.8 (110)	def.	Geelong Cats 3.4 (22)	Avalon Airport Oval	Report
Sunday, 15 June (11:05am)	Sandringham 6.7 (43)	def.	Carlton 2.3 (15)	Trevor Barker Beach Oval	Report

Round 9

	Round 9
Saturday, 21 June (10:05am)	Williamstown 4.3 (27)	def.	Essendon 0.11 (11)	DSV Stadium	Report
Saturday, 21 June (11:05am)	Port Melbourne 4.2 (26)	def. by	Collingwood 8.5 (53)	ETU Stadium	Report
Saturday, 21 June (12:05pm)	Casey 5.6 (36)	def. by	Box Hill 7.6 (48)	Casey Fields	Report
Saturday, 21 June (12:05pm)	North Melbourne Werribee 7.12 (54)	def.	Darebin 2.2 (14)	Arden Street Oval	Report
Saturday, 21 June (1:05pm)	Western Bulldogs 1.7 (13)	def. by	Sandringham 6.6 (42)	Mission Whitten Oval	Report
Sunday, 22 June (11:05am)	Carlton 2.2 (14)	def. by	Geelong Cats 8.8 (56)	Ikon Park	Report
The Western Bulldogs vs Sandringham match was moved from 11:05am to 1:05pm. [47]

Round 10

	Round 10
Saturday, 28 June (10:05am)	Williamstown 1.6 (12)	def. by	North Melbourne Werribee 4.9 (33)	DSV Stadium	Report
Saturday, 28 June (10:35am)	Darebin 1.4 (10)	def. by	Sandringham 2.3 (15)	Genis Steel Oval	Report
Saturday, 28 June (11:05am)	Essendon 2.6 (18)	def. by	Casey 10.13 (73)	Windy Hill	Report
Saturday, 28 June (11:35am)	Box Hill 3.5 (23)	def. by	Collingwood 4.10 (34)	Box Hill City Oval	Report
Saturday, 28 June (12:35pm)	Carlton 2.4 (16)	def. by	Port Melbourne 12.4 (76)	Ikon Park	Report
Saturday, 28 June (1:05pm)	Geelong Cats 8.9 (57)	def.	Western Bulldogs 5.4 (34)	Deakin University	Report

Round 11

	Round 11
Friday, 4 July (7:35pm)	Western Bulldogs 0.2 (2)	def. by	North Melbourne Werribee 9.10 (64)	Mission Whitten Oval	Report
Saturday, 5 July (10:05am)	Collingwood 5.7 (37)	def. by	Carlton 6.5 (41)	Victoria Park	Report
Saturday, 5 July (10:05am)	Port Melbourne 9.4 (58)	def.	Williamstown 4.3 (27)	ETU Stadium	Report
Sunday, 6 July (11:05am)	Casey 8.7 (55)	def.	Geelong Cats 4.5 (29)	Casey Fields	Report
Sunday, 6 July (11:05am)	Essendon 3.2 (20)	def. by	Darebin 4.4 (28)	Windy Hill	Report
Sunday, 6 July (11:35am)	Box Hill 11.8 (74)	def.	Sandringham 1.3 (13)	Box Hill City Oval	Report
Carlton's Keeley Skepper kicked a goal as the final siren sounded to defeat Collingwood. [48]

Round 12

	Round 12
Saturday, 12 July (10:05am)	Collingwood 8.9 (57)	def.	Casey 1.5 (11)	Victoria Park	Report
Saturday, 12 July (11:35am)	Box Hill 5.3 (33)	def. by	Essendon 8.7 (55)	Box Hill City Oval	Report
Saturday, 12 July (12:35pm)	Carlton 15.6 (96)	def.	Western Bulldogs 1.3 (9)	Ikon Park	Report
Saturday, 12 July (1:00pm)	North Melbourne Werribee 16.6 (102)	def.	Port Melbourne 3.2 (20)	Arden Street Oval	Report
Saturday, 12 July (2:05pm)	Sandringham 6.3 (39)	def.	Geelong Cats 5.2 (32)	Trevor Barker Beach Oval	Report
Sunday, 13 July (10:35am)	Darebin 6.2 (38)	def.	Williamstown 5.4 (34)	Genis Steel Oval	Report

Round 13

	Round 13
Saturday, 19 July (10:35am)	Darebin 5.6 (36)	def.	Carlton 2.3 (15)	Genis Steel Oval	Report
Saturday, 19 July (11:05am)	Essendon 3.1 (19)	def.	Sandringham 2.2 (14)	Windy Hill	Report
Saturday, 19 July (1:05pm)	Geelong Cats 3.3 (21)	def. by	Collingwood 9.2 (56)	Deakin University	Report
Saturday, 19 July (4:05pm)	Port Melbourne 3.4 (22)	def. by	Western Bulldogs 3.5 (23)	ETU Stadium	Report
Sunday, 20 July (10:05am)	Casey 3.2 (20)	def. by	North Melbourne Werribee 12.12 (84)	Casey Fields	Report
Sunday, 20 July (11:05am)	Williamstown 5.5 (35)	def.	Box Hill 3.9 (27)	DSV Stadium	Report

Round 14

	Round 14
Friday, 1 August (7:05pm)	Carlton 1.1 (7)	def. by	Box Hill 4.12 (36)	Ikon Park	Report
Friday, 1 August (7:05pm)	Western Bulldogs 5.4 (34)	def.	Essendon 5.6 (36)	Mission Whitten Oval	Report
Saturday, 2 August (10:05am)	Williamstown 9.2 (56)	def. by	Collingwood 11.3 (69)	DSV Stadium	Report
Saturday, 2 August (10:05am)	Port Melbourne 8.13 (61)	def.	Casey 3.0 (18)	ETU Stadium	Report
Sunday, 2 August (9:45am)	Sandringham 4.1 (25)	def. by	North Melbourne Werribee 5.12 (42)	Trevor Barker Beach Oval	Report
Sunday, 2 August (1:05pm)	Geelong Cats 3.10 (28)	def.	Darebin 3.8 (26)	KFC Oval	Report

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	North Melbourne Werribee	14	12	2	0	809	302	267.9	48	Finals series
2	Collingwood	14	10	4	0	607	441	137.6	40
3	Box Hill	14	9	5	0	637	415	153.5	36
4	Sandringham	14	8	5	1	414	395	104.8	34
5	Williamstown	14	8	6	0	450	430	104.7	32
6	Essendon	14	8	6	0	507	485	104.5	32
7	Port Melbourne	14	7	6	1	559	446	125.3	30
8	Darebin	14	7	7	0	388	431	90.0	28
9	Western Bulldogs	14	5	9	0	386	541	71.3	20
10	Carlton	14	4	10	0	398	549	72.5	16
11	Geelong Cats	14	3	11	0	387	771	50.2	12
12	Casey	14	2	12	0	384	720	53.3	8

Source: ^[49]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Progression by round

  Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 6.

  Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.

  Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.

  Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Box Hill	4	8	12	12	12	16	20	24	28	28	32	32	32	36
Carlton	0	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	12	26	16	16
Casey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	8	8	8
Collingwood	4	4	4	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	28	32	36	40
Darebin	0	0	0	4	8	12	16	16	16	16	20	24	28	28
Essendon	0	4	8	12	16	20	20	20	20	20	20	24	28	32
Geelong Cats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	8	8	8	12
North Melbourne Werribee	4	8	8	12	16	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48
Port Melbourne	4	4	8	12	16	18	18	18	18	22	26	26	26	30
Sandringham	4	8	12	16	16	18	18	22	26	30	30	34	34	34
Western Bulldogs	0	4	8	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	20	20
Williamstown	4	4	8	8	12	16	20	24	28	28	28	28	32	32

Source: AFL

Win/loss table

• Fixture list
• Home matches are in bold and opponents are listed above the margins.

Key

+	Win		Draw
-	Loss	X	Bye

Team	Home-and-away season														Finals series
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	FW1	FW2	FW3	GF
Box Hill	GEE +58	PM +6	CAS +50	NM -34	COL -2	WB +34	ESS +17	DAR +32	CAS +12	COL -11	SAN +61	ESS -22	WIL -8	CAR +29	ESS +1	COL -25	NM
Carlton	NM -48	GEE +19	SAN -4	ESS -27	DAR -30	WIL -12	CAS +40	SAN -28	GEE -42	PM -60	COL +4	WB +87	DAR -21	BOX -29
Casey	COL -28	SAN -2	BOX -50	WB -65	ESS -6	DAR -44	CAR -40	WIL -17	BOX -12	ESS +55	GEE +26	COL -46	NM -64	PM -43
Collingwood	CAS +28	ESS -40	WB -23	DAR -3	BOX +2	NM +13	SAN +53	ESS +8	PM +27	BOX +11	CAR -4	CAS +46	GEE +35	WIL +13	NM +13	BH +25	X	TBC
Darebin	SAN -32	WB -21	PM -46	COL +3	CAR +30	CAS +44	GEE +25	HAW -32	NM -40	SAN -5	ESS +8	WIL +4	CAR +21	GEE -2
Essendon	PM -19	COL +40	NM +3	CAR +27	CAS +6	GEE +40	BOX -17	COL -8	WIL -16	CAS -55	DAR -8	BOX +22	SAN +5	WB +2	BOX -1
Geelong Cats	BOX -58	CAR -19	WIL -47	SAN -49	PM -57	ESS -40	DAR -25	NM -88	CAR +42	WB +23	CAS -26	SAN -7	COL -35	DAR +2
North Melbourne Werribee	CAR +48	WIL +19	ESS -3	BOX +34	WB +21	COL -13	PM +27	GEE +88	DAR +40	WIL +21	WB +62	PM +82	CAS +64	SAN +17	COL -13	WIL +24	BH
Port Melbourne	ESS +19	BOX -6	DAR +46	WIL +10	GEE +57	SAN 0	NM -27	WB -10	COL -27	CAR +60	WIL +31	NM -82	WB -1	CAS +43
Sandringham	DAR +32	CAS +2	CAR +4	GEE +49	WIL -1	PM 0	COL -53	CAR +28	WB +29	DAR +5	BOX -61	GEE +7	ESS -5	NM -17	WIL -12
Western Bulldogs	WIL -10	DAR +21	COL +23	CAS +65	NM -21	BOX -34	WIL -7	PM +10	SAN -29	GEE -23	NM -62	CAR -87	PM +1	ESS -2
Williamstown	WB +10	NM -19	GEE +47	PM -10	SAN +1	CAR +12	WB +7	CAS +17	ESS +16	NM -21	PM -31	DAR -4	BOX +8	COL -13	SAN +12	NM -24

Finals series

Match-ups set using the second McIntyre final six system .

	Qualifying final					Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
	9 August, Arden Street Oval
	1	North Melbourne Werribee	4.8 (32)
	2	Collingwood	7.3 (45)			16 August, ETU Stadium										30 August, ETU Stadium
						Collingwood		6.5 (41)								Collingwood		4.4 (28)
	Elimination finals					Box Hill		2.4 (16)			23 August, Kinetic Stadium					North Melbourne Werribee		5.4 (34)
	9 August, Box Hill City Oval										Box Hill		6.5 (41)
	3	Box Hill	4.5 (29)			17 August, Arden Street Oval					North Melbourne Werribee		9.8 (62)
	6	Essendon	4.4 (28)			North Melbourne Werribee		4.17 (41)
	9 August, Trevor Barker Beach Oval					Williamstown		2.5 (17)
	4	Sandringham	0.6 (6)
	5	Williamstown	2.6 (18)

Qualifying and elimination finals

	Qualifying final
Saturday, 9 August (2:35 pm)	North Melbourne Werribee 4.8 (32)	def. by	Collingwood 7.3 (45)	Arden Street Oval	Report

	Elimination finals
Saturday, 9 August (11:05 am)	Sandringham 0.6 (6)	def. by	Williamstown 2.6 (18)	Trevor Barker Beach Oval	Report
Saturday, 9 August (11:35 am)	Box Hill 4.5 (29)	def.	Essendon 4.4 (28)	Box Hill City Oval	Report

Semi finals

	Semi finals
Saturday, 16 August (10:05am)	Collingwood 6.5 (41)	def.	Box Hill 2.4 (16)	ETU Stadium	Report
Sunday, 17 August (12:05pm)	North Melbourne Werribee 4.17 (41)	def.	Williamstown 2.5 (17)	Arden Street Oval	Report

Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Saturday, 23 August (12:05pm)	Box Hill 6.5 (41)	def. by	North Melbourne Werribee 9.8 (62)	Kinetic Stadium	Report

Grand Final

	2025 VFLW Grand Final
Saturday, 30 August (3:10 pm)	Collingwood	def. by	North Melbourne Werribee	ETU Stadium	[50] [51]
	1.1 (7) 3.2 (20) 4.4 (28) 4.4 (28)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.0 (18) 3.2 (20) 4.2 (26) 5.4 (34)	Lisa Hardeman Medal: Alana Barba (North Melbourne Werribee) Television broadcast: AFL.com.au
T Christensen 2 A Peck, B Clarke 1		Goals	S Reid 3 N Dojiok 2

Awards

North Melbourne Werribee forward Nyakoat Dojiok won the Rohenna Young Medal after kicking 37 goals during the home-and-away season

• Lambert–Pearce Medal (league best and fairest): Ange Gogos (Darebin) – 25 votes ^[52]
• Rohenna Young Medal (leading goalkicker): Nyakoat Dojiok (North Melbourne Werribee) – 37 goals ^[52]
• Debbie Lee Medal (rising star): Tahlia Sanger (Collingwood) ^[52]
• Coaches MVP: Emily Eaves (Williamstown) & Ange Gogos (Darebin) – 77 votes each ^[52]

2025 VFL Women's Team of the Year ^[52]

B:	Stella Reid (North Melbourne Werribee)	Sarah Sansonetti (Western Bulldogs)
HB:	El Chaston (Essendon)	Matilda Van Berkel (Box Hill)	Jemma Wrigley (Williamstown)
C:	Brooke Plummer (Essendon)	Maddie Di Cosmo (North Melbourne Werribee)	Charlotte Ryan (North Melbourne Werribee)
HF:	Courtney Jones (Collingwood)	Amelia Peck (Collingwood)	Gabby Collingwood (Box Hill)
F:	Kaitlyn O'Keefe (Port Melbourne)	Nyakoat Dojiok (North Melbourne Werribee)
Foll:	Paige Price (Box Hill)	Tahlia Sanger (Collingwood)	Ange Gogos (Darebin)
Int:	Alana Barba (North Melbourne Werribee)	Charlotte Brewer (Collingwood/Carlton)	Emily Eaves (Williamstown)
	Renee Tierney (North Melbourne Werribee)	Lily-Rose Williamson (Collingwood)
Coach:	Brett Gourley (North Melbourne Werribee)

Club best and fairest winners

Club	Winner	Ref
Box Hill
Carlton	Amy Trindade	[53]
Casey
Collingwood
Darebin
Essendon	El Chaston
Geelong Cats	Hayley Peck	[54]
North Melbourne Werribee
Port Melbourne	Ava Seton	[55]
Sandringham	Grace Hodder	[56]
Western Bulldogs	Jaimi Tabb	[57]
Williamstown

Representative match

Announced in February 2025, the competition's best VFLW-listed players were selected in a team to play against the SANFL Women's League during the 2025 AFL Gather Round in South Australia. It was the first time since the formation of the competition in 2017 that a state league representative fixture was played. ^[58]

A 50-player squad was announced in late March, with the team coached by 2024 North Melbourne premiership coach Brett Gourley. The squad included 13 members of the 2024 VFLW Team of the Year. ^[59]

	2025 AAMI State Game
Friday, 11 April (18:30 ACST)	SANFLW	def. by	VFLW	Alberton Oval, Adelaide	Report
	0.1 (1) 1.6 (7) 2.11 (23) 4.12 (36)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.2 (26) 7.2 (44) 8.5 (53) 9.9 (63)	Television broadcast: afl.com.au
L. Breguet, K. Lee, C. Leuzzi, K. Rosenzweig		Goals	T. Fellows 4 L. Williamson 2 E. Chaston, N. Dojiok, S. Whiting
C. Leuzzi, J. Bates, L. Ebert, Z. Venning, M. Anderson, T. King		Best	T. Fellows, A. Barba, D. Carbone, L. Williamson, E. Chaston, S. Casey

Final team

VFLW State Team [60]
B:	16. Sophie Casey (Casey)	12. Gen Lawson-Tavan (North Melbourne Werribee)
HB:	26. El Chaston (Essendon)	1. Lauren Caruso (Port Melbourne)	28. Lauren Brazzale (vc) (Sandringham)
C:	15. Meg MacDonald (Casey)	13. Lauren Szigeti (Collingwood)	10. Ava Seton (Port Melbourne)
HF:	9. Abbey McDonald (Essendon)	18. Tahlia Fellows (Collingwood)	27. Jaimi Tabb (Western Bulldogs)
F:	31. Nyakoat Dojiok (North Melbourne Werribee)	50. Sharnie Whiting (Williamstown)
Foll:	30. Maddison Torpey (Box Hill)	25. Alana Barba (North Melbourne Werribee)	7. Dominique Carbone (c) (Collingwood)
Int:	19. Tessa Boyd (North Melbourne Werribee)	29. Maddie Di Cosmo (North Melbourne Werribee)	36. Lauren Jatczak (Casey)
	17. Stella Reid (North Melbourne Werribee)	14. Lily-Rose Williamson (Collingwood)	4. Tamsin Crook (Western Bulldogs)
Coach:	Brett Gourley (North Melbourne Werribee)

See also

• 2025 VFL season

Notes

1. Eliza Wood was Carlton's captain until 2 April 2025 (17 days before the first match of the 2025 season) when she was signed to Carlton's AFL Women's (AFLW) list. ^{[26] [27]}

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