AFLW Round 6 - 2025 AFLW Season

[Teen Wolf]

Times shown are AEST.


Saturday 20 September

Collingwood (13th, 2-3) vs Hawthorn (5th, 4-1)
12.35pm, Victoria Park
Exclusive to Foxtel/Kayo

Port Adelaide (11th, 2-3) vs Geelong (10th, 2-3)
1.05pm, Alberton Oval
7mate (SA)

North Melb. (1st, 5-0) vs Carlton (3rd, 4-1)
2.35pm, Arden Street Oval
Exclusive to Foxtel/Kayo

Fremantle (14th, 2-3) vs Essendon (8th, 3-2)
3.05pm, Fremantle Community Bank Oval
7mate (WA)


Sunday 21 September

Sydney (4th, 4-1) vs GWS Giants (16th, 1-4)
1.05pm, Henson Park
Seven (NSW)

Melbourne (2nd, 4-1) vs West Coast (7th, 3-2)
1.05pm, Casey Fields
Seven (VIC, WA)

W. Bulldogs (15th, 1-4) vs Brisbane (9th, 2-3)
3.05pm, Mission Whitten Oval
7mate (QLD)

St Kilda (12th, 2-3) vs Richmond (18th, 0-5)
3.05pm, RSEA Park
Seven (VIC); 7mate (NSW)

Gold Coast (17th, 1-4) vs Adelaide (6th, 3-2)
5.05pm, People First Stadium
7mate (QLD, SA)


North Melbourne look to extend their undefeated streak to 20, and their winning streak to 18. Their average winning margin against Carlton is 41 points.

Sydney host the Giants for the 4th season in a row. And to reiterate the above TV info, the Sydney Derby will be broadcast on Seven's primary channel in NSW.

Brisbane play the Western Bulldogs at Whitten Oval for the first time since R4 2019. The Lions did, however, play at the venue against Collingwood in R7 2021, and against North Melbourne in R9 2022 S6. They won all 3 games.

WB have not beaten BL since the 2018 Grand Final (have since lost 3 games by an average of 37 points).

The previous encounter between St Kilda and Richmond was on 7th January 2022 (opening match of that season).

Adelaide and Gold Coast will meet in Queensland for the first time. These two clubs were fixtured to play each other at Fankhauser Reserve (home of the Southport Sharks) in Round 7 of 2020, which never went ahead.


Head-to-head records
Collingwood 0 - Hawthorn 1 (last meeting: R2 2024, Haw won by 47)
Port Adelaide 0 - Geelong 1 (last meeting: R4 2023, Geel won by 28)
North Melb. 5 - Carlton 0 (last meeting: R5 2024, NM won by 69)
Fremantle 2 - Essendon 1 (last meeting: EF 2024, Frem won by 10)
Sydney 2 - GWS Giants 1 (last meeting: R4 2024, Syd won by 3)
Melbourne 3 - West Coast 0 (last meeting: R7 2023, Melb won by 70)
W. Bulldogs 2 - Brisbane 4 (last meeting: R4 2024, BL won by 47)
St Kilda 1 - Richmond 1 (last meeting: R1 2022 S6, Rich won by 38)
Adelaide 2 - Gold Coast 0 (last meeting: R5 2023, Adel won by 32)

 

[Teen Wolf]

Maybe it's pointless to speculate at this point in time about what role Danny Frawley would've gone on to have with St Kilda's AFLW team, but certainly worth remembering he coached women's footy and was even reportedly sounded out to replace Wayne Siekman at Collingwood.

Commentated one of the first AFLW games for Fox too, R1 2017 Melbourne vs Brisbane (alongside Kelli Underwood and Kate Sheahan, both of whom could talk a glass eye to sleep).

And of course, like most of his teammates from back in the day, he had a bunch of daughters who very likely would've grown up playing footy if the pathway existed 10 or so years earlier (obviously we know the timing worked out for Alice Burke).

 

[Teen Wolf]

It's going to be interesting to see if anything is done to bring Victoria Park up to standard this week, after last round's dog poo debacle:

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‘Painting over dog poo’: Ground concerns exposed; coach’s tears after 378-day drought: Talking Pts

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Probably not a good look for the billion-dollar AFL or hundred-million-dollar Collingwood Football Club, is it?

And yes we can get caught up in the more humorous scatological angle of it, by repeating variants of the word poo. Like feces or faeces, fecal matter or faecal matter, excrement, shit, crap, doo-doo, dookie, poop, dung, manure, dump, mud, caca, fudge, droppings, crud, , , , , boom-boom, number two, turd, turdburger, turdmuffin, kelli's commentary...

But come on, we've also got mesh sticking up out of the ground? After last year's sinkhole-gate? Are you kidding me???

 

[Teen Wolf]

It's the AFLW SuperClash, so get to the ground early for our pre-game celebration to honour the real superheroes from the Royal Children's Hospital, including a reverse guard of honour.

We're raising money for the Good Friday Appeal, and everyone who makes a donation at the game will get a FREE Mattel toy. Simply head to Roo Squad on the outdoor multi-purpose courts near Fogarty Street to get yours.

 

[Teen Wolf]

The long way of saying don't appoint a pro golfer as your AFLW team's head coach:

 

[Saints2001]

Ch 7 could learn to spell Carruthers correctly as well...

I'll also not understand coaches playing players out of their natural position when they are so good at it. Blackburn should always be starting CBAs for me. There are a few others as well which I know annoyed me before but I just can't recall now.

 

[timokane]

Be a good game Collingwood v hawks.

At Vic park.

Get a good turn out there.

Should see a close Pies win here.

Starting to show signs of improvement now.

Kind of got them to get a win over the hawk girls here.

Be a good game.

My tip: Pies by 12 points

 

[Arwib]

It's going to be interesting to see if anything is done to bring Victoria Park up to standard this week, after last round's dog poo debacle:

Not Found | Fox Sports Videos

www.foxsports.com.au

Latest Victoria Park ground concerns exposed; coach’s emotion after 378-day drought — Talking Pts

‘Painting over dog poo’: Ground concerns exposed; coach’s tears after 378-day drought: Talking Pts

www.foxsports.com.au

Probably not a good look for the billion-dollar AFL or hundred-million-dollar Collingwood Football Club, is it?

And yes we can get caught up in the more humorous scatological angle of it, by repeating variants of the word poo. Like feces or faeces, fecal matter or faecal matter, excrement, shit, crap, doo-doo, dookie, poop, dung, manure, dump, mud, caca, fudge, droppings, crud, , , , , boom-boom, number two, turd, turdburger, turdmuffin, kelli's commentary...

But come on, we've also got mesh sticking up out of the ground? After last year's sinkhole-gate? Are you kidding me???

Sydney asking for patches of sand to not be painted so players have some safety warning about the different surface is quite damning there.

 

[Jeremias]

Love what I am seeing from Carlton this year, but North are comfortably the best in the competition. Don't hold much hope for a win - though their streak must end eventually!

Really just want to see the team continue to play in the same manner they have thus far this season, no injuries, and crucially avoiding our percentage taking a massive hit.

 

[CURVE]

Love what I am seeing from Carlton this year, but North are comfortably the best in the competition. Don't hold much hope for a win - though their streak must end eventually!

Really just want to see the team continue to play in the same manner they have thus far this season, no injuries, and crucially avoiding our percentage taking a massive hit.

Looking forward to this game, I've enjoyed watching the Blues this season, they play an attacking brand of footy and have some real speed on the outside that we may struggle with now that Gatt is out. I expect North to win, I think our midfield will eventually overpower the Blues mids and pull away in the second half, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Blues keep it close in the first half.

 

[weevil]

Looking forward to this game, I've enjoyed watching the Blues this season, they play an attacking brand of footy and have some real speed on the outside that we may struggle with now that Gatt is out. I expect North to win, I think our midfield will eventually overpower the Blues mids and pull away in the second half, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Blues keep it close in the first half.

You will absolutely obliterate them.

 

[timokane]

Apparently Bri Davey is making her come back match this week.

Got over her foot issues and could get a call up this week.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Money can't buy...

 

[Teen Wolf]

Thoughts on Saturday's games.

Coll v Haw
Collingwood just cracked 40 points for the first time since R5 2023 and things are looking up. They are 16th in the league for scoring this year having managed 19.29.143 so far, right behind Hawthorn in 15th on 18.36.144. There is no way you could back the Hawks if you were going solely off the last month of footy.

PA-Geel
This looks like a massive season-shaper. Both teams still have a shot at finals, but a loss here for either would be a dagger to their top 8 aspirations (winner goes to 3-3, loser 2-4). I wouldn't expect Port Adelaide's SA prodigy Lauren Young to come in and immediately dominate, though one wonders if rumours of her timely inclusion might be symbolic of the fortunes lying in wait for both clubs, given we're hearing nothing about Geelong's SA prodigy Chloe Scheer.

NM-Carl
3rd-place Carlton face their toughest opponent yet... vertigo! They haven't been this high on the ladder since the end of 2020. A win for North Melbourne, but probably even a hefty loss, will see the Kangas end a round on top of the ladder for the 18th instance, equalling Adelaide's record for time spent at number 1.

Frem-Ess
This week's most talked-about AFLW team travel to WA to avenge last year's EF loss. At the height of Mim-mania, Freo managed an unconvincing 10-point win on that occasion against a Toogood-free Bombers which was also without Prespakis after QT. They've got a proper ruck to compete against Strom this time too, thanks to Stephanie Wales joining in on the speedy ACL recovery theme of 2025. Even so, it's tough to tip Essendon coming off the first single-digit score of the year, amid all the other drama going on--maybe you could justify it on "they'll be galvanised" grounds.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Straightforward should-win games for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, St Kilda and Adelaide on Sunday. And there are two simple things to remember:

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Teams that play a home prelim are likely to progress to the grand final (12 from 12 so far in AFLW history).​

The premiers are often not the best team across a whole season, but they are always 1 of the 2 teams competing in the grand final.​

Therefore the key to the premiership remains winning a QF in week 1 of finals.

And ya can't win a week 1 QF from 5th spot on the ladder, or lower. So these next few weeks are crucial for all the aforementioned clubs to get their act together (as in: stop losing should-win games).

 

[weevil]

The premiers are often not the best team across a whole season, but they are always 1 of the 2 teams competing in the grand final.

It's this sort of razor-sharp analysis that keeps me coming back here.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Analysis: the process of breaking down a subject into something easier to understand.

Why waste time carving something up with a rapier when a sledgehammer will suffice!

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Probably already been said but Dogs/AFL should have moved the girls game away from Footscray in the VFL grand final.

 

[timokane]

Should be a good game pies and hawks but i have pies winning this one at Viccy park.

Good hard game Pies to win it by 12 points.

Starting to improve and are a developing team the Pies.

One to watch in future AFLW'S

They are embarking on a rebuild.

 

[Teen Wolf]

I wonder if Aileen Gilroy is feeling much pressure this week.

Like "yeah we scored 55 points per H&A game last year with you, and this year we're averaging 29 without... So if you could just rack up 500m gained today and bomb a few from 50, that'd be appreciated."

But the other Hawthorn olds must stand up too. I didn't put Bodey in the bads last week, but she's kicked 3.6 so far and has dropped 3.5 touches off her 2024 form which was just ok.

 

[JuniorWatch]

Haha metres gained anyone? Fleming + Gilroy = out the back

 

[Teen Wolf]

What a start! and what a moment killed by the umpiring

 

[CURVE]

Howarth injury didn't look good.

 

[JuniorWatch]

Dunno if I've ever seen a player rustier than Morris-Dalton this season.
Making chest marks look like brain surgery with no arms

 

[Teen Wolf]

Collingwood doing some really dumb things, hence 2-8 free kicks. 7-9 inside 50s against what looks like a strong wind is encouraging for them... but probably not enough to stop a switchover to Alberton.