2025 AFLW Team Preview: North Melbourne
NORTH Melbourne completed a near-perfect season last year with a draw to Geelong the only blemish for the Roos as they went undefeated throughout the entire year to win their first premiership. With minimal changes to the list, expect North Melbourne to be thereabouts once again in 2025.
LAST SEASON IN A NUTSHELL
Position: 1st (premiers)
Wins: 10
Losses: 0
Draw: 1
B&F: Jasmine Garner
Leading Goalkicker: Kate Shierlaw (18 goals)
OFF-SEASON MOVES
Ins: Ariana Hetherington (Fremantle), Eilish Sheerin (Richmond), Amy Gavin Mangan (cross coder/AFLW Draft), Claire Mahony (GWV Rebels/AFLW Draft), Tessa Boyd (injury replacement player/North Melbourne VFLW)
Outs: Liz McGrath (West Coast), Lulu Pullar (Sydney), Lucy Burke, Sophie Kavanagh, Zoe Savarirayan (delisted), Niamh Martin (inactive, personal)
2025 TEAM LIST
#2 Libby Birch
#3 Bella Eddey
#4 Eilish Sheerin
#5 Tess Craven
#6 Alice O’Loughlin
#7 Ash Riddell
#8 Taylah Gatt
#9 Emma Kearney
#10 Blaithin Bogue
#11 Eliza Shannon
#12 Nicole Bresnehan
#13 Vicki Wall
#14 Erika O’Shea
#15 Amy Smith
#16 Tahlia Randall
#17 Sarah Wright
#18 Ella Slocombe
#19 Rubi Tripodi
#20 Jasmine Ferguson
#21 Amy Gavin Mangan
#22 Claire Mahony
#23 Mia King
#24 Tessa Boyd+
#25 Jasmine Garner
#26 Kim Rennie
#27 Georgia Stubs
#28 Niamh Martin*
#29 Ariana Hetherington
#33 Kate Shierlaw
#35 Jenna Bruton
#60 Emma King
*inactive
+injury replacement players
ONES TO WATCH
Key Player: Jasmine Garner
Breakout Potential: Taylah Gatt
New Recruit: Eilish Sheerin
One of the best players in the competition, Jasmine Garner finds a way to standout in a star-studded lineup. Though the umpires tend to ignore her, no one else does, with Garner a match-winner and as damaging as anyone else in the league. Wing Taylah Gatt is a high impact-per-possession player, and now established in the side, can take her game to another level in her fourth season. Ex-Tiger Eilish Sheerin is a readymade player and to walk into this side makes the Roos all that more scary for the opposition.
2025 FIXTURE
Round 1: vs. Geelong | Sat Aug 16 @ GMHBA Stadium, 3:35pm
Round 2: vs. Port Adelaide | Sun Aug 24 @ Arden Street Oval, 1:05pm
Round 3: vs. Fremantle | Sun Aug 31 @ Fremantle Oval, 3:05pm
Round 4: vs. Collingwood | Sun Sep 7 @ Arden Street Oval, 3:05pm
Round 5: vs. Brisbane | Sun Sep 14 @ Brighton Homes Arena, 3:05pm
Round 6: vs. Carlton | Sat Sep 20 @ Arden Street Oval, 2:35pm
Round 7: vs. Essendon | Fri Sep 26 @ Windy Hill, 3:05pm
Round 8: vs. Sydney | Sat Oct 4 @ UTAS Stadium, 3:05pm
Round 9: vs. Richmond | Sat Oct 11 @ Ikon Park, 7:15pm
Round 10: vs. Adelaide | Sat Oct 18 @ Arden Street Oval, 3:05pm
Round 11: vs. St Kilda | Sun Oct 26 @ North Hobart Oval, 1:05pm
Round 12: vs. Hawthorn | TBC @ Kinetic Stadium
PREDICTION
North Melbourne is premiership favourite for a reason. The Roos won the flag last season and considering on paper the list has appeared to get stronger, then realistically the Roos should be the team to beat. No side has won back-to-back AFLW flags as of yet, so North Melbourne could be breaking the glass ceiling.
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