2025 AFLW Team Preview: West Coast
WEST Coast showed signs of improvement in the AFL Women’s competition last season, and with a quartet of draftees joining the Eagles’ young list, the West Australian side will continue to improve under second year coach, Daisy Pearce.
LAST SEASON IN A NUTSHELL
Position: 13th
Wins: 4
Losses: 7
B&F: Ella Roberts
Leading Goalkicker: Kellie Gibson (8 goals)
OFF-SEASON MOVES
Ins: Liz McGrath (North Melbourne), Lucy Boyd (West Adelaide/AFLW Draft), Kayla Dalgleish (Dandenong Stingrays/AFLW Draft), Lucia Painter (Bendigo Pioneers/AFLW Draft), Charlotte Riggs (Central District/AFLW Draft), Courtney Lindgren (injury replacement player, East Perth)
Outs: Evie Gooch (retired), Octavia Di Donato, Emily Elkington, Sasha Goranova, Jayme Harken, Tess Lyons, Matilda Sergeant, Verity Simmons, Mackenzie Webb (delisted), Jess Hosking (self-delisted)
2025 TEAM LIST
#1 Lauren Wakfer
#2 Kellie Gibson
#3 Charlotte Thomas
#4 Ella Roberts
#5 Courtney Rowley
#6 Isabella Lewis
#7 Jessica Rentsch
#8 Lucia Painter
#9 Roxanne Roux
#10 Alison Drennan
#11 Jess Hosking*
#12 Charlotte Riggs
#13 Emma Swanson
#14 Belinda Smith
#15 Abbygail Bushby
#16 Zoe Wakfer
#17 Dana Hooker
#18 Jaide Britton
#19 Amy Franklin
#20 Sanne Bakker
#21 Mikayla Western
#22 Georgie Cleaver
#23 Sarah Lakay
#24 Annabel Johnson
#25 Kayley Kavanagh
#26 Lucy Boyd
#27 Liz McGrath
#30 Beth Schilling
#31 Courtney Lindgren+
#32 Kayla Dalgleish
#35 Sophie McDonald
*inactive/self-delisted
+ injury replacement
ONES TO WATCH
Key Player: Ella Roberts
Breakout Potential: Kayley Kavanagh
New Recruit: Lou Painter
After winning her first Eagles’ best and fairest last season, Ella Roberts is primed to go on with it and become among the top few players in the AFL Women’s competition. Be it forward or midfield she will have an influence, while now she has Lou Painter running around there too who will add plenty of X-factor and excitement for the blue and gold. After missing out on her first season due to an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, expect former Vic Metro MVP Kayley Kavanagh to make her presence felt.
2025 FIXTURE
Round 1: vs. Gold Coast | Thu Aug 14 @ Sullivan Logistics Stadium, 7:15pm
Round 2: vs. Essendon | Sun Aug 24 @ Windy Hill, 12:35pm
Round 3: vs. St Kilda | Sat Aug 30 @ RSEA Park, 1:05pm
Round 4: vs. Port Adelaide | Sun Sep 7 @ Mineral Resources Park, 3:05pm
Round 5: vs. Fremantle | Sun Sep 14 @ Fremantle Oval, 3:05pm
Round 6: vs. Melbourne | Sun Sep 21 @ Casey Fields, 11:05am
Round 7: vs. GWS Giants | Sun Sep 28 @ Mineral Resources Park, 3:05pm
Round 8: vs. Collingwood | Sun Oct 5 @ Mineral Resources Park, 2:05pm
Round 9: vs. Adelaide | Sat Oct 11 @ Norwood Oval 10:05am
Round 10: vs. Geelong | Fri Oct 17 @ Sullivan Logistics Stadium, 6:15pm
Round 11: vs. Sydney | Sat Oct 25 @ Henson Park, 10:05am
Round 12: vs. Carlton | TBC @ Sullivan Logistics Stadium
PREDICTION
West Coast is becoming one of those sides that will be difficult to play with enough stars and balance of developing young kids that soon enough the tide will turn. Whether or not the Eagles can play finals is still a question mark, but at the very least they should be competitive and avoiding the bottom few spots on the ladder.
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