The North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos will make the short trip to Windy Hill on Friday to face Essendon.

The Roos reinforced their AFLW dominance on Saturday, crushing the Blues by 53 points to stay unbeaten, as Ash Riddell notched a League single-game record for disposals with 44.

When: Friday, September 26 at 3.05pm AEST
Where: Windy Hill, Melbourne, VIC
Gates Open: 2pm
Tickets: Secure your spot here!

Win AFL Grand Final tickets by going to the W in Round 7!

The simplest way to go into the running for one of five double passes to the big game is to attend an AFLW game on Thursday or Friday!

One double pass to the 2025 Toyota AFL Grand Final between Geelong and Brisbane will be won at each of the five NAB AFLW games played across Thursday, September 25 and Friday, September 26.

Attend any of the following games and go into the running to win one of five double passes:

Thursday, September 25 
Geelong Cats v Hawthorn, GMHBA Stadium at 7.15pm

Friday, September 26 
Melbourne v Gold Coast, Casey Fields at 1.05pm
Essendon v North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos, Windy Hill at 3.05pm
Carlton v Fremantle, Ikon Park at 5.05pm
Western Bulldogs v Collingwood, Mission Whitten Oval at 7.15pm

Getting to the ground

There is limited street parking available around Windy Hill, so it is recommended that all patrons use public transport to arrive at the venue.

Windy Hill is only a short 500m walk from Essendon Station, which can be accessed via train, bus and tram. 

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Bring on Round 7!

The North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos have made two changes ahead of their Round 7 clash with Essendon on Friday at Windy Hill.

Premiership tall Emma King will play her first game of the season, after a hamstring concern interrupted the beginning of her campaign.

Forward Vikki Wall is set to return from an elbow injury that kept her sidelined last weekend.

All-Australian forward Alice O'Loughlin comes out of the side due to a liver injury, while Amy Gavin Mangan also makes way after being a late inclusion for the Roos' Round 6 bout with the Blues.

Gavin Mangan, Ariana Hetherington and Ella Slocombe are the three emergencies for Friday afternoon's game. 

The opening bounce at Windy Hill will be at 3.05pm AEST.

North Melbourne has survived a first-quarter scare to come from behind and defeat Essendon by 30-points in tricky conditions at Windy Hill on Grand Final eve.

The Bombers started with the wind and kept the Kangaroos goalless for the first term whilst scoring three of their own to go into the first break with a 20-point lead.

BOMBERS v KANGAROOS Full match coverage and stats

But the reigning premiers lifted a gear after quarter-time to win 10.11 (71) to 6.5 (41) in front of a crowd of 3,184.

It makes it 19 consecutive wins for the reigning premiers who have won all seven of their matches so far in 2025. 

North's usual stars Ash Riddell (28 disposals, five clearances) and Jasmine Garner (21 disposals) were industrious in the middle, whilst rising star Blaithin Bogue put together another exceptional performance with two goals that will no doubt make the highlight reel.

It was an uncharacteristic start by the Roos who missed targets and made errors under the intense Essendon pressure.

The Bombers on the other hand couldn’t make a mistake, scoring the first three goals of the game through young star Amy Gaylor, veteran Sophie Alexander and their co-captain Steph Cain.

North fans were in shock when the quarter-time siren sounded and their side didn’t have a score next to its name.

Coach Darren Crocker must have said something inspiring at the first break as the Roos came out and played at the standard we all know they’re capable of.

It started with a goal to key forward Kate Shierlaw who took a strong contested mark and converted in her 75th game.

Shierlaw's goal opened the floodgates as North kicked the next four.

Emma King did a one-hand gather, before spinning to evade a player to put through her first goal in 2025, Bogue kicked a checkside from the boundary, and Garner sold candy to dance past her opponent and score.

North Melbourne went from 20 points down at quarter-time to lead by 13 at the main break.

The wind picked up in the second half, and though the Roos dominated the play to start, they couldn’t score.

Finally classy Essendon forward Georgia Gee broke the deadlock when she crumbed the ball from a marking contest and snapped truly.

Young Bomber Holly Ridewood put through another shortly after and got the homeside within four points.

Though Essendon had edged closer, North had the wind in the final term and it didn’t take long for it to take advantage, with Irish rising star Bogue kicking a remarkable snap set shot from 35m out.

From there, the Kangaroos ran away with the win, kicking four goals to Essendon's one to seal the win.

Up next
The Bombers have another huge challenge ahead of them next week when they come up against second-placed Melbourne at Ikon Park on Friday night. North Melbourne heads to Tasmania where they face Sydney on Saturday afternoon at UTAS Stadium.

ESSENDON                    3.2   3.3   5.5    6.5 (41)
NORTH MELBOURNE     0.0   5.5   6.8   10.11 (71)

GOALS
Essendon: Alexander 2, Gaylor, Cain, Gee, Ridewood
North Melbourne: Bogue 2, Shierlaw 2, King, Garner, Riddell, Craven, Wall, Randall

BEST 
Essendon: Nanscawen, Cain, Prespakis, Toogood, Gaylor
North Melbourne: Riddell, Bogue, Garner, M.King, Sheerin

INJURIES
Essendon: Nil
North Melbourne: Nil

LATE CHANGES
Essendon: Nil
North Melbourne: Erika O’Shea, replaced in the selected side by Amy Gavin Mangan.

Reports: Nil

Crowd: 3,184 at Windy Hill