For the second consecutive week, the North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos will meet Hawthorn, this time in a qualifying final at Ikon Park.

The Roos made it a perfect 12 wins from 12 games last Friday night when the toppled the Hawks by 49 points in the inaugural meeting between the two clubs, but the stakes will be higher this week as the sides look to punch their ticket to the preliminary finals.

When: Friday, November 7 at 7.15pm AEDT
Where: Ikon Park, Melbourne, VIC
Gates Open: 5.45pm
Tickets: Secure your seat here!

Getting to the ground

Whether it be by car, public transport or ride share, there are several transport options to Ikon Park.   
  
TRAIN   
- Metro Trains operate services near Ikon Park via the Upfield train line  
- Jewell Station is a 16-minute walk to Ikon Park  
- Royal Park Station is a 15-minute walk to Ikon Park  
 
TRAM  
- Yarra Trams operate services to Ikon Park via line 19  
- Take the tram to stop 16 (Walker Street/Royal Parade) and walk three minutes to Ikon Park  
 
CAR   
There is limited parking available on Royal Parade that is free on weekends. 
  
There is limited parking available on the Northern Lawn at Princes Park, enter via Royal Parade from 1pm. There is a council fee associated with parking on the Northern Lawn. 
  
There is further parking available in surrounding streets, including free parking at Garton Street and Bowen Crescent. There is free parking available for three hours at Barkley Square, a 14-minute walk from Ikon Park. 

Around the ground

The Roo Shop will be located outside Gate 6, offering exclusive AFLW Finals merchandise along with your first look at the 2026 Kookaburra range. Members receive 10% off, and 100% of profits go to the club.

ACCESSIBILITY

Ikon Park is a Sunflower venue and strives to support attendees with hidden disabilities attend events at the venue. Staff wearing a sunflower pin can provide support to patrons with hidden disabilities. 

AFLW Finals Hub

For up-to-date info on our finals matches, plus ticketing FAQs and more, here's your one-stop shop.

Can't make the game?

Meet some friends before the game this Friday and save!

For the duration of the AFLW finals, North Melbourne members can get 15 per cent OFF food and bev at Beer Deluxe in Fed Square when they use The Pass. 

To join the NMFC list and receive your exclusive discount:

1. Download The Pass from the App Store or Google Play
2. Sign up, and add your preferred payment method
3. Head to More > Promo Code, and enter 'NMFC' followed by your membership number, e.g. NMFC123456
4. Order using The Pass to receive 15 per cent off at Beer Deluxe during finals, and 10 per cent off at all other venues

Watch on TV or stream on your phone

Friday night's game will be broadcast live on Channel 7, 7plus, Foxtel and Kayo Sports.

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Bring on the finals!

The North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos will welcome back two forwards for their qualifying final clash with Hawthorn at Ikon Park on Friday night.

Vikki Wall and Kate Shierlaw both return to the attack, having been managed last weekend.

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Speedster Amy Gavin Mangan and versatile tall Ariana Hetherington both make way.

Vice-captain Ash Riddell will line up in the midfield hoping to continue the form that delivered her first AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year Award.

Riddell is also among six Kangaroos in the running to be named All Australian after the provisional squad of 42 was named this week. 

The Roos and Hawks met just a week ago, with North Melbourne proving too strong at Kinetic Stadium under lights, triumphing by 49 points in the first ever bout between the two clubs.

The winner of this Friday's clash will book a home preliminary final berth, while the loser will meet the winner of the knockout final between Carlton and West Coast.

Bouncedown at Ikon Park is at 7.15pm AEDT. 

The North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos continued their march towards a second premiership with a 39-point qualifying final win over a goalless Hawthorn.

The Hawks held the Roos to their lowest score of the year, but could not hit the scoreboard at all in the 5.12 (42) to 0.3 (3) result in front of a somewhat hostile crowd at Ikon Park.

It is the lowest score in an AFLW final.

With the two sides meeting twice in seven days, Vikki Wall and Kate Shierlaw had been added to the already sterling North Melbourne line-up after last week's win, while Hawthorn had swapped talls, regaining Jess Vukic in place of the injured Ellie Symonds.

It was murky weather that couldn't quite make up its mind – kind of humid, kind of windy, kind of dry, kind of wet. It meant conditions were somewhat slippery, and when coupled with finals pressure, it was a frantic and fumbly start.

Nat Exon stepped over the mark, and a gift 50m penalty was given to Kim Rennie, and the Roos had the first and the veteran ruck had her third ever AFLW major in 86 games.

With North Melbourne's strong skills on show, Hawthorn's way back into the game was through toughness, and the Hawks' pressure was strong across the field. They just couldn't pierce that final line of the Roos' defence, with Libby Birch and ex-Hawk Eliza Shannon standing strong.

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Despite holding ascendency in both the clearances and contested possessions in the second term, Hawthorn had still not taken a single mark inside forward 50 by half-time. 

The Roos struggled to find a clear path to goal themselves, but at least got some shots away, even if they were inaccurate, with the floodgates opening in the fourth as the game opened up and Hawthorn couldn't maintain the rage.

Jasmine Garner didn't necessarily pile on the stat sheet, but her disposal was exquisite, changing lanes with pin-point passes across the field and cutting the game open by foot.

Ash Riddell was held to a comparatively low 26 disposals, while Erika O'Shea, Jenna Bruton and Tess Craven provided plenty of run and class on the outside.

Eliza West played a lone hand in the midfield for Hawthorn with a game-high 27 touches, with a curiously quiet Jas Fleming managing just 13, while Jenna Richardson held up well in defence amid the chaos. 

Lack of firepower hits Hawks
North Melbourne held a side scoreless in a quarter for the 50th time in its run of 25 straight wins, and the Hawks didn't manage to kick a single goal throughout the entire game. They've been seriously struggling to find a secondary path to goal this year to support Aine McDonagh, who coming into this match had kicked 21 goals, ahead of Greta Bodey with 11, and Kaitlyn Ashmore and Laura Stone in equal-third with just three goals.

An eventful third term
It was hard to know where to look in the third quarter, as tempers flared and injuries hit Hawthorn hard. Firstly, the boundary umpires were reduced to three, with their injured fourth counterpart not returning after the main break. Then Kaitlyn Ashmore limped from the field with a right calf complaint, Emily Everist ran down the race for a HIA, Laura Elliott was the victim of a big Vikki Wall walloping run, and Aine McDonagh made a very slow exit with a right knee injury, the physio oddly leaving her to run solo. Greta Bodey elbowed Emma Kearney in the back, leading to a tussle, and tempers flared again on the three-quarter time siren. Elliott and a still-hampered McDonagh returned after the three-quarter time break, and Everist passed her HIA.

Up next
North Melbourne has the week off ahead of a home preliminary final at Ikon Park, while Hawthorn will face the winner of Saturday's Carlton-West Coast clash, with the semi-final also at Ikon Park.

NORTH MELBOURNE   1.4    2.7   2.8    5.12 (42)
HAWTHORN                 0.0    0.1   0.2    0.3 (3)

GOALS
North Melbourne: Rennie, O'Loughlin, Bogue, Randall, Eddey
Hawthorn: Nil

BEST
North Melbourne: Garner, Riddell, O'Shea, Craven, Bruton
Hawthorn: West, Richardson, Everist, Lucas-Rodd

INJURIES
North Melbourne: Nil
Hawthorn: Ashmore (calf), McDonagh (knee)

Crowd: 4,392 at Ikon Park