\n Match Report\n <\/p>\n
\n The Western Bulldogs were edged out by the Essendon Bombers in a heart-stopping finish under Friday night lights.\n <\/p>\n
The Western Bulldogs were edged out by the Essendon Bombers in a heart-stopping finish under Friday night lights, going down 5.6 (36) to 5.4 (34) at Mission Whitten Oval in their final outing of 2025. <\/p>\n
The Bulldogs controlled the tempo for most of the match, but in a tense final term, the Bombers landed late goals – while keeping the hosts scoreless – to steal the win.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maggie Gorham found plenty of the footy, accumulating 27 disposals and seven marks, while Brooke Barwick (18 disposals, six tackles) and Jorja Livingstone (18 disposals, four tackles) were solid.<\/p>\n
Naomi Ferres was clinical in front of goal, booting two majors to have a big impact with limited opportunities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trinity Skenderis continued her strong form, gathering nine disposals, six marks and a goal, while Imogen Milford was influential with 11 touches, five marks and two clearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jaimi Tabb brought intensity around the contest, finishing with 12 disposals, five clearances and three tackles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mali McLeod showed composure on the rebound with 15 disposals and four marks, combining well with Sarah Sansonetti in defence, who tallied 12 touches and six marks of her own.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs finish their 2025 VFLW campaign with five wins and eight losses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Match details<\/p>\n
Western Bulldogs: 1.0 3.4 5.4 5.4 (34)\u00a0
Essendon Bombers: 1.4 1.4 1.5 5.6 (36)\u00a0
Goals: Ferres 2, McDermott, Saulitis, Skenderis\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Match Report The Western Bulldogs were edged out by the Essendon Bombers in a heart-stopping finish under Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":["post-37583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}