By Nick Creely

Twenty-eight grounds across the country will play host to AFLW matches after the 2025 fixture was released by the AFL last week.

Major regional and metropolitan cities across Australia will get their chance to showcase their facilities, with Geelong’s GMHBA Stadium and Gold Coast’s Peoples First Stadium the only major AFL venues to play matches in 2025.

The season is scheduled to kick-off on Thursday, August 14 with Carlton and Collingwood to square-off at IKON Park in Melbourne. 

Ipswich, Frankston, Ballarat, Coffs Harbour and Mackay are just some of the major regional cities to be selected to host matches while many AFL club home training grounds will host matches. All states and territorites will host games this season.

The 2025 AFLW season, played across 12 rounds, will for the first time start during the AFL home and away campaign, coinciding with the final two rounds of the men’s competition. The grand final will be held on Saturday November 29.

Some of the marquee games include Dreamtime returning to the Top End, with TIO Stadium in Darwin hosting Richmond and Essendon on Friday August 29, while the 2024 grand final rematch between Brisbane and North Melbourne Tasmania will be played at Brighton Homes Arena in Ipswich on Sunday September 14 and GWS Giants and Essendon will play each other for the very first time at Manuka Oval in Canberra on August 16.

Full list of AFLW 2025 venues: 
Alberton Oval, Adelaide
Arden Street Oval, North Melbourne
Bond University, Gold Coast
Brighton Homes Arena, Ipswich
C.ex Coffs International Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Casey Fields, Cranbourne
Cazalys Stadium, Cairns
Corroboree Group Manuka Oval, Canberra
Fremantle Community Bank Oval, Fremantle
GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay
Henson Park, Sydney
IKON Park, Melbourne
Kinetic Stadium, Frankston
MARS Stadium, Ballarat
Mineral Resources Park, Perth
Mission Whitten Oval, Footscray
North Hobart Oval, Hobart
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Norwood Oval, Adelaide
Peoples First Stadium, Gold Coast
RSEA Park, Moorabbin
Sullivan Logistics Stadium, Perth
TIO Stadium, Darwin (pictured middle right)
University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston (pictured bottom right)
Unley Oval, Adelaide
Victoria Park, Melbourne
Windy Hill, Essendon (pictured top right)

 

For the full AFLW 2025 season fixture, head to www.afl.com.au/aflw/fixture?Competition=3&Season=84&Round=1301