With the VFLW season only four weeks away, Essendon have locked away their squad.

2025 will see 17 players re-commit to the Bombers from 2024, whilst also signing 21 newcomers to the red and black, looking to bolster the team’s depth.

Reigning Best and Fairest winner, El Chaston headlines a group of re-signings with Sophie Molan, Chirstina Bernardi, Ashlea Melnikas and Sarah Ford are amongst the 17 to sign on the dotted line to don the sash again this season.

Head of VFLW/AFLW List and Recruiting Manager, Georgia Harvey spoke about the new squad.

 “We’re really excited to have the full squad locked away for season 2025. We have retained a really important group of players that are driven to take the squad forward and have added some exciting talent from various clubs and states. We look forward to kicking the season off with round one on Easter Saturday.”

The VFLW season kicks off on Saturday April 19th at ETU Stadium, Port Melbourne with the Bombers taking on The Borough at 4:05pm.

Full list of re-signings and new signings below.

Re-signings:

El Chaston
Sophie Molan
Christina Bernardi
Ashlea Melnikas
Sarah Ford
Jayda Richardson
Maddison Ford
Tia Davidge
Emily Tassiopoulos
Isabelle Porter
Marnie Robinson
Lily Bateman
Scarlett Orritt
Drew Ryan
Chloe Prpic
Ava Jordan
Tayla Hart-Aluni

New signings:

Brooke Plummer
Layla Prince
Abbey McDonald
Lucy Thompson
Marli Klaumanns-Moller
Maddison Albrecht
Megan Mifsud
Grace Azzopardi
Molly Heymanson
Eva Downie
Maggie O’Connell
Freya Hibberd
Sophie McIntosh
Eva Harris
Meg Harrison
Maddison Ibrahim
Sam Johnston
Kayla Peake
Ella Brown
Bella Page
Mikalee Maroney