Richmond Football Club advises that its VFLW alignment with Port Melbourne Football Club will not continue for the 2025 season.

Richmond Head of Women’s Football, Kate Sheahan thanked the entire Port Melbourne Football Club for the past four years.

“Our partnership with Port Melbourne has been successful across the past four years and mutually beneficial for both Club’s up to this point,” she said.

“Because of the start date of the 2025 AFLW season being brought forward and the increasing demands of pre-season and the AFLW competition, we will not be having an alignment with Port Melbourne this year.

“On behalf of the Club we thank everyone from Port Melbourne for their contributions across the past four years and we wish them all the best for the upcoming season.”

Sheahan said the Club was working through its future second tier options.