BRINGING her own ball across the Bass Strait, Geelong Falcons skipper Georgia Tyrrell lead from the front as her side toppled Tasmania Devils in a tight tussle. Tyrrell produced a season-equalling league-high 41 disposals as well as 17 tackles and 12 clearances in a dominant inside midfield display for the visitors.

Racking up 13 disposals in the final term with the game on the line, Tyrrell was able to provide fierce resistance against a Devils side searching for its first win. However the Falcons bounced back from a loss to Gippsland Power to win 4.4 (28) to 3.6 (24) at North Hobart yesterday all thanks to the work of the Geelong skipper.

Tyrrell had 10 more disposals, four more clearances and nine more tackles than anyone else on the ground. Despite winning 25 contested possessions, the Geelong skipper still ran at 65.9 per cent disposal efficiency. Thanks to the 18 tackles, Tyrrell’s AFL Fantasy score stood at a mind-boggling 168. Her performance was well supported by an effort that would normally win Player of the Week most weeks, with teammate Stella Huxtable booting three goals from 31 disposals, seven tackles and six clearances.

Looking across the other games and Giants Academy midfielder Isla Wiencke was enormous at the coalface against the Western Jets, racking up 11 clearances and seven inside 50s from 23 disposals. In the other Saturday game, bottom-ager Brylee Anderson helped herself to 28 disposals, seven clearances, four inside 50s and laid nine tackles in Eastern’s win over the Swans Academy.

Calder Cannons’ Chloe Baker-West shared in the season-equalling 41 disposals, with that number, alongside four marks, four tackles, nine clearances, three inside 50s, eight rebound 50s and one goal. Both her and Tyrrell’s efforts shaded another past Player of the Week in Isabella Davies from her 40-disposal Round 2 performance. On the weekend Davies had 29 disposals, five marks, five tackles, seven clearances, seven inside 50s and kicked two goals.

Baker-West was on the losing side against the Power with Gippsland’s Abby Hobson kicking four first half goals, finishing with 21 disposals and 12 marks too. Elsewhere Suns Academy’s Mikayla Nurse (29 disposals, nine clearances and seven inside 50s) and Chloe Bown (36 disposals, 10 clearances and five inside 50s) also put up big numbers in respective wins, while Nikhita Spiteri had 30 disposals, nine tackles, seven clearances and six inside 50s in Murray’s loss to Sandringham.

2025 COATES TALENT LEAGUE GIRLS PLAYER OF THE WEEK:

Round 1 – Bailee Martin (Oakleigh Chargers)
Round 2 – Isabella Davies (GWV Rebels)
Round 3 – Jovie Skewes-Clinton (GWV Rebels)
Round 4 – Ava Deszcz (Gippsland Power)
Round 5 – Chloe Baker-West (Calder Cannons)
Round 6 – Georgia Tyrrell (Geelong Falcons)