NTFL/W seasons to kick off tomorrow
NORTHERN Territory’s top footballers will be slugging it out on-field over the next six months as the NTFL Premier League seasons kick off tomorrow night. Both the men’s and women’s grades – along with a number of other Divisions and of course junior competitions begin the 2023/24 season. It is a unique season that instead […]
Murder of Crows: Adelaide’s pressure sinks Suns
IN a season where there are four distinct contenders – with perhaps one or two dark horses – the gap between second and fifth was telling on the weekend. Adelaide, a side never too far away from success and in fact the most successful team in AFL Women’s history, put Gold Coast to the sword […]
Lions roar off the back of stoppage dominance
IT was brewing on the edge of half-time, and once the machine that is the Brisbane Lions got going, there was little Hawthorn could do to stop the title contenders on the weekend. Clashing in Frankston on Sunday, the Hawks threatened to cause a boilover early off the back off a strong midfield performance, before […]
2023 Talent League Girls team reviews: Grand Finalists
ANOTHER season has come to a close in the Coates Talent League Girls and we take a look at how 2023 panned out for each of the 13 sides. In the next of these team reviews articles, we take a look at the two preliminary finals losers, diving into their season, draft prospects and some […]
AFLW Draft Bolters | Four names to remember
AS the AFLW Draft Combines approach and the draft itself edges closer, we cast our eye over four players who have stepped up in 2023. In the traditional sense of the word ‘bolter’, it indicates a player who has come from relative obscurity or with low external expectations to defy those and put their hat […]
2023 Talent League Girls team reviews: Preliminary finalists
ANOTHER season has come to a close in the Coates Talent League Girls and we take a look at how 2023 panned out for each of the 13 sides. In the next of these team reviews articles, we take a look at the two preliminary finals losers, diving into their season, draft prospects and some […]
Saints salute in stunning final term
IT was as good for St Kilda as it was bad for Collingwood, and in the blink of an eye, what looked to be a comfortable win to the Magpies, turned into a horror final term which resulted in the Saints picking up their first AFL Women’s win. Saints coach Nick Dal Santo had copped […]
Henry hunting AFLW chance
HUNTING the football and prowling the packs are a couple of AFLW Academy member Jaime Henry‘s strengths as the top-age talent eyes off a chance at the elite level. The inside midfielder has been considered one of the most readymade prospects in this year’s draft crop and her development from initially being a defender to […]
Scouting notes: 2023 Talent League Girls Grand Final
OAKLEIGH Chargers saluted in a thrilling seven-point victory over Eastern Ranges in the 2023 Coates Talent League Girls Grand Final on Saturday at Ikon Park. As always, we took note of the top performers from both sides, focusing on those who have represented Vic Metro, have Draft Combine invites or are under-age prospects. All notes […]
“Ecstatic” Tallariti just “doing my part”
THERE was no particular focus in stepping up on grand final day, other than taking home the premiership cup, but for Oakleigh Chargers defender Sienna Tallariti, it was a performance to remember. Since moving into defence this season after starting in attack and rolling through the midfield at times, Tallariti has produced a number of […]
Tallariti stands tall as Chargers claim flag
AN INSPIRATIONAL performance from Sienna Tallariti helped Oakleigh Chargers win their second flag in three seasons, declared Coates Talent League Girls premiers over Eastern Ranges, 6.7 (43) to 5.6 (36). In a see-sawing contest that looked to be safely in Oakleigh’s hands at the final break, the Ranges had one last push in the final […]
