Scouting Notes: 2023 Talent League Girls – Round 5
DESPITE a reduced round of just four games over the weekend, there were still plenty of top individual performances in Round 5 of the Talent League Girls. We took note of some high-scoring forwards, accumulating midfielders and clever defenders across a weekend that had a bit of everything from a weather perspective. All scouting notes […]
WA announces AFLW U18s & U16s squads
WESTERN Australia has announced its Under 18s and Under 16s squads for the upcoming AFLW National Championships. The official jumper presentation took place last night, with 24 players named in the Under 18s squad, and a further 25 players nominated for the Under 16s squad. Western Australia takes on Vic Country in the Under 16s […]
2023 QAFLW Player Focus: Havana Harris (Bond Uni)
IMPRESSIVE bottom-age AFLW Draft prospect Havana Harris made quite the impact on debut for Bond University, booting four goals in the Bull Sharks’ 98-point win over Maroochydore. Sharing the limelight with fellow 2006-born stars Nyalli Milne and Tara Harrington, Harris provided plenty of headaches for the opposition Roos defence, clunking a number of marks and […]
Talent League Girls Player Focus: Laura Stone (Eastern Ranges)
ONE of the most consistent performers in 2023, Eastern Ranges talent Laura Stone continued her outstanding season with another best on ground performance for the Ranges. Catching the eye back in Round 3 where she won Player of the Week, Stone was at it again named best-on in the Ranges’ huge win over Tasmania. Her […]
2023 Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week: Round 5
EASTERN Ranges’ commanding performance over Tasmania Devils earned the undefeated metropolitan side five players in our Coates Talent League Team of the Week for Round 5. Fellow metropolitan winners, Northern Knights and Oakleigh Chargers both had four players in the team, while Calder Cannons and Dandenong Stingrays had the three. Sandringham Dragons and Western Jets […]
2023 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 5 wrap
JUST the four games took place in a condensed round of Coates Talent League Girls action, but we were still out in force checking each of the matches out. Here is how they went down, and some of the impressive individual performers.
Baby Bull Sharks too good for Roos
BOND University’s trio of debutants led the Bull Sharks to a dominant 98-point win over Maroochydore which featured 15 unanswered goals at The Canal. After Maroochydore kicked the first goal it looked like the visitors might gain the early ascendancy, but that could not have been further from the reality as the Bull Sharks piled […]
2023 Talent League Girls Player Of The Week: Round 5
FOLLOWING on from a consistent 2023 Coates Talent League season to date, Calder Cannons midfielder Kayley Kavanagh has earned our Rookie Me Central Player of the Week for Round 5. The natural ball winner thrived in the wet conditions at Avalon Airport Oval as the Cannons overcame the Western Jets by 17 points, 4.8 (32) […]
Tiger Time – First half blitz sets up win
A FOUR goal blitz in six minutes set up a memorable 16-point win for Claremont over premiership challenger South Fremantle at Revo Fitness Stadium on the weekend. Both sides headed into the match undefeated, and while the Bulldogs lost no fans with their effort, Claremont’s class and ability to go to another gear in that […]
Demons rise in frantic final quarter
COMING from a deficit at the final break, Pennant Hills managed to stick to the task and come away with a nail-biting one-point win over Sydney University in AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division Round 2 action on the weekend. The Demons trailed by four points at the final break, but kicked the only goal of […]
Lions roar to 85-point win in AFLW U16s
BRISBANE Lions Academy finished on top of the AFL Women’s Under 16s Pool B after a second dominant performance on Friday. The Lions crushed Northern Territory by 85 points – thanks to a seven-goal first term – which followed on from a 110-point shellacking of GWS GIANTS Academy in their first and final game. Brisbane […]
Suns sign Davies to complete AFLW list
GOLD Coast Suns have become just the second team to a 2005-born player ahead of Season Eight, with Queensland ruck/forward Darcie Davies signed as part of special dispensation. The Southport tall was initially eligible for the year-end draft, but the Suns asked for approval to sign the teenager as part of the Northern Academy Pre-Selection […]
