Q&A: Jemma Reynolds (Dandenong Stingrays)
DANDENONG Stingrays top-ager Jemma Reynolds has started the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls season on fire, averaging 23 disposals per game across her first six matches. Her form includes two games of 29 or 30 disposals, including a standout performance against the Brisbane Lions Academy last weekend. An explosive on-baller with clean hands and class […]
2024 CTLG team review: Lions Academy
THE two Queensland Academies have wrapped up their stints in the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls competition, and next up in our review series we analyse the Brisbane Lions Academy. We take a look at the results and some of the standouts throughout the stint with a number of them set for Queensland representation at […]
State Academy notes: 2024 WAFLW – Round 12
AN injury to a key player and some State Academy members missing Round 12 meant there were a few hiccups for the WAFL Women’s competition, but still no shortage of standout performers over the weekend. WAFLW Round 12 | Weekly Wrap | Player Focus (Holly Britton) | Team of the Week
2024 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 7
THREE big winners of Round 7 for the Coates Talent League Girls competition dominated this week’s Team of the Week as Oakleigh Chargers and Gold Coast Suns Academy (five each) and Eastern Ranges (four) made up more than half of the side. All bar two of the 12 sides had a representative in an otherwise […]
2024 SANFLW Player Focus: Charlotte Riggs (Central District)
TOP-AGE AFL Women’s Academy member Charlotte Riggs starred in Central District’s six-point win over West Adelaide, rotating between ruck and forward and contributing in both areas. The 2023 SANFL Women’s premiership player had herself a game, with a highly contested, but highly efficient outing against the Bloods. Riggs is averaging 10.3 disposals, 2.4 marks, 2.9 […]
State Academy notes: 2024 SANFLW – Round 10
A FEW late withdrawals, injury niggles and precautionary rests meant a number of South Australian State Academy members did not turn out in Round 10 of the SANFLW. However, despite those few omissions, there were still plenty of impressive performances, as we took note of those players in the final 30-strong squad – and Under […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 7
WET weather was a theme of the Coates Talent League Girls Round 7 action, with five of the six games played across Victoria, four of which came on a rain-affected Sunday. We took note of some of the top performers from each of the matches with notes the opinion of the individual author.
Q&A: Grace Belloni (Eastern Ranges)
EASTERN Ranges top-ager Grace Belloni is one of a number of draft hopefuls coming out of the metropolitan region, with the forward-midfielder consistently impacting games, particularly in the latter role this season. The 174cm utility averaged 15.8 disposals, 2.5 marks and 2.7 tackles last season, booting 11 goals in 16 games. She started as a […]
2024 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 12
FROM a groundbreaking win to a shellacking, both West Perth and East Fremantle might have taken home the four points in different ways, but both ended Round 12 of the WAFLW with five Team of the Week representatives. The two other winning sides – Subiaco and Swan Districts – as well as the narrow-losing Claremont […]
Q&A: Maggie Mahony (Oakleigh Chargers)
OAKLEIGH Chargers midfielder Maggie Mahony has had a red-hot start to the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls season, racking up the ball at will and stepping up in her top-age season. Having been around the club for a couple of years now, Mahony has learnt plenty from her predecessors, and will look to take that […]
2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 7 wrap
BOTH Queensland Academies wrapped up their four-game stints in the Coates Talent League Girls competition as wet and windy conditions made accuracy challenging at times across the weekend.
2024 WAFLW Player Focus: Holly Britton (Peel Thunder)
IT is incredibly rare to have a breakout game in a triple-digit loss, but that was exactly the case for Peel Thunder’s Holly Britton. Having spent most of her season on the wing this year, Britton got the inside time she played at Rogers Cup level in the past, and thrived, racking up career-high 29 […]
