2024 Coates Talent League: Round 8 POTW
TASMANIA Devils over-ager Geordie Payne is our Coates Talent League Player of the Week after stuffing the stats sheet in Round 8. The mid-season draft prospect racked up 29 disposals, seven marks, nine inside 50s, and four goals in his side’s 42-point win over Eastern Ranges on Sunday. Payne has been in ripping form over […]
Falcons tame Tigers in stunning WAFLW finish
IT ALMOST had to be seen to be believed. West Perth’s incredible transformation from league battler to WAFL Women’s premiership contender in the space of three seasons ticked another box on the weekend with a remarkable come-from-behind win with the last kick of the day to defeat Claremont by two points. In trouble after falling […]
Scouting Notes: WA U18s vs. WAFL U21 All-Stars
WESTERN Australia’s state Under 18 side has come up agonisingly short of an unlikely comeback victory in Saturday’s trial match against the WAFL Under 21 All-Stars. The Sandgropers’ elder counterparts were wasteful at Fremantle Oval, but held on to win by seven points in the face of a spirited late surge. With seven behinds being […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 South Australia U18 vs. U20
SOUTH Australia’s Under 18 side has made it two wins from as many trial games in 2024, after defeating the state Under 20s in Saturday’s annual Youth Match at Thebarton Oval. The younger outfit trailed by two points at the opening two breaks but piled on seven goals in term three to take the ascendancy. […]
Snapshot: 2024 Coates Talent League – Round 8
AS THE Northern Academies completed their Coates Talent League stints, the reigning premier is no longer undefeated in 2024, and Dandenong’s dramatic draw with the Lions Academy made for an unlikely match of the weekend. Catch up on all the Round 8 action in a snapshot.
2024 CTL Girls Player of the Week: Round 7
GEELONG Falcons captain Mekah Morrissy stepped up in the wet to help guide the Falcons to an important win over Gippsland Power, getting up by 14 points at La Trobe University, Bundoora on the weekend which earned our Coates Talent League Girls Player of the Week nomination. The hard-running winger who is more than capable […]
ICYMI | 2024 VFLW: Round 9
THERE was an interesting pattern across the set of results last weekend in the VFLW, with most of last week’s losing sides flipping the script and taking the win this week. Williamstown (9.6.60) defeated Carlton (5.2.32) Williamstown made it two wins on the trot with a comfortable win over Carlton. The Seagulls opened up a […]
Bays and Redlegs split points in SANFLW draw
FIVE weeks after sensationally winning Glenelg the game against Norwood back in Round 6 of the SANFL Women’s season, bottom-age forward Eloise Mackereth was again breaking Redlegs hearts after critically rushing a behind through her own goals in order to tie the scores and secure a point for the Bays. Her plan worked to perfection, […]
South Australia locks in 2024 AFLW U18s squad
REIGNING back-to-back champion South Australia has locked in its 2024 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships squad. Trimming down to 30 players, the Croweaters have only included top and bottom-agers this year, with no Under 16s players as in previous seasons. The 30-player squad is highlighted by AFL Women’s Academy members India Rasheed, Poppy Scholz and […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 7 – Sunday
FIVE games take place across Victoria and Tasmania in a huge Sunday of action after a quiet one-game fixture today. Both Queensland Academies travel to Victoria, while a couple of country teams face off in a metropolitan venue. FORM: Calder Cannons are yet to get on the board, but they have been close the last […]
