Bulldogs’ skipper salutes as best in the league
WESTERN Bulldogs skipper Dominique Carbone is the toast of the Victorian Football League Women’s competition tonight, after she won the 2024 Lambert-Pearce Medal. She won the award with 17 votes, pipping Don El Chaston, Hawk Tamara Luke and Darebin Falcon Angelica Gogos for the award. Carbone in a tight battle early for the award, but […]
Scouting Notes: Rebels snatch Grand Final spot from wayward Chargers
GREATER Western Victoria (GWV) has qualified for its first Coates Talent League Grand Final since winning the competition in 1997 as the North Ballarat Rebels. The Country region, which finished the regular season in 11th, beat the 13th-placed Oakleigh Chargers by four points in Sunday’s prelim. Both sides have enacted remarkable turnarounds since making it […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 WAFL Colts – Preliminary Final
SWAN Districts’ barnstorming WAFL Colts finals run has led them into this year’s decider after defeating Subiaco in Sunday’s preliminary final. The margin exceeded no more than 14 points throughout the day, with the Swans overcoming a three-quarter time deficit to win 10.10 (70) to 8.9 (57). Five final-quarter goals in an exciting finish saw […]
Saints fight out win but boss not finding the joy
ST Kilda has recorded its best ever start to an AFL Women’s season after beating Essendon yesterday afternoon to keep their undefeated start to the 2024 season in tact. But, after an at times scrappy game from his troops, Saints coach Nick Dal Santo was not necessarily overjoyed about how things had transpired. “It was […]
2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Preliminary Finals wrap
A REPEAT of last year’s Coates Talent League Girls Grand Final will take place next weekend after reigning premiers Oakleigh Chargers, and the team they beat in the 2023 decider Eastern Ranges, both won their respective preliminary finals.
PREVIEW | Lambert-Pearce Medal 2024
TONIGHT is the of nights in the VFL Women’s competition, with the Lambert-Pearce Medal night set to take place in the heart of Melbourne tonight. The pinnacle award of the evening is the VFLW Best and Fairest the Lambert-Pearce Medal, named after Victorian football pioneers Helen Lambert and Daisy Pearce, but there are a number […]
Roos roast Dees to bounce back big
AFTER the frustrations of last week’s draw, North Melbourne came out yesterday and made a statement yesterday against Melbourne, much to the absolute delight of Kangaroos coach Darren Crocker. “The first thing that stood out was just the response,” Crocker said post match. “Even though we got the draw last week and all credit to […]
Crows claw back the lead after strong Hawks start
IN a clash between first and third on the ladder, the Crows defeated Hawthorn by 26 points in their first meeting in the competition. It was a hot contested game early with the Hawks able to keep level with the Crows in the midfield to lead by one point at quarter time. Hawthorn coach Daniel […]
Webb praises versatile Docker’s impact
IN a see-sawing AFL Women’s affair that took place at Alberton Oval on Saturday afternoon, the Fremantle Dockers beat Port Adelaide by eight points. There were several performances that impressed Dockers head coach Lisa Webb, but none more so than that from Gabby O’Sullivan. She slotted a goal and a behind to go with 15 […]
“Far superior” Blues keep Cats goalless
GEELONG coach Dan Lowther did not mince his words when summing up what went wrong during the Cats’ goalless loss to Carlton at Ikon Park yesterday. The Blues won 4.5 (29) to 0.5 (5), and when Lowther was asked exactly what when wrong, he replied with “how long you got?”. “Everything went wrong for us […]
