2024 AFLW Season Preview: Gold Coast
AFTER several years in a row of almost but not quite making the finals, 2023 saw Gold Coast finally take that next step and make the finals for the first time since their inaugural season. However that final series did not quite go to plan, bowing out to Sydney in the first week of the […]
Snapshot: 2024 Coates Talent League – Round 18
THE PENULTIMATE Coates Talent League home-and-away round saw a couple of sides post thumping victories, while reigning premier Sandringham flexed its muscle to reclaim top spot. Catch up on the action from all six fixtures in our weekend snapshot.
Scouting Notes: 2024 WAFL Colts – Round 20
SUBIACO’S five-point loss to West Perth has handed Claremont the WAFL Colts minor premiership without the Tigers turning out in Round 20, while also costing the Lions second spot in one fell swoop. Dour conditions swept across the competition in what was the penultimate home-and-away round. Perth was also among the winners over the weekend, […]
2024 CTL Girls Player of the Week: Round 16
GIPPSLAND Power top-ager Jasmine Sowden had a day out against Murray Bushrangers to pick up the penultimate Rookie Me Central Coates Talent League Girls Player of the Week nomination. The talented Vic Country representative had 31 disposals and slammed home four goals in a clear best on ground performance for the Power. In the absence […]
2024 AFLW Draft Combine goes national
FOR the first time in history, there will be an AFL Women’s National Draft Combine and a series of State Draft Combines in October, mirroring that of the boys’ post-season combine testing. Set to take place over the same weekend, the AFLW National Draft Combine will run from Friday, October 4 to Sunday, October 6 […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: Geelong
LAST season was a massive step forward for Geelong. The Cats made it all the way to an AFLW Preliminary Final for the first time in the post-conference era, defeating reigning premiers Melbourne along the way, before falling one match short of the AFLW Grand Final at the hands of eventual premiers Brisbane. With some […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: Fremantle
ON paper, 2023 was not much better than Season 7 for Fremantle, with those in purple recording only half a win more than they did in 2023 than they did the previous season. But, like seasons prior, injuries were again a big issue for Fremantle, with most of their biggest names missing at least one […]
Hornets and Bull Sharks face off for spot in QAFLW decider
ONE spot remains in the 2024 QAFL Women’s Grand Final, with Southport awaiting the winner of Aspley and Bond University. The two preliminary finalists go head-to-head with no turning back for the loser, while the winner gets a shot at glory. In a repeat of last year’s grand final, it was Bond University that took […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 16 – Saturday
A DOUBLE-header switched from the Sunday to tomorrow means there is no shortage of footballing action in place for the Coates Talent League Girls. Heading into the penultimate Round 16, there are all-metropolitan battles and all-Country battles, with though most are tipped to be fairly one-sided based on past results. FORM: Calder Cannons return to […]
Marquee Matchup: Joe Berry vs. Isaac Kako
WHILE the race to be pick one in this year’s AFL Draft is as tight as it has ever been, the current crop is littered with intriguing battles throughout the prospective order. One such marquee matchup is between the consensus best small forwards, Joe Berry and Isaac Kako. Both prospects, out of the Murray Bushrangers […]
