
2025 CTLG review: Swans Academy
SYDNEY Swans Academy have a nice blend of future prospects over the next few years with a host of top-age talents along with a few bottom-age stars making their mark. They started off with a couple of seven-goal wins in the Coates Talent League Girls competition, before going down to last year’s grand finalists. Though […]

State Academy notes: 2025 SANFLW – Round 11
DESPITE a host of State Academy members missing from Round 11 of the SANFL Women’s competition, there were still plenty of players who impressed. Youngsters stepped up and others took on new roles ahead of a league-wide bye. We took note of how each of the State Academy members performed. >> ROUND 11: Match of […]

Future pick trading, new PSD brought in for AFLW
AFL WOMEN’S clubs will now be able to trade future draft selections in-line with the men’s competition officially announced today. In a positive for the competition’s expansion and greater versatility during the off-season, it enables clubs to use currency it may not otherwise have immediately in order to close deals, or add value to them. […]

2025 CTL Girls Player Focus: Georgia Tyrrell (Geelong Falcons)
A NATURAL leader by example, Geelong Falcons skipper Georgia Tyrrell had another huge performance in the Coates Talent League Girls competition over the weekend. After winning the Player of the Week back in Round 6, Tyrrell had to wait a while before playing again and that came against the Calder Cannons in Leopold on Saturday. […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 9
DANDENONG Stingrays were back in business thanks to a big win over Bendigo Pioneers in Round 9, and experienced seventh heaven with a league-record number of Team of the Week nominees. The Stingrays boasted a ridiculous seven players in our team, with Geelong Falcons (four) the other side to register more than two players. Each […]

Scouting Notes | 2025 WAFLW State Academy: Round 10
THOUGH the WAFL Women’s clubs were missing a number of key players across the board, there were still plenty of impressive individual performances from State Academy members. We took note on how each of them performed across Round 10. All notes are the opinion of the individual author. >> ROUND 8: Round review | Team […]

2025 CTLG | Round 9 Player of the Week: Alice Cunnington
DYNAMIC Dandenong Stingrays bottom-ager Alice Cunnington is our latest Coates Talent League Girls Player of the Week after a dominant six-goal display in the absence of some key teammates during her side’s big win over Bendigo Pioneers. Cunnington and Geelong Falcons’ Greea McKeegan – who booted five against the Cannons – were the two in […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 AFLW Academy vs. All Stars
A HARD-FOUGHT contest between the National Academy and All Stars yesterday saw the former victorious by five goals at Whitten Oval. We noted down some of the players who caught the eye from both sides throughout the performance. AFLW ACADEMY: #3 Jordyn Allen (Eastern Ranges/Vic Metro)Wing/Defender | 165cm | 12/11/2007 Stats: 14 disposals, 1 mark, […]

2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Isobella Hishongwa-Gibb
NORTHERN Knights ruck Isobella Hishongwa-Gibb is a latecomer to Aussie rules compared to many of her peers, but the athletic tall is making up for lost time. In the space of a few years, Hishongwa-Gibb has gone from picking up a ball for the first time, to getting into the Knights program and even running […]

Academy’s polish proves difference in wet
THERE was not a great deal of separation between the AFL Women’s National Academy and the All Stars at a wet and icy Whitten Oval today with the former continuing its unbeaten streak at the level thanks to a 30-point win. It was by far the toughest encounter thus far though, with the All Stars […]