Trengove, Bessen among best in South Australian trial
SOUTH Australia’s top young stars went head-to-head in the first of two internal trials on Saturday for selectors to decide what the final 30-player squad for the 2025 AFLW Under 18 Championships will look like. While the result is essentially irrelevant, the Blue side toppled the Yellow team by eight points at Mount Barker. Just […]
2025 VFLW Round 3 | Ladder begins to take shape
SOME massive wins and a couple of genuine contenders have emerged after Round 3 of the VFL Women’s with AFLW-listed players slowly filtering out ahead of their own preseasons. ROUND 3 RESULTS Collingwood 4.2 (26) defeated by Western Bulldogs 6.13 (49)Darebin 1.1 (7) defeated by Port Melbourne 8.5 (53)Essendon 5.5 (35) defeated North Melbourne Werribee […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Ava Bibby
ATHLETIC key position players come in high demand, and Bendigo Pioneers’ tall Ava Bibby fits that mould. The Sandhurst prospect took her game up a notch thanks to a confidence-boosting five-goal haul and never looked back, also rotating into the ruck, and has even spent time behind the ball as well. We spoke to Bibby […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Nalu Brothwell
ONE HALF of a damaging duo, Nalu Brothwell is the forward half of the Dandenong Stingrays’ Brothwell twins having impressed as an athletic marking player inside 50. Sharing the field with sister Mizuki – often found up the other end – Brothwell is a newcomer to football compared to her peers, and has wasted no […]
2025 CTL Girls Player Focus: Marlo Graham (Northern Knights)
A CLEVER and hard-running midfielder-forward, Marlo Graham has a well-balanced game that has gone to another level in 2025. The top-age talent captained one of the Under 17 Futures sides at GMHBA Stadium last season and has not put a foot wrong as one of the vice-captains of the Northern Knights. Graham was at her […]
2025 CTLG | Round 4 Player of the Week: Ava Deszcz
GIPPSLAND Power bottom-ager Ava Deszcz booted five goals in her side’s impressive 59-point win over Western Jets to earn our Coates Talent League Girls Player of the Week nomination for Round 4. Her five goal haul was second to only the previously nominated Bailee Martin (seven) as she proved a true force inside 50. Deszcz […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Aleah Stringer
GOLD Coast Suns Academy is not short on talent, and while the National Academy members will – deservedly – earn plaudits, the Suns have a host of players outside that core in draft contention. One of those is smart half-forward Aleah Stringer who plays the modern day hybrid role between midfield and attack and has […]
PREVIEW | CTLG R4 – Devils return home
TASMANIA Devils will look to bounce back after their first game loss to Sydney Swans Academy when they welcome the Brisbane Lions Academy tomorrow morning in the first game of the Coates Talent League Girls Round 4.
AFLW Draft Q&A: Lottie Almond
RECENT SANFL Women’s debutant Lottie Almond has always had a love for football so when her opportunity came around, she took it with both hands. After biding her time through the local leagues, she moved into Norwood juniors, got a second chance in the State Academy over the summer and on the weekend cracked in […]
Scouting Notes | 2025 WAFLW State Academy: Round 5
A HOST of National Academy members returned to WAFL Women’s sides for Round 5 ahead of the league-wide bye this coming weekend. We took note of how each of the State Academy members performed last round. All notes are the opinion of the individual author.
