2025 CTL Girls: Murray Bushrangers season preview
EDUCATION and culture are what the Murray Bushrangers are looking to build in 2025, as the Coates Talent League Girls program prepares for its first season under new coach Tyson Saunders. The incoming mentor has an abundance of talent at bottom-age level, alongside a couple of key returning over-agers and a mix of top-age prospects […]
2025 WAFLW club preview: South Fremantle
SOUTH Fremantle is eyeing off a return to finals after a disappointing year in 2024 resulted in the Bulldogs missing the postseason series. A loss to Peel Thunder – the only side to suffer defeat to the wooden spooners – compounded the defeat as they fell short of finals despite having quality on the list. […]
Top 10s | 2025 Girls National Preseason Testing
AN OVERALL podium finish from Oakleigh Chargers’ Skye Emery in the yo-yo test was the closest record-breaking attempt across the 2025 Girls National Preseason Testing days, following the release of the Top 10 results today. Events took place in seven of the eight states or territories over the course of the past two months, with […]
2025 WAFLW club preview: Perth
PERTH is the newest club in the WAFL Women’s competition, with former AFLW player Jess Sedunary taking on the inaugural head coach role of the Demons having had stacks of experience across no less than four states. While history suggests the inaugural year of any side is tough, the Demons are well place to break […]
2025 CTL Girls: GWV Rebels season preview
GREATER Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels coach Sally Riley is pleased with the training workload of her players over the preseason as the country region eyes off the first round of the 2025 Coates Talent League Girls season. PRESEASON “It’s been good. We’ve had our satellite training bases in Horsham, Warrnambool and Hamilton throughout the preseason […]
2025 WAFLW club preview: Peel Thunder
AFTER a sustained successful period that resulted in a host of players getting drafted, Peel Thunder is rebuilding with a focus on youth coming through the pathway. It saw the Thunder drop down to take out the wooden spoon with just one win to their name last year, and while 2025 might loom as a […]
2025 CTL Girls: Gippsland Power season preview
FOLLOWING Gippsland Power’s first ever number one AFLW Draft selection in Ash Centra, a new group of young guns are set to hit the Coates Talent League Girls competition. Boosted by four Vic Country hub members including an Under 16s MVP, coach Nathan Boyd said the squad “bats deeper” than in the past. PRESEASON “It’s […]
2025 WAFLW club preview: East Perth
AVOIDING a second successive wooden spoon in just its second year, East Perth showed marked improvement in 2024. The previously newest WAFL Women’s club – which will now be replaced by Perth in those stakes – produced some great competitive efforts throughout the year despite still being quite young. LAST SEASON: 7th2025 PREDICTION: 6th-8th East […]
2025 CTL Girls: Geelong Falcons season preview
ALWAYS competitive, Geelong Falcons will run with a very young squad in 2025, with the majority of the team list being bottom-agers or Under 16s talents. The Falcons have less than 20 top-agers in the program for 2025, with Tash Heffernan taking over Mel Hickey‘s role as regional development coach while the latter is on […]
WAFLW 15 to Watch in 2025: #1 Olivia Wolmarans
CONCLUDING our countdown of 15 WAFL Women’s players to watch is a highly talented forward/ruck in Subiaco’s Olivia Wolmarans. In 2025 Western Australia has a stack of talent that could be deserving of this spot, but Wolmarans was chosen based off her big game moments and what she is capable of achieving in the future. […]
