2025 SANFLW Player Focus: Monique Bessen
STURT top-age talent Monique Bessen is a naturally gifted footballer with a stack of damaging traits that she has shown over the journey at SANFL Women’s level. Capable of playing midfield or forward, the National Academy member has incredible skill and decision making that are centred around a high footy IQ that helps her get […]
2025 VFLW Round 4 | Falcons fly high
DAREBIN Falcons cracked through for their first win over the VFL Women’s season in Round 4 with an incredible three-point victory over Collingwood. In what could be the last round with AFLW-aligned players in it given the preseason has begun, the Bulldogs were the only side to play any draftees from last year. ROUND 4 […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Macy Watkins
SANDRINGHAM Dragons midfielder Macy Watkins has enjoyed a promising start to her top-age season, becoming more offensively damaging to match her natural defensive instincts. A team-first player who thrives at the contest, Watkins also tasted success with Melbourne Grammar in the Herald Sun Shield last year. We spoke to Watkins at the Coates Talent League […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Alex Neyland
AN EXCITING inclusion to the Swans Academy this year has been top-age forward Alex Neyland who donned the red and white at Under 16s level prior to tearing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). While she returned late last year, her Swans representation through the Under 22s Summer Series and Coates Talent League Girls has been […]
2025 CTLG | Round 5 Player of the Week: Chloe Baker-West
A LONG time coming, Calder Cannons star Chloe Baker-West earned our Coates Talent League Player of the Week nomination for Round 5. The two-time Vic Metro MVP and high-volume accumulator has been in the top two or three just about every round but keeps narrowly getting pipped. However on the weekend, she stood tall to […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Jovie Skewes-Clinton
A SKILLFUL tall who can clunk a mark and play across all three lines on the field, Jovie Skewes-Clinton is a unique prospect in this year’s AFLW Draft. A member of the Vic Country hub, Skewes-Clinton has predominantly played in defence in the past with stints forward and through the mid, and that showed through […]
PREVIEW | CTLG R5 – Chargers set for Sun-day clash
A MASSIVE weekend of eight games takes place across the Coates Talent League Girls competition, with the four Queensland and New South Wales Academies in action once more. We take a look at the Suns Academy hosting Oakleigh Chargers as our feature game of the weekend.
AFLW Draft Q&A: Macy Philpott
FROM doing cartwheels around the field having fun with an opponent to hoping to crack into South Australia’s state side, top-age Rooster Macy Philpott has enjoyed her journey through football. The North Adelaide prospect is a tall, developing talent who is yet to crack through for a League game but has set that as one […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Maya Louvel-Finn
EAST Fremantle top-age defender Maya Louvel-Finn has had a rollercoaster journey leading up to 2025, with plenty of highs and lows since crossing to football as a relative latecomer to the game. She has established herself in the Sharks’ back five this season and looms as a quality draft smokey with the form she is […]
2025 AFLW Draft | Five mature-age prospects
AS THE AFL Women’s preseason fast approaches and the opening match set for August 14, clubs are taking stock of their lists to ensure a full bill of health for the upcoming season. In the past couple of weeks, players such as Poppy Stockwell (Fremantle), Maddison Torpey (Carlton), Tessa Boyd (North Melbourne) and Maggie MacLachlan […]
