Pearce’s persistence pays off with second chance at dream
OF all the stories of the last year, Lilly Pearce’s perhaps has the most twists and turns of them all. After starting 2023 playing for Southport in the QAFLW, she then found herself with an AFLW injury replacement contract at Richmond, before moving across to the VFLW and then being given a second chance at […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: GWS Giants
COMING off a season which saw them accrue only two wins, the Giants will be looking to consolidate their new-look team and rise up the ladder in 2024. TEAM LIST #1 Annise Bradfield#2 Alicia Eva#3 Alyce Parker#4 Katherine Smith#5 Jessica Doyle#6 Rebecca Beeson#7 Zarlie Goldsworthy#8 Nicola Barr#9 Caitlin Miller#10 Jasmine Grierson#11 Chloe Dalton?#12 Isabel Huntington#13 […]
2024 Coates Talent League: Round 18 POTW
CALDER Cannons ruck-forward Cooper Duff-Tytler is our Coates Talent League Player of the Week after a stuffing the stats sheet in Round 18. He posted a remarkable 30 disposals, 10 marks, 17 hitouts, and two goals as his side went down by 21 points to Dandenong Stingrays on Saturday. The emerging tall returned to Calder’s […]
Sydney Uni grinds out crucial win to keep finals dream alive
SYDNEY University can control its own fate in the final round after upsetting Parramatta and moving into fifth spot on the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division table. The Students needed a win to piut the ball back in their court for finals, and managed to grind out a six-point ladder-shaping victory over the Goannas at […]
VFL Player Focus: Harvey Langford (Richmond)
JOINT Larke Medal winner Harvey Langford became the latest AFL Draft prospect to audition at state league level after making his Victorian Football League (VFL) debut for Richmond. The Tigers fan acquitted himself well in the senior grade as his new side locked in a Wildcard Round berth. Langford, who has been a dominant force […]
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 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 […]
