2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Bendigo Pioneers
BENDIGO Pioneers started the year on a massive high winning their first three games, before ending the season with 11 straight losses. Despite the disappointing run of form, similar to the Bushranger, Bendigo has a sparse region to get players together, so when the squad was up and about, the Pioneers showed plenty of potential […]
Team balance the key to Dragons’ three-peat push
SANDRINGHAM Dragons are looking to make history on Saturday. The powerhouse talent region is gunning for a third consecutive flag, and to move level with Calder Cannons on a competition-high six premierships. What’s more, co-captain Levi Ashcroft has been a part of all three title tilts. While the Dragons’ squad is stacked with talent – […]
Historic decider marks reward for Rebels’ effort
SATURDAY will mark the first Coates Talent League Grand Final which features Greater Western Victoria (GWV) since 1997. Back then, the competition was called the TAC Cup, the Rebels were under the North Ballarat banner, and Adam Goodes was best afield in the region’s only premiership to date. Now, under supercoach David Loader, GWV will […]
2024 AFLW Week 4 Preview: Thursday
TONIGHT sees an AFL Women’s match up between two sides coming off their best performances of the season so far and will be looking to build on that. 7:15pmIkon Park Recent form Both sides have followed a similar trajectory so far this season. After poor first-up performances, they have won their next two matches to […]
Brisbane belt Bulldogs but Starce searches for more
BRISBANE picked up its third win on the trot this AFL Women’s season after defeating the Western Bulldogs last night, but Lions’ coach Craig Starcevich was not necessarily as happy as most coaches would be after a 47-point win. Perhaps a sign of the kind of club Brisbane is, Starcevich was frustrated at times with […]
2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Western Jets
HEADLINED by a star midfielder and some promising talent around her, the Western Jets improved as the season went on after a slow start, and picked up some hard-fought wins, while also dropping a couple of games they could have saluted in across the Coates Talent League Girls season. WESTERN JETS RECORD: 11th Overall | […]
2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Calder Cannons
IMPACTED by both injury and school football to some of its top-end talents, Calder Cannons had to rely on some fresh faces in the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls season off the back of two players – Kayley Kavanagh and Sarah Grunden – getting drafted in the first round of last year’s AFLW Draft. CALDER […]
WINNERS | 2024 Coates Talent League awards night
GIPPSLAND Power has swept the top gongs at this year’s Coates Talent League awards night, taking out best and fairest honours in both the boys and girls competitions. Xavier Lindsay was crowned the Morrish Medal winner, while Ash Centra was named the girls best and fairest player. >> SCROLL to see the full leaderboards Lindsay […]
Coates Talent League Player Focus: Jonty Faull (GWV Rebels)
GREATER Western Victoria (GWV) was spearheaded into the Coates Talent League Grand Final by Jonty Faull, who booted five goals in the Rebels’ narrow preliminary final victory over Oakleigh on Sunday. The 195cm forward had his kicking boots and marking mitts on for what was a true bigtime performance. Having had the start of his […]
Execution key to victory for Vickery’s Chargers
REIGNING Coates Talent League Girls premiers Oakleigh Chargers will face a familiar foe on Saturday when they face the side they beat in the grand final 12 months ago, Eastern Ranges. For coach Ty Vickery, the contest will come down to which side can make the most of their opportunities inside 50. “Both teams still […]
