Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 17
TOP PROSPECTS made emphatic returns to the Coates Talent League in Round 17, while a bunch of club-tied talents continued to press their case across a weekend littered with tight tussles. We highlighted a bunch of the top prospects and performers from all five games. >> CTL Round 17: Snapshot | Player of the Week […]
Duursma returns to extend RMC Medal lead
ROOKIE Me Central Medal frontrunner Willem Duursma returned to Coates Talent League action with a best afield performance in Round 17. He now leads a field of 13 players who are still mathematically in with a chance of taking home the medal, which was won by Zane Duursma just two years ago. >> SCROLL for […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 16
A MASSIVE round of Coates Talent League Girls actions saw six games take place prior to another league-wide bye with some big comebacks and impressive individual performances. We took notes on some of the standouts, with a primary focus on the Victorian or Allies representatives or trailists, and the non-draft eligible players. >> ROUND 16: […]
2025 AFLW Team Preview: Essendon
ESSENDON snuck into the 2024 AFL Women’s finals series last season, and though the Bombers fell short to Fremantle in the opening finals week, showed they are thereabouts especially considering they lost Bonnie Toogood to injury for the first half of the season. LAST SEASON IN A NUTSHELL Position: 8th (lost in elimination final)Wins: 6Losses: […]
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 16
A RAMPAGING Eastern Ranges earned a league-high four players in our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week after a big victory over Calder Cannons, while Murray Bushrangers and Oakleigh Chargers picked up three apiece. Of the 12 sides, 11 are represented with nine having multiple players in the side. Captaining the side this […]
Kings dethroned by Hornets’ sting
THEY say a week is a long time in football, and that could not be more true following Aspley Hornets’ seven-point win over Coorparoo in Round 15 of the QAFL Women’s competition. A week after the Hornets were well beaten by Bond University and the Kings toppled the previous unbeaten Southport in torrential rain, it […]
2025 AFLW Team Preview: Collingwood
IT WAS a season to forget for the Magpies in 2024 as Collingwood slumped to its first women’s wooden spoon and only third in complete club history. The benefit was picking up generational talent Ash Centra with pick one, who will change the delivery inside 50 which was Collingwood’s Achilles heel last year. Her inclusion […]
Eagles soar into outright fourth after Goannas
EAST Coast Eagles grabbed the four points they needed to go that amount clear inside the top four of the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division ladder. The Eagles were far too good for developing side Parramatta Goannas, with the three-time reigning premier coming away with a 7.13 (55) to 0.0 (0) victory at Bruce Purser […]
Scouting Notes: Bulldogs Colts close gap to rivals
AT A rain-sodden Fremantle Community Bank Oval, South Fremantle snapped their crosstown rivals’ eight-game win streak in a four-quarter top-of-the-table slog. After a slow start for the Bulldogs, their talented midfield brigade got to work post-quarter time and proved too much for their counterparts to contain. The Sharks led the way at half time with […]
Scouting Notes: South falls short of Sturt upset
INACCURATE goalkicking has cost South Adelaide an upset victory over SANFL Under 18 ladder leader Sturt on Saturday, as the Panthers went down by six points at Magain Stadium. The hosts owned possession in the first half and dominated the midfield battle with 33 clearances to 19, but were unable to translate it onto the […]
