PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 3 – Saturday
A FOUR-game fixture is on the cards for the Coates Talent League Girls when Round 3 begins tomorrow. We preview each of the matches and name some players to watch. FORM: It has been a long wait for the GWV Rebels, who played on opening night, going down against Geelong Falcons. Since then, the Rebels […]
Swans and Giants enter Talent League Girls
SYDNEY Swans and GWS Giants fans have another competition to keep an eye on this weekend, with the New South Wales Academies taking part in the Coates Talent League Girls competition for the first time in 2024. Having taken part the last few years as a way of involving the Northern Academies and assisting in […]
Giant success for GWS at Under 16s carnival
GWS GIANTS Academy enjoyed taking out the 2024 AFL Women’s Under 16 Championships, picking up wins over Tasmania and Northern Territory to be the only undefeated team in Pool B. The Giants knocked off Tasmania by 32 points in game one on Friday, before a comfortable 44-point victory over Northern Territory on Monday. Those results […]
Swans’ Smith chases dream in Harbour City
TOP-AGE Sydney Swans Academy member Taylor Smith has quite the local awards cabinet for a budding AFL Women’s draft hopeful, with the Nelson Bay local hoping to make the most of her 2024 season. Often making the three-hour-plus trek from her home to train with the Swans Academy, the teenager is hoping the hard yards […]
2024 Summer Series: Swans Academy vs. Giants Academy
SYDNEY Swans Academy won bragging rights over GWS Giants Academy in the final round of the 2024 Under 22s Summer Series. After both sides faced the best Under 22s from AFL Sydney and AFL Canberra, it was the Swans – who went down to AFL Sydney – knocking off the previously undefeated Giants in a […]
2024 Summer Series: Giant comeback to remain undefeated
GWS Giants Academy produced an impressive fourth term to run over the top of the AFL Sydney Under 22s to produce a memorable three-point win at Alan Ray Oval in Ainslie last weekend. In the second round of matches for the 2024 Summer Series, both the Swans and Giants Academies picked up victories, with the […]
2024 Summer Series: AFL Sydney sees off Swans
AFL Sydney’s top Under 22 prospects knocked off the Sydney Swans Academy in the first round of a three-round Summer Series under a new AFL NSW/ACT initiative. The Swans and Giants Academies, along with the Under 22s from both AFL Sydney and AFL Canberra took to the field last week in the first week of […]
AFL Draft prospects name their idols
PRESEASON testing is nearing completion, which means plenty of budding AFL Draft prospects are fast approaching season proper. Having flown to all parts of Australia for each testing day, Rookie Me Central asked a bunch of top-agers one pertinent question – who do you mould your game on? >> SCROLL for all player comparisons While […]
Q&A: Joel Cochran (Swans Academy)
SYDNEY Swans Academy tall Joel Cochran is one of New South Wales’ leading prospects in 2024 having progressed nicely as a bottom-ager. The 195cm defender is mobile, composed and aerially apt, drawing inspiration from senior Swans Nick Blakey and Tom McCartin. Cochran enters his top-age campaign having been one of the Swans’ top performers at […]
Full 2024 Coates Talent League fixtures finalised
AFTER releasing the Round 1 schedule earlier this week, the AFL has now confirmed the entire Coates Talent League fixture for season 2024 – across both the boys and girls competitions. Once again, 12 Victorian regions will participate full-time alongside Tasmania Devils. >> 2024 CTL fixture: Round 1 announcement Both competitions will also feature the […]
