
2023 Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week: Round 10
EIGHT players from the tight tussle between Tasmania Devils and Gippsland Power made our Rookie Me Central Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week, with the sides two of three to record a league-high four players. Northern Knights was the other side to achieve four, while fellow winners Sandringham Dragons and Oakleigh Chargers had […]

Talent League Player Focus: Jasmine Sowden (Gippsland Power)
BOTTOM-AGE talent Jasmine Sowden was a standout in Round 10 of the Coates Talent League despite her Gippsland Power side going down to Tasmania Devils by two goals. In a blustery day at Warrawee Park, the 16-year-old had a breakout 30 disposals, five marks, four inside 50s and four rebound 50s, while laying 11 tackles […]

Purple Patch: Reid’s rampant nine minutes
RETURNING for his first game in over a month, top AFL Draft prospect Harley Reid was a young man with plenty of eyes on him over the weekend. He skippered Vic Country in their first match of the 2023 Under 18 National Championships, and boy did he make a hot start to proceedings. The highly […]

U23s to watch: WAFL Women’s
IN the wake of a successful win by the Under 23 All-Stars against the AFL Women’s Academy, it highlighted the value that can be found outside the top-age AFLW Draft prospects. While the All-Stars team was made up of players only from Victoria, Tasmania and Northern Territory, we decided to apply the same criteria out […]

Next Gen: Under 16 stars to take centre stage
THE 2023 AFL Under 16 National Development Championships are officially underway, with Vic Metro and the Sydney Swans Academy claiming wins in the opening games of Pool A and B respectively. It means the next generation of footballing talent is emerging, no less through the Northern Academies. With a lucky and extremely promising few players […]

Bats fly high after Goannas scare
DESPITE being the only side to take points off East Coast Eagles this season, the Macquarie University Goannas could not finish the job against a determined UTS Bats outfit, with the Bats scoring an eight-point win on the weekend. The AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division Round 10 clash saw a Goannas side – fresh off […]

2023 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 10 wrap
OAKLEIGH Chargers retained its place at the top of the Coates Talent League Girls ladder by defeating second placed Eastern Ranges, as Northern Knights, Tasmania Devils and Sandringham Dragons also picked up wins in Round 10.

Scouting Notes: 2023 AFL U16s – Giants Academy vs. Swans Academy
THE SYDNEY Swans Academy kicked off the Pool B portion of this year’s Under 16 National Championships with a 24-point win over local rival, the GWS Giants Academy. A five-goal third term set up the Swans’ victory at Blacktown International Sportspark, in what was otherwise a competitive hitout. GIANTS ACADEMY 1.2 | 5.4 | 6.5 […]

Sharks survive but not without Hornets fight
SOUTHPORT remains undefeated in the 2023 QAFL Women’s season, but as expected, it copped its biggest challenge yet in the form of Aspley Hornets. Heading up the highway to Graham Road, the Sharks kicked clear in the second term and then held on well in a tight contest to defeat the Hornets by 11 points, […]

The VFLW box of surprises keeps delivering
IN a season that has already delivered plenty of surprises, the VFL Women’s competition kept the surprises coming over the weekend. Also, with only two wins separating over half the teams on the ladder at the moment, the weekend’s results have made this season’s finalists no less set. The surprises began out at Trevor Barker […]