
Scouting Notes: Rebels snatch Grand Final spot from wayward Chargers
GREATER Western Victoria (GWV) has qualified for its first Coates Talent League Grand Final since winning the competition in 1997 as the North Ballarat Rebels. The Country region, which finished the regular season in 11th, beat the 13th-placed Oakleigh Chargers by four points in Sunday’s prelim. Both sides have enacted remarkable turnarounds since making it […]

Scouting Notes: Dragons down Dandenong to keep three-peat alive
SANDRINGHAM Dragons stormed into the Coates Talent League Grand Final with a 51-point thumping of Dandenong Stingrays in Sunday’s Preliminary Final. The two-time reigning premiers are gunning for a third straight flag, and there were plenty of top prospects who kept those hopes alive at RSEA Park. After building to a steady 21-point lead at […]

Scouting Notes: 2024 WAFL Colts – Preliminary Final
SWAN Districts’ barnstorming WAFL Colts finals run has led them into this year’s decider after defeating Subiaco in Sunday’s preliminary final. The margin exceeded no more than 14 points throughout the day, with the Swans overcoming a three-quarter time deficit to win 10.10 (70) to 8.9 (57). Five final-quarter goals in an exciting finish saw […]

2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Preliminary Finals wrap
A REPEAT of last year’s Coates Talent League Girls Grand Final will take place next weekend after reigning premiers Oakleigh Chargers, and the team they beat in the 2023 decider Eastern Ranges, both won their respective preliminary finals.

PREVIEW | Lambert-Pearce Medal 2024
TONIGHT is the of nights in the VFL Women’s competition, with the Lambert-Pearce Medal night set to take place in the heart of Melbourne tonight. The pinnacle award of the evening is the VFLW Best and Fairest the Lambert-Pearce Medal, named after Victorian football pioneers Helen Lambert and Daisy Pearce, but there are a number […]

Busy Stark chases multiple dreams
NORTHERN Territory’s Emma Stark is not your typical AFL Women’s Draft hopeful. The St Mary’s and Oakleigh Chargers young gun is not only a promising talent playing Australian rules football, but also officiating it too. Best known for her debut as the youngest field umpire at the elite level when officiating the Essendon-Hawthorn AFLW clash […]

PREVIEW | Conferences collide for preliminary finals
COUNTRY and Metro conferences cross over for a pair of Coates Talent League preliminary finals on Sunday. The four remaining premiership contenders will converge on RSEA Park in Moorabbin to decide who makes the cut for next week’s decider. We preview both fixtures. Note: Squads will be updated as they are confirmed over the next […]

PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Preliminary Finals
FOUR teams remain in the hunt for the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls premiership with last year’s grand finalists Oakleigh Chargers and Eastern Ranges taking on Dandenong Stingrays and Geelong Falcons respectively. FORM: Oakleigh Chargers have won 11 matches on the trot and only went down in one game all year – to Gold Coast […]

2024 AFL Canberra Grand Final previews
QUEANBEYAN Tigers are on the verge of doubling down in flag success tomorrow when their AFL Canberra First Grade Men’s and Women’s sides run out for their respective grand finals. The Women’s side has gone undefeated from 15 games and a final in 2024, while the men’s team recorded a 12-3 record and successfully reached […]

2024 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier preview: Finals Week 3
JUST two games remain in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division season, with Manly Warringah Wolves having booked their spot in the grand final and now await the winner of tomorrow’s preliminary final. The champions against the fresh faces; back-to-back reigning premier East Coast Eagles host Sydney University in what promises to be a fascinating […]