House of the Rising Suns: Gold Coast’s talent bats deep
GOLD Coast Suns Academy were touted as having an enormous amount of draftable talent, particularly in the top-end this season, and there is no doubt that has become the case with a whopping seven players invited to the National Draft Combine. That means more than six per cent of players invited are from the Academy, […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 CTL Preliminary Final – Gippsland Power vs. Sandringham Dragons
SANDRINGHAM Dragons have progressed to their fourth consecutive Coates Talent League decider after downing Gippsland Power in Saturday’s preliminary final. A blustery Casey Fields saw one end favoured all day, as the Dragons made better of their equal scoring shots to progress. A seasoned Sandringham lineup caught the minor premiers cold, racing out to a […]
PREVIEW | 2025 Coates Talent League Preliminary Finals
A COATES Talent League conference crossover shapes Saturday’s preliminary finals, with Casey Fields setting the scene for a bumper double-header. Among the four remaining flag contenders are both of last year’s grand finalists, along with the top Country and Metro seeds respectively.
ANALYSIS | Maya Louvel-Finn and the 60% Club
WEST Australian defender Maya Louvel-Finn was deservedly named All-Australian at the conclusion of last month’s AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships, and is the subject of our analysis today. The East Fremantle talent earned a State Draft Combine invite, but when crunching the numbers for the national championships, she was part of a rare group, the […]
PREVIEW | 2025 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier: Preliminary Final
A FIERCELY contested battle awaits when Manly Warringah takes on Sydney University for a place in the AFL Sydney Women’s Grand Final. Expect a tough, physical contest with plenty of stoppages and inside footy – an arm-wrestle that will be fought in tight spaces all afternoon. Neither side has yet been able to consistently link […]
2025 AFLW Draft | State Watch: South Australia
AS THE last of the competitions come to a close and the off-season begins to take off, the 2025 AFLW Draft hopefuls are still hard at it preparing for the December draft. With the upcoming AFLW National and State Draft Combines n the horizon, we take a look at state-by-state how the prospects are shaping […]
Compare the Pair: Sunny Lappin vs Chloe Bown
POTENTIALLY boasting the most accolade-ridden top-age seasons of any two players, star midfielders Sunny Lappin and Chloe Bown are set to be taken at the pointy end of the 2025 AFL Women’s Draft. While Bown has long been associated with the top few names, Lappin’s rise from top 30 talent to top 10 star is […]
Academy Update: The graduates in line for promotion
WITH the 2025 season quickly drawing to a close, the pieces are close to being set in stone on how club-tied players will impact the draft order. Inevitably, many will be scattered throughout the order in what is being labelled as the most compromised draft in history. We run through where the leading top-age prospects […]
AFL Sydney Player Focus: Ethan Matthews (South West Sydney)
GREATER Western Sydney (GWS) Giants Academy member Ethan Matthews has made waves throughout his bottom-age campaign. The smooth moving utility already has VFL experience under his belt and broke through for an Allies debut at this year’s Under 18 National Championships. A left-footer with terrific skills and poise, Matthews has more recently been turning out […]
2025 CTLG Team Review: Oakleigh Chargers
REIGNING back-to-back premier Oakleigh Chargers’ dream of a history-making three-peat was dashed over the weekend when they went down to Dandenong Stingrays in the preliminary final, but it did not overwrite another sensational season from the region. SEASON 2025 SNAPSHOT Played: 14Won: 11Lost: 3 BEST PERFORMANCE Round 2: def. Eastern Ranges by 1 point Oakleigh […]
