
2025 CTLG wrap | Cannons fire as Jets go back-to-back
IT WAS a great weekend for the bottom two Victorian metropolitan sides as Calder Cannons produced a team effort to smash Bendigo Pioneers, while Western Jets made it back-to-back wins for the first time this season with a 23-point triumph over Murray Bushrangers. We cast our eye over Round 15 of the Coates Talent League […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 AFLW U18s – Vic Country vs. Vic Metro
A SEVEN-goal haul to Bailee Martin helped steer Vic Metro to a dominant 50-point win over state rivals Vic Country at RSEA Park on the weekend. In even spreads across both sides, we highlighted a few of the players who caught the eye in our scouting notes.

2025 RMC Medal Leaderboard: Round 14
HEADING into the last month of Coates Talent League Girls action, mathematically up to 42 players are still in the running for the Rookie Me Central Medal, with 12 aspirants within 10 votes of the leading player, Chloe Baker-West. >> RMC Medal votes: Round 11 Leaderboard | Round 12 | Round 13 | Round 14 […]

2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Olivia Lacy
BENDIGO Pioneers top-ager Olivia Lacy earned her first Vic Country Under 18s spot on the weekend, making her debut against Vic Metro at RSEA Park. The smooth-moving midfielder/defender has pieced together some impressive footy in her bottom-age campaign, while having interruptions in 2025. We spoke to Lacy at the Coates Talent League Girls Preseason Testing […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 14
A FULL round of Coates Talent League Girls action took place before the league-wide bye with plenty of impressive individual performances, especially from Vic Country listed players. There was even the first triple bottom-ager who made a debut, while some younger metropolitan regions talents made their mark. All notes are the opinion of the individual […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 14
WITH an incredible eight players kicking three goals or more across Round 14, constructing a forwardline – let alone a full side – for our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week made for an incredibly difficult exercise. There were plenty of unlucky players to miss out, with Dandenong’s dominant win over Sandringham Dragons […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Rebels cause Power outage
GREATER Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels ended Gippsland Power’s seven-game winning streak in Round 14 of the Coates Talent League Girls competition, while Geelong Falcons pipped Oakleigh Chargers and Dandenong Stingrays crushed Sandringham Dragons. Vic Metro representatives were again largely absence due to facing the Allies up north, was Tasmania Devils going down to Western Jets […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 13
DESPITE the metropolitan teams missing a host of stars due to Vic Metro’s trip west, there were still plenty of impressive players standing up over Round 13 of the Coates Talent League Girls, particularly from the country regions who all enjoyed wins. As always we took note of those players who caught the eye with […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 13
TASMANIA Devils and Murray Bushrangers both had big wins over the weekend and deservedly earned a league-high share of four representatives in our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 13. Of the 12 teams in action, 11 had players in the side, with Dandenong Stingrays and Gippsland Power (three apiece) the […]

2025 RMC MEDAL | Country, Allies reps star
SOME of the big guns from Vic Country and the Allies returned for Round 13 of the Coates Talent League Girls competition and produced some big performances, earning them Rookie Me Central Medal votes. After starting the season on fire, Rose Bell grabbed another five in Murray’s big win over Calder Cannons as the Bushrangers […]