
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 4
ANOTHER busy weekend in the Coates Talent League Girls competition saw three of the four Northern Academies salute again, while Eastern Ranges and Oakleigh Chargers continued on their merry ways. We took note of just some of the players who caught the eye over the weekend, with all notes the opinion of the individual author. […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 4
WINNING sides made up three quarters of our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 4 with 11 of the 14 teams featuring in the team. No club had more than three representatives in an even spread across the weekend, with Geelong Falcons, Eastern Ranges, Oakleigh Chargers and Brisbane Lions Academy all […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Ranges roll on by eclipsing Suns
EASTERN Ranges made it three wins from four matches to start the Coates Talent League Girls season with a hard-fought victory over a gallant Gold Coast Suns Academy outfit. The Suns were missing a couple of key stars for the clash, but nonetheless put up a fight throughout the four quarters before Eastern came away […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 3
A SERIES of massive wins and introduction of the Northern Academies saw the Round 3 Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week representatives spread out across 11 teams and five states or territories. The Queensland and NSW-ACT Academies made up 10 of the 24 players, while a further three Victorian sides – Dandenong Stingrays, […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Swans shine to down Devils
SYDNEY Swans Academy has kick-started its Coates Talent League Girls campaign off on the right note with a commanding 41-point win over Tasmania Devils at Blacktown International Sportspark on Anzac Day. We recap that game and the other six fixture in our Round 3 wrap.

AFLW Draft Q&A: Stella Huxtable
GEELONG Falcons top-age talent Stella Huxtable comes from a footballing family and the Torquay AFLW Draft prospect is looking towards a big 2025 season. Already she has stepped out for Geelong in the first fortnight of the Coates Talent League Girls competition before being called up to represent the All Stars against the National Academy […]

2025 AFLW U16s | Scouting Notes: Vic Metro vs Vic Country
VIC METRO overcame a slow start to get the bragging rights over rivals Vic Country at the 2025 AFL Women’s Under 16s Development Championships. The ‘Big V’ trailed by four goals late in the first term, but turned it around after that booting eight of the last 11 goals to secure the 8.10 (58) to […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 2
SOME huge goal tallies, high volume disposal tallies and overall fantastic individual performances headlined Round 2 of the Coates Talent League Girls competition. As always, we noted down some of the players who caught the eye throughout the six matches across Epsom Huntly and Highgate Recreation Reserves. >> ROUND 2: Round wrap | Player of […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Oakleigh Charges home to deny Ranges
A LATE flurry from Oakleigh Chargers ensured the reigning back-to-back premiers got over Eastern Ranges yet again as the two heavyweights battled in out in the match of the Coates Talent League Girls season to-date. If the contest was anything to go by, expect more intriguing battles to come in the future.

2025 CTLG RMC MEDAL | Ball magnets and huge goal hauls lead way
AFTER one round of Coates Talent League Girls action, the votes for the 2025 Rookie Me Central Medal have been cast with 30 players across the six games polling as part of our 5-4-3-2-1 system. From huge goal hauls to stat-stuffing ball-winning performances, there is a variety of players taking an early equal lead. >> […]