2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Sunny Lappin
TIED to three clubs with a famous father, Queensland AFLW Draft prospect Sunny Lappin is forging her own path in football. The daughter of 251-gamer Matthew has links to the Blues and Saints where her dad spent 196 and 55 games respectively, as well as her homegrown academy through the Gold Coast Suns. Lappin is […]
2025 CTLG | Round 15 Player of the Week: Scarlett Bown
FOR THE first time in history, siblings have won back-to-back Player of the Week nominations with Scarlett Bown following in the footsteps of older sister Chloe Bown to earn the nod. Bown took full advantage of Oakleigh Chargers being minus star forward Bailee Martin as she slammed home seven goals from 12 touches and seven […]
Late flurry sees Queensland surge to win
TRAILING by 15 points at the first break and by as much as nine points midway through the final term, Queensland found a way to win against South Australia in a thrilling conclusion to the AFLW Under 18 Championships. Though the two-point victory was not enough to surpass Vic Metro’s percentage for the title, Queensland […]
2025 CTLG Preview | In-form Jets face rampant Rebels
HOT OFF back-to-back wins, Western Jets take on a Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels outfit that did not concede a score last week as Round 16 of the Coates Talent League Girls gets underway with an early Saturday morning start down in Werribee. The match is part of a triple-header that features an AFLW practice […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 15
AFTER a week off, the Coates Talent League Girls commenced its final month of action with plenty of impressive individual performances. As always, we took note of some of those players who caught the eye across the six games. Notes are the opinion of the individual author, with a focus on state representatives and trailists, […]
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 15
STAT-STUFFING midfield performances everywhere, the Round 15 Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week was filled with stars and brilliant individual efforts. Reigning two-time premiers Oakleigh Chargers were far and away the most represented with five, while fellow winners Gippsland Power, Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels and Western Jets were next most with three […]
2025 RMC MEDAL | Race heats up for half dozen prospects
AS VICTORIAN representative returned to their Coates Talent League Girls clubs over the weekend, some familiar faces popped up in our Rookie Me Central Medal voting for the start of the last month of action. With three rounds remaining, it theoretically means up to 14 players could win or share the medal in 2025, though […]
2025 CTL Girls Player Analysis: Ellie Hall (Murray Bushrangers)
ONE OF the most in-form players across the Coates Talent League Girls competition, Ellie Hall is producing some stat-stuffing performances for Murray Bushrangers. The over-age talent who was unlucky not to land on an AFLW list last year has been busy at work dominating through the middle for the Bushrangers. Of course, Hall is not […]
2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Phoebe Hargreaves
NORTHERN Knights skipper Phoebe Hargreaves overcame an injury interrupted preseason due to a plantar fasciitis in her foot to find her place inside 50 for both the Knights and Vic Metro. Hargreaves is the younger sister of recent Richmond AFLW draftee Zoe, and though the pair are different footballers, have followed the same pathway to […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 AFLW U18s – Queensland vs. Allies
AFTER a couple of gallant defeats at the hands of Vic Metro and Western Australia, the Allies came out on top against Queensland in their final game of the AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships. We took note of some of the players who caught the eye across both teams, with an even spread from the […]
