2025 CTL Girls Player Focus: Rain Dodd (Murray Bushrangers)
ONE OF nine siblings in her family, Murray Bushrangers’ Rain Dodd is no stranger to having plenty of competition. The Vic Country hub member has seen older sister Destiny graduate from the Bushrangers program and is now playing alongside younger sibling Constance. The middle of those three had a breakout performance on the weekend during […]
2025 CTLG wrap | Bushies back in business
MURRAY Bushrangers got back on the winner’s list with an impressive victory over Northern Territory, handing the Thunder a second loss in four days. The Coates Talent League Girls competition returned to five matches over Round 8 and we recap how each of them went down.
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 8
ELEVEN teams featured across the extended weekend for Coates Talent League, with 10 of those highlighted in our Round 8 Team of the Week. The side also includes the standalone match between the Sandringham Dragons and Northern Territory to make it a six-game schedule. No side has more than three representatives in n even spread, […]
2025 CTLG | Round 7/8 Player of the Week: Brylee Anderson
BOTTOM-AGE star Brylee Anderson added her name to Rookie Me Central’s list of Coates Talent League Girls’ Players of the Week after a dominant performance in Eastern Ranges’ big win over Calder Cannons. The red-hot Ranges continued their incredible year in search of a third straight grand final by notching up a 93-point victory over […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 7
SANDRINGHAM Dragons notched up their second consecutive wint with a comprehensive 83-point belting of Northern Territory last Thursday night in the standalone Round 7 Coates Talent League Girls match. Played on a cold May night at RSEA Park, the Dragons proved far too good for the Top End talent, running out 13.8 (86) to 0.3 […]
PREVIEW | CTLG R8 – Swansong at Warrawee
SYDNEY Swans Academy will finish off its Coates Talent League Girls campaign against the unbeaten reigning back-to-back premiers in Oakleigh Chargers as the AFL-club aligned side is the last of the four on the eastern seaboard to wrap up proceedings. We preview the massive contest and cast our eyes over the other four Round 8 […]
2025 CTLG review: Giants Academy
FOLLOWING a dominant campaign through the Coates Talent League Girls where the GWS Giants Academy remained undefeated, we review the results and players who caught the eye throughout the month of action across three different states. RESULTS: Round 3: def. Murray Bushrangers by 74 pointsRound 4: def. Sandringham Dragons by 50 pointsRound 5: def. Tasmania […]
2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Molly McLaren
A TENACIOUS tackler with great defensive attributes and an ability to play across all three lines, Murray Bushrangers’ Molly McLaren showed that taking a break when you need it is always helpful in refocusing. The talented Lavington-based draft prospect only turned 17 last December, but is able to drive due to the New South Wales […]
PREVIEW | CTLG R7 – Dragons host Territory under lights
SANDRINGHAM Dragons will welcome Northern Territory to RSEA Park tonight for an intriguing clash. The Top End side will play the first of its three games in the Coates Talent League Girls competition, with two in the space of three days before returning home to host Calder Cannons in Darwin in a fortnight’s time.
PREVIEW | CTLG: Northern Territory
WITH three of the four club-aligned Northern Academies having completed their stints in the Coates Talent League Girls competition, we cast our eyes across to the fifth and final side, Northern Territory. The Top End squad features two National Academy members and a handful of over-agers to remain competitive in a three-game campaign which includes […]
