
Reynolds claims Rookie Me Central Medal
DANDENONG Stingrays midfielder Jemma Reynolds was crowned the 2024 Rookie Me Central Medallist, with the top-age AFLW Draft prospect crediting her consistency and durability for the award. Following in the footsteps of past winners Zarlie Goldsworthy and Sara Howley, Reynolds polled 49 votes iin a thrilling finish to the count. Reynolds polled in an incredible […]

Prosser-Shaw joins AFLW Academy duo at Combine
ONE of three NSW/ACT players to earn a National Draft Combine invite, Giants Academy utility Amelie Prosser-Shaw is in rare company. The top-age teenager out of the East Coast Eagles set her sights on representing the Allies at the Under 18 Championships, running out for GWS Giants’ VFLW side, and getting drafted at year’s end. […]

Scouting Notes: 2024 Coates Talent League Girls – Country Elimination Finals
IN A repeat of last year’s preliminary finalists, Country region sides Dandenong Stingrays and Geelong Falcons advanced through to the final round following wins over Gippsland Power and Tasmania Devils in the Coates Talent League Girls Elimination Finals. We took note of some of the standouts focusing on some of the Draft Combine invites and […]

Scouting Notes: 2024 Coates Talent League Girls – Metro Elimination Finals
LAST year’s grand finalists moved a win away from facing off in the big dance once again as reigning premiers Oakleigh Chargers and runners-up Eastern Ranges both won their respective metropolitan elimination finals. We took note of some of the standouts, with all notes the opinion of the individual author.

2024 Coates Talent League Preliminary Finals locked in
JUST four teams remain in each of the Coates Talent League Boys and Girls finals series, with the preliminary finals to take place across two venues over the coming weekend. After the boys’ elimination finals were held at ETU Stadium and the girls’ knockout first week finals took place at Shepley Oval, two different venues […]

2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Elimination Finals wrap
EIGHT sides became four over the weekend, with the top two metropolitan and top two country sides advancing through to the Coates Talent League Girls Preliminary Finals where the teams will face-off for two grand final spots.

PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG W1 Finals – Sunday
WRAPPING up the first week of Coates Talent League Girls finals are the four country regions who made the post-season series with Tasmania topping the division, while Dandenong, Gippsland and Geelong all feature as well. FORM: For the second consecutive round, these two sides will face off against one another, and Dandenong Stingrays will be […]

PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG W1 Finals – Saturday
THE first of two double-headers at Shepley Oval kicks off the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls finals series, with the four metropolitan teams looking to extend their season for another week at least. The top two teams in the competition in Oakleigh Chargers and Eastern Ranges are favourites to face-off in the grand final for […]

Scouting notes: 2024 Victorian Under 17 Futures
FOR the first time, Vic Country and Vic Metro went head-to-head in an Under 17 Futures match at La Trobe University Sportspark on Sunday, with the latter getting up by 39 points. Making more of their chances with the breeze, Metro kicked 9.10 (64) to Country’s inaccurate 2.13 (25), which included terms of 1.7 and […]

2024 RM Central Talent League Girls Team of the Year
ROOKIE Me Central’s 2024 Talent League Girls Team of the Year has been confirmed. The 24 players selected – as well as three emergencies – have been locked in with the top three sides combining for nine of those representatives. While the official Coates Talent League Team of the Year will come later on in […]