PREVIEW | CTLG R2 – Grand Final rematch beckons
JUST two venues play host to Coates Talent League Girls action this weekend, with a triple-header at Epsom Huntly Reserve on Saturday, and three games across two days at Highgate Recreation Reserve. Our highlighted match to preview is the grand final rematch between Oakleigh Chargers and Eastern Ranges.
2025 AFLW U16s | Scouting Notes: Suns Academy vs Vic Metro
VIC METRO got its AFL Women’s Under 16s Development Championships off on the right note with a strong 40-point victory over Gold Coast Suns Academy in the second match of the double-header at Aspley. After a relatively tight start, the visitors kicked away to a 25-point lead midway through the second before the Suns Academy […]
2025 AFLW U16s | Scouting Notes: Lions Academy vs Vic Country
AFTER a tight first half, Brisbane Lions Academy shook off the challenge of Vic Country to post a 40-point win at Aspley in their 2025 AFLW Under 16 Development Championships. Country booted the first two goals of the game, and of the second term to lead by as much as 14 points early in the […]
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. >> […]
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 1
BIG WINNERS in Round 1 of the Coates Talent League Girls competition, Dandenong Stingrays and Eastern Ranges boast four representatives apiece in our first Team of the Week for 2025. An absolutely stacked side across all three lines, there is a host of Vic Metro and Vic Country hub members, as well as a few […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 1
COATES Talent League Girls action returned to Victoria over the weekend with all 12 Victorian teams taking to the field. We took note of some of the top performers from each fixture, with some huge individual performances and others who caught the eye. >> ROUND 1: Round wrap | Player of the Week | Player […]
2025 CTL Girls Player Focus: Chloe Baker-West
AFTER an injury-interrupted year curtailed her bottom-age season, ball magnet Chloe Baker-West wasted no time asserting herself on the Coates Talent League competition. The two-time Vic Metro Under 16s MVP was sensational for Calder Cannons in their tight four-point win over Western Jets at Highgate Recreation Reserve on Sunday. Baker-West racked up 38 disposals, five […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Tayla McMillan
EASTERN Ranges dynamo Tayla McMillan is one of the most exciting AFLW Draft prospects for 2025, with the natural leader a contested ball-winning midfielder who is also developing her craft off half-back. She starred as a bottom-ager last season, and has a terrific balance of hardness and class which sets her aside from many of […]
2025 CTLG | Round 1 Player of the Week: Bailee Martin
AN EQUAL record-breaking haul of nine goals made Oakleigh Chargers bottom-ager Bailee Martin an easy choice for the Rookie Me Central Coates Talent League Girls Player of the Week for Round 1. Martin booted 9.2 to share the all-time individual goals in a game record with teammate Amelie Gladman, who coincidentally kicked the only other […]
2025 CTLG wrap | Stingrays’ ominous start
DANDENONG Stingrays have produced a dominant final three quarters to run out 109-point victors over Gippsland Power in a wind-swept Morwell yesterday. The Stingrays were already considered a Coates Talent League Girls title contender – arguably the pick of the country teams – and their Round 1 performance did not sway anyone from that train […]
