PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 13 – Saturday
COATES Talent League Girls action returns tomorrow after a week’s break with five games slated for Saturday, as part of a six-game Round 13 fixture. An understrength Tasmania Devils host the Western Jets on a huge day for Tasmanian footy, while a double-header at Highgate Recreation Reserve promises plenty of action. FORM: Due to the […]
PREVIEW | Post-champs race to Coates Talent League finals begins
WITH the 2024 Under 16 and Under 18 National Championships having run their course, all 13 Coates Talent League regions will resume their runs to finals in Round 15. After last week’s competition-wide bye, a full allotment of six games are scheduled this weekend. We preview the three Saturday fixtures. REMAINING ROUND 15 FIXTURE Sunday […]
‘Zimmy’ takes opportunities with both hands
QUEENSLAND representative Zimra Hussain fell in love with the sport of Australian rules football since moving to Australia in 2014. The then eight-year-old relocated to Toowoomba in the Sunshine State, having grown up in Pakistan as a child. “I picked it up in 2015,” Hussain said of her first football season. “Played Under 10s and […]
2024 AFLW U18s Player Focus: Zoe Hargreaves (Northern Knights)
AFTER playing as a defender in game one, Zoe Hargreaves got her chance to shine under the Marvel Stadium roof for Vic Metro’s midfield. Playing alongside a couple of AFLW Academy members in Sierra Grieves and Sophie McKay, Hargreaves held her own, racking up a team-high seven clearances and five marks. A capable first-possession winner […]
Cahir calculating how to culminate in crowning achievement
MUCH like his opposite number on Sunday, it is a new step in the coaching career of Western Bulldogs coach Rhys Cahir, who leads his charges into their first VFL Women’s Grand Final this weekend. It is the culmination of a long journey for Cahir and the team, who only a mere three years ago […]
Reigning champs flex muscles in impressive win
SOUTH Australia has kick-started its 2024 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships campaign with a commanding 78-point victory over a wounded Allies at Thebarton Oval today. The back-to-back titleholders shook off some early rust and inaccuracy to pile on the first seven goals, and seven of the last eight majors to run out 15.10 (100) to […]
Q&A: Emma McDonald (Oakleigh Chargers)
BOASTING a team-first attitude and a desire to improve, Oakleigh Chargers key forward Emma McDonald does the little things right. A basketball convert who is only into her third year of football and second at an elite junior program, the Vic Metro forward is among the top talents in this year’s AFL Women’s Draft. McDonald […]
PREVIEW | 2024 AFLW U18s: South Australia vs. Allies
REIGNING back-to-back champions South Australia enter the 2024 AFLW Under 18 Championships tomorrow up against an Allies side coming off its inspirational win over Queensland. The Croweaters have not lost in a few years and will be looking to continue that winning streak come 11am local time.
Scouting notes: 2024 AFLW U18s – Vic Metro vs. Vic Country
VICTORIA’S top AFLW Draft prospects ran around on Marvel Stadium over the weekend, as Vic Metro came away with the comfortable win over Vic Country. In what was a tight contest for over half the game, Metro kicked away with seven of the next eight goals after Country drew within a point midway through the […]
Gourley’s giant new dawn on the edge of history
IT is a new dawn for Brett Gourley and many of his North Melbourne troops, with the team set to embark on its first VFLW Grand Final this weekend. Gourley said that it was “really exciting” to have made it to this stage of the season. “It’s been a long time coming,” he said. “It’s […]
