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 Coates Talent League quarter finals locked in
TEN of the 13 Coates Talent League regions will be represented across the upcoming finals series in either or both the boys and girls competitions. Four regions – GWV Rebels and Calder Cannons for the boys and Tasmania Devils and Eastern Ranges for the girls – will solely focus one one side in the post-season, […]
Victorian Under 17 Girls Futures teams announced
IN A historical first, some of the best of next year’s Victorian draft crop will go head-to-head in and Under 17 Girls Futures showcase at La Trobe University, Bundoora tomorrow from 10am. Players from across each of the 12 regions will fill out the two sides, split into Vic Country and Vic Metro outfits. The […]
PREVIEW | 2024 AFLW U18s: Vic Metro vs. South Australia
THE REIGNING champions against the biggest threat to the throne, South Australia and Vic Metro go head-to-head on Sunday in what promises to be a must-watch AFL Women’s Under 18s showdown. The Croweaters easily dispatched the Allies in game one back home, as did Metro in the opening game of the championships. Now given Western […]
Croweaters survive slog to oust Vics in SSA 15/U Girls
SOUTH Australia will head into the gold medal match of the 2024 School Sport Australia 15 and Under Girls Championships after winning in a tight slog against Victoria in yesterday’s semi-finals. Accuracy proved to be the difference between the teams, with the tri-colours kicking four goals from five scoring shots compared to Victoria’s two from […]
PROFILED | Victorian talent hub bottom-agers
MUCH has already been made of the strong Northern Academy crop among next year’s projected draft pool, but there is inevitably a batch of Victorian talent primed to make its mark. As we continue to profile the top bottom-agers for 2024, get to know some of Victoria’s best and brightest. >> Future is now: 2024 […]
2023 AFLW Draft nominations: Full list
ALMOST 570 players nominated for the 2023 AFL Women’s Draft on December 18, with two thirds of nominees opting nationally, and only Victoria (103) having more than 25 state-based nominees. Nominations closed on December 1, with confirmed AFLW delistings after the date not included in the nominations. Collingwood already signed Irishwoman Muireann Atkinson from the […]
2023 AFLW Draft State-by-State analysis: Victoria
VICTORIA has the largest array of AFL Women’s clubs so it comes as no surprise that the most state nominations hail in the south east state. A total of 103 players nominated Victoria, making up just under 20 per cent of the total nominees in the 2023 AFLW Draft. Given the sheer weight of nominees, […]
Scouting notes: 2023 AFLW U18s – Queensland vs. Vic Country
QUEENSLAND got on the board in the 2023 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships, defeating Vic Country in a competitive match at Brighton Homes Arena on Sunday. As always we took note of some of the top performers from the day in our Scouting notes. All notes are the opinion of the individual author.
Vics overcome fast-finishing Sandgropers to take title
VICTORIA completed the double at the School Sport Australia 15 and Under Championships in Ballarat over the weekend as the Vic Navy boys defeated Western Australia to take out the title. Going undefeated throughout the tournament, Vic Navy followed up the girls’ victory with one of their own, having to hold off a fast-finishing Western […]
