2024 SSA 15/U All-Australian teams revealed
A TOTAL of 50 players have become All-Australians after the School Sport Australia 15 Years and Under Championships announced sides for 2024. Each of the boys’ and girls’ All-Australian teams feature 25 players with no particular position, rather rewarding the top players from the tournament. In the 15 and Under Boys All-Australian Team, champions Western […]
2024 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 15
A MASSIVE 100-point win to Eastern Ranges resulted in last year’s grand finalists notching up a league-high five players in our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 15. The Ranges boast two more than any other side, while fellow winners Gippsland Power, Dandenong Stingrays and Geelong Falcons all have three. Captaining […]
2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 15 wrap
AFTER a tight and low-scoring weekend last round due to the weather, Round 15 ramped up a notch with three of the five matches featuring 19-plus goals including a 100-point smashing. We recap Round 15 and how it all went down.
Six-goal second quarter sees Goannas blitz Bulldogs
PARRAMATTA Goannas have bounced back to form in a special way, storming to a 62-point win over UNSW-ES Bulldogs at Gipps Road Ovals on the weekend. In perfect football conditions, it was the Goannas who were too strong and fast for the Bulldogs side who aside from the second term, put up a good show […]
Scouting notes: 2024 AFLW U18s – Western Australia vs. Queensland
QUEENSLAND wrapped up its 2024 AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships campaign with a win over Western Australia at Pentanet Stadium by 32 points in sunny conditions. Both sides had impressive players running around and we took note of a few of the eye-catchers. As always our notes are the opinion of the individual author.
Smith’s switch gives career reinvigoration
KATHERINE Smith‘s AFLW career has taken turns that even the experienced Giants defender did not expect. After initially being drafted by Melbourne in the 2016 draft, an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury saw her reflecting and ultimately making the big move up to the Giants. She initially did the ACL “first session back post Christmas” […]
South Australia crowned SSA 15/U Girls champs
SOUTH Australia’s stranglehold on junior girls development trophies continued over the weekend with the Croweaters proving too strong for a gallant New South Wales in the gold medal match of the School Sport Australia 15 and Under Girls Championships. In a low-scoring contest that was for the most part tightly contested between the arcs, both […]
2024 CTL Girls Player of the Week: Round 15
AFTER plenty of big performances worthy of Player of the Week, Eastern Ranges’ Grace Belloni earned that reward in Round 15. The top-age midfielder forward was enormous in the Ranges’ 100-point belting of the Western Jets, kicking three goals from 29 disposals in a best-afield effort. Belloni finished with 15 kicks and 14 handballs, as […]
Swans stay undefeated as Canada upset and USA win big
DAY two of the women’s competition at the 2024 AFL Transatlantic Cup continued to provide the surprises. Swans stay undefeated The Great Britain Swans have made it two wins from as many matches after defeating Colombia by 55 points in the opening game of yesterday’s action. Colombia’s defence was particularly impressive, particularly restricting the Swans’ […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 15 – Sunday
A STANDALONE Sunday game concludes Round 15 of the Coates Talent League with a couple of country sides in Geelong Falcons and Bendigo Pioneers going head-to-head in Werribee. FORM: Geelong Falcons suffered defeat at the hands of Tasmania Devils in the wet last week to make it back-to-back losses after falling to the Chargers. They […]