2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Sandringham Dragons
DESPITE a tough stretch through the midseason where Sandringham really struggled to remain close to top opposition, the Dragons starts and finishes to the season were far better, with competitive contests in the last couple of Coates Talent League Girls games. SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS RECORD: 9th Overall | 4th Metro | 4-10 | 46.70%STREAK: LWWL | […]
2024 CTL Girls Season Review: GWV Rebels
GREATER Western Victoria (GWV Rebels) funnily enough finished higher than last year, but missed out on finals in 2024. The Rebels landed in eighth spot, but 12 months after playing finals due to being the fourth Country side in ninth and Sandringham Dragons (eighth) missed out, it was a role reversal this year. GWV REBELS […]
Hawks run Saints ragged in 57-point win
HAWTHORN ended St Kilda’s unbeaten streak in emphatic fashion, booting 10 of their 11 goals with the wind to come back from a goal down at quarter time to keep the Saints goalless in the second half and run out 11.8 (74) to 2.5 (17) winners. The victory got Hawthorn back on track after losing […]
Déjà vu for Chargers, Tallariti in back-to-back flags
THERE was a serious case of déjà vu at Ikon Park yesterday as Oakleigh Chargers – off the back of some incredible intercept and rebounding work from skipper Sienna Tallariti – proved too good for Eastern Ranges in the Coates Talent League Girls Grand Final. For the second consecutive year Tallariti won best afield medals […]
Cats fully eclipse Suns for first 2024 AFLW win
THE game between the Geelong Cats and the Gold Coast Suns was one that could have been a close game given their standings on the AFLW ladder coming into the clash. Both sides have a draw from three games with Gold Coast finishing level last weekend against the Greater Western Sydney Giants, while Geelong drew […]
Connected Ranges “living life of their dreams”
EASTERN Ranges will embark on a second consecutive Coates Talent League Girls Grand Final against the Oakleigh Chargers tomorrow, hoping to go one better than 2023. The Ranges will have a new senior coach at the helm with Jarrad Donders replacing Ash Close in the role, and Donders has continued on that incredible success in […]
2024 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Grand Final preview
AFTER an incredible AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division season, just two teams and one match remain to decide this year’s premiers with the grand final to take place tomorrow. The excitement around the big game is palpable with either of Manly Warringah Wolves or East Coast Eagles capable of taking out the title. If the […]
2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Bendigo Pioneers
BENDIGO Pioneers started the year on a massive high winning their first three games, before ending the season with 11 straight losses. Despite the disappointing run of form, similar to the Bushranger, Bendigo has a sparse region to get players together, so when the squad was up and about, the Pioneers showed plenty of potential […]
2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Western Jets
HEADLINED by a star midfielder and some promising talent around her, the Western Jets improved as the season went on after a slow start, and picked up some hard-fought wins, while also dropping a couple of games they could have saluted in across the Coates Talent League Girls season. WESTERN JETS RECORD: 11th Overall | […]
2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Calder Cannons
IMPACTED by both injury and school football to some of its top-end talents, Calder Cannons had to rely on some fresh faces in the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls season off the back of two players – Kayley Kavanagh and Sarah Grunden – getting drafted in the first round of last year’s AFLW Draft. CALDER […]