2025 CTL Girls Player Focus: Marlo Graham (Northern Knights)
A CLEVER and hard-running midfielder-forward, Marlo Graham has a well-balanced game that has gone to another level in 2025. The top-age talent captained one of the Under 17 Futures sides at GMHBA Stadium last season and has not put a foot wrong as one of the vice-captains of the Northern Knights. Graham was at her […]
2025 CTLG | Round 4 Player of the Week: Ava Deszcz
GIPPSLAND Power bottom-ager Ava Deszcz booted five goals in her side’s impressive 59-point win over Western Jets to earn our Coates Talent League Girls Player of the Week nomination for Round 4. Her five goal haul was second to only the previously nominated Bailee Martin (seven) as she proved a true force inside 50. Deszcz […]
PREVIEW | CTLG R4 – Devils return home
TASMANIA Devils will look to bounce back after their first game loss to Sydney Swans Academy when they welcome the Brisbane Lions Academy tomorrow morning in the first game of the Coates Talent League Girls Round 4.
AFLW Draft Q&A: Lottie Almond
RECENT SANFL Women’s debutant Lottie Almond has always had a love for football so when her opportunity came around, she took it with both hands. After biding her time through the local leagues, she moved into Norwood juniors, got a second chance in the State Academy over the summer and on the weekend cracked in […]
2025 RMC MEDAL Leaderboard: Round 3
A COUPLE of consistent top-age ball-winners lead all-comers in the 2025 Rookie Me Central Medal ahead of a host of Stingrays and Knights players chasing the early frontrunners for the Coates Talent League Girls competition. Calder Cannons high-production star Chloe Baker-West and GWV Rebels dynamo Maggie Johnstone share the lead on 13 votes after three […]
PREVIEW | 2025 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier: Round 5
A COUPLE of thrilling matches and a couple of potential blowouts present themselves for Round 5 of the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division this weekend as we preview all the contests taking place. The rematch of last year’s preliminary final between East Coast Eagles and Sydney University to cap off the round is sure to […]
Scouting Notes | 2025 WAFLW State Academy: Round 5
A HOST of National Academy members returned to WAFL Women’s sides for Round 5 ahead of the league-wide bye this coming weekend. We took note of how each of the State Academy members performed last round. All notes are the opinion of the individual author.
2025 CTLG RMC MEDAL | Northern Academies arrive
COLLECTING three out of four possible wins, the Northern Academies might not play enough games to tally a winning total in our Rookie Me Central Medal, but can shape the final leaderboard. In Round 3 of the Coates Talent League Girls, that is exactly what happened with some fresh faces earning votes, while others remained […]
2025 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 6
SOUTH Adelaide’s big win over Sturt earned the Panthers a league-high five representatives in our SANFL Women’s Team of the Week for Round 6, as they lead the likes of Central District and Woodville-West Torrens (four) while all eight sides had multiple representatives. It was Eagles’ ruck Leah Cutting who earned the captaincy for Round […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Tessa Davis
TALENTED dual-sport athlete Tessa Davis has reached elite junior levels of both Aussie rules football and cricket, and while the latter won her heart a few years back, the former has returned to be her main focus in 2025. The Glenelg defender has impressed since returning to the SANFLW this season, making her Bays’ League […]
