Busy Stark chases multiple dreams
NORTHERN Territory’s Emma Stark is not your typical AFL Women’s Draft hopeful. The St Mary’s and Oakleigh Chargers young gun is not only a promising talent playing Australian rules football, but also officiating it too. Best known for her debut as the youngest field umpire at the elite level when officiating the Essendon-Hawthorn AFLW clash […]
PREVIEW | Conferences collide for preliminary finals
COUNTRY and Metro conferences cross over for a pair of Coates Talent League preliminary finals on Sunday. The four remaining premiership contenders will converge on RSEA Park in Moorabbin to decide who makes the cut for next week’s decider. We preview both fixtures. Note: Squads will be updated as they are confirmed over the next […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Preliminary Finals
FOUR teams remain in the hunt for the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls premiership with last year’s grand finalists Oakleigh Chargers and Eastern Ranges taking on Dandenong Stingrays and Geelong Falcons respectively. FORM: Oakleigh Chargers have won 11 matches on the trot and only went down in one game all year – to Gold Coast […]
2024 AFL Canberra Grand Final previews
QUEANBEYAN Tigers are on the verge of doubling down in flag success tomorrow when their AFL Canberra First Grade Men’s and Women’s sides run out for their respective grand finals. The Women’s side has gone undefeated from 15 games and a final in 2024, while the men’s team recorded a 12-3 record and successfully reached […]
2024 AFLW Week 3 Preview: Friday
WEEK 3 of the AFLW season continues tonight with a clash between two sides at very different points in the season. Will Brisbane continue its menacing form and pickup another win, or will Collingwood cause the upset again and pick up win number one of 2024? 5:05pmBrighton Homes Arena Recent form Brisbane got its season […]
Maturing Eagles pick up second win of 2024
WEST Coast picked up its second win of the 2024 AFL Women’s season last night after an at times hard fought 11 point win over the Western Bulldogs. It was also the Eagles’ first win on the road for 2024, and coach Daisy Pearce was certainly happy about the outcome post match. “Yeah all wins […]
2024 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier preview: Finals Week 3
JUST two games remain in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division season, with Manly Warringah Wolves having booked their spot in the grand final and now await the winner of tomorrow’s preliminary final. The champions against the fresh faces; back-to-back reigning premier East Coast Eagles host Sydney University in what promises to be a fascinating […]
2024 RMC Medal: Final Leaderboard
A NAIL-BITING finish to the 2024 Rookie Me Central Medal in the Coates Talent League Girls competition saw just one vote separate the top two, and each of the top 12 on different vote totals. Dandenong Stingrays’ Jemma Reynolds polled in 12 of her 14 games to deserve the accolade, finishing one vote clear of […]
WAFL Colts Player Focus: Cody Curtin (Claremont)
CLAREMONT tall Cody Curtin is hitting his straps at the pointy end of the WAFL Colts season, having booted six goals in his side’s thumping semi-final win on Sunday. It was the bottom-age swingman’s second bag of six majors in as many games, both against Subiaco. Curtin’s latest effort helped the Tigers advance straight into […]
Reynolds claims Rookie Me Central Medal
DANDENONG Stingrays midfielder Jemma Reynolds was crowned the 2024 Rookie Me Central Medallist, with the top-age AFLW Draft prospect crediting her consistency and durability for the award. Following in the footsteps of past winners Zarlie Goldsworthy and Sara Howley, Reynolds polled 49 votes iin a thrilling finish to the count. Reynolds polled in an incredible […]
2024 AFLW Week 3 Preview: Friday
WEEK 3 of the AFLW season continues tonight with a clash between two sides at very different points in the season. Will Brisbane continue its menacing form and pickup another win, or will Collingwood cause the upset again and pick up win number one of 2024? 5:05pmBrighton Homes Arena Recent form Brisbane got its season […]
Maturing Eagles pick up second win of 2024
WEST Coast picked up its second win of the 2024 AFL Women’s season last night after an at times hard fought 11 point win over the Western Bulldogs. It was also the Eagles’ first win on the road for 2024, and coach Daisy Pearce was certainly happy about the outcome post match. “Yeah all wins […]
2024 AFLW Week 3 Preview: Thursday
THIS weekend’s AFL Women’s action kicks off early this weekend as two teams looking for a big turnaround from last weekend battle it out in Melbourne’s west. 7:15pmWhitten Oval Recent form Things have been hard to start the year for the Western Bulldogs, who are still searching for win number one of the 2024 campaign. […]
Is there more to the ‘Daisy effect’ than Daisy herself?
ONE of the biggest highlights of the AFL Women’s season so far has been the debut of Daisy Pearce as the head coach of the West Coast Eagles. Taking her team to a Round 1 victory over Richmond by a point, the Eagles were then bested in the second game by Essendon and Natalie Wood. […]
Sizzling Saints see small changes bring big success
ST Kilda has made the perfect start to the 2024 AFL Women’s season, defeating Sydney on the weekend to maintain its undefeated start to the season. After beating the Swans, St Kilda has now equalled its best start to an AFL Women’s season, and if they beat Essendon this week the Saints will set a […]
Outside power brings big Brisbane win
BRISBANE bounced back from a big Round 1 loss in an equally as big way, accounting for Melbourne by 18 points in a pretty dominant performance. Although it was a pretty complete performance, there was one particular aspect of Saturday’s game that was a significant improvement for Brisbane on Round 1, and really had the […]
Saints singing from on high after perfect start to 2024
ST Kilda has kept its undefeated start to the 2024 AFL Women’s season in tact after a win over Sydney on the weekend, and the start the Saints have had to the season has delighted coach Nick Dal Santo. “Yeah, really pleased,” Dal Santo said, speaking about the start to the season. “I mean, with […]
Crows come out on top in highly-defensive dig over Dockers
THE ADELAIDE Crows and Fremantle Dockers played out a highly defensive and pressure-filled contest at Fremantle Oval to close out Round Two. Running out 33-point winners, the Crows were simply too good, capitalising on their midfield dominance and some great contested marks inside forward 50. But the main feature of the contest from both sides […]
Epic draw brings contrasting coach reactions
NORTH Melbourne and Geelong produced the first draw of the 2024 AFL Women’s season yesterday afternoon. It was ultimately a fitting result for a match in which the momentum switched several times, but did provide two very contrasting moods from the head coaches involved post match. North Melbourne coach Darren Crocker said that the result […]
Score assists Carlton to first win
CARLTON coach Matthew Buck joked he was “really happy” with the first true test of the smart ball technology, with a score assist aiding in getting his side home by one point against Gold Coast yesterday. In one of the thrilling finishes of the season so far, Carlton’s Maddy Guerin snapped a ball with 90 […]
Busy Stark chases multiple dreams
NORTHERN Territory’s Emma Stark is not your typical AFL Women’s Draft hopeful. The St Mary’s and Oakleigh Chargers young gun is not only a promising talent playing Australian rules football, but also officiating it too. Best known for her debut as the youngest field umpire at the elite level when officiating the Essendon-Hawthorn AFLW clash […]
PREVIEW | Conferences collide for preliminary finals
COUNTRY and Metro conferences cross over for a pair of Coates Talent League preliminary finals on Sunday. The four remaining premiership contenders will converge on RSEA Park in Moorabbin to decide who makes the cut for next week’s decider. We preview both fixtures. Note: Squads will be updated as they are confirmed over the next […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Preliminary Finals
FOUR teams remain in the hunt for the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls premiership with last year’s grand finalists Oakleigh Chargers and Eastern Ranges taking on Dandenong Stingrays and Geelong Falcons respectively. FORM: Oakleigh Chargers have won 11 matches on the trot and only went down in one game all year – to Gold Coast […]
2024 AFL Canberra Grand Final previews
QUEANBEYAN Tigers are on the verge of doubling down in flag success tomorrow when their AFL Canberra First Grade Men’s and Women’s sides run out for their respective grand finals. The Women’s side has gone undefeated from 15 games and a final in 2024, while the men’s team recorded a 12-3 record and successfully reached […]
2024 AFLW Week 3 Preview: Friday
WEEK 3 of the AFLW season continues tonight with a clash between two sides at very different points in the season. Will Brisbane continue its menacing form and pickup another win, or will Collingwood cause the upset again and pick up win number one of 2024? 5:05pmBrighton Homes Arena Recent form Brisbane got its season […]
Maturing Eagles pick up second win of 2024
WEST Coast picked up its second win of the 2024 AFL Women’s season last night after an at times hard fought 11 point win over the Western Bulldogs. It was also the Eagles’ first win on the road for 2024, and coach Daisy Pearce was certainly happy about the outcome post match. “Yeah all wins […]
2024 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier preview: Finals Week 3
JUST two games remain in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division season, with Manly Warringah Wolves having booked their spot in the grand final and now await the winner of tomorrow’s preliminary final. The champions against the fresh faces; back-to-back reigning premier East Coast Eagles host Sydney University in what promises to be a fascinating […]
2024 RMC Medal: Final Leaderboard
A NAIL-BITING finish to the 2024 Rookie Me Central Medal in the Coates Talent League Girls competition saw just one vote separate the top two, and each of the top 12 on different vote totals. Dandenong Stingrays’ Jemma Reynolds polled in 12 of her 14 games to deserve the accolade, finishing one vote clear of […]
WAFL Colts Player Focus: Cody Curtin (Claremont)
CLAREMONT tall Cody Curtin is hitting his straps at the pointy end of the WAFL Colts season, having booted six goals in his side’s thumping semi-final win on Sunday. It was the bottom-age swingman’s second bag of six majors in as many games, both against Subiaco. Curtin’s latest effort helped the Tigers advance straight into […]
