2023 Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week: Round 2
SYDNEY Swans Academy’s huge win over Murray Bushrangers earned the side a league-high five players in the Rookie Me Central Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 2. The Swans finished with one more than fellow winners, GWV Rebels and Dandenong Stingrays, while GWS GIANTS Academy and Geelong Falcons had three players […]
PODCAST | Game Sense – Episode 23
EPISODE 23 of Game Sense has dropped, with the team reconvening to discuss all the latest news and fallout in the women’s footballing world. In the latest instalment, host Michael Alvaro and Rookie Me Central Chief Editor Peter Williams run through the Coates Talent League, SANFL Women’s and WAFL Women’s results, while also casting a scope over some of the nation’s […]
SANFL U18s MOTR: Round 1 – South Adelaide vs. Norwood
NORWOOD took out a thriller at Flinders University Stadium on Sunday, holding on to defeat South Adelaide by the barest of margins. The Panthers star players, namely Jack Delean and Sid Draper stood up when the game was on the line late, but their mercurial efforts were not enough to drag the home side over […]
2023 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 3
LAST year’s WAFL Women’s grand finalists in Claremont and East Fremantle along with a gallant Subiaco all recorded a league-high four players in the Rookie Me Central Round 3 WAFL Womens’ Team of the Week. In an even spread for the round, six of the eight sides had three or more players, with Peel Thunder, […]
2023 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 5
SOUTH Adelaide and Woodville-West Torrens lead the way for Round 5 in the SANFL Women’s Team of the Week, both having four representatives. In what was an even spread across the eight teams, the Panthers and Eagles were one ahead of fellow winners, Glenelg and Norwood, while Round 5 losers West Adelaide and Central District […]
Team of the Week: 2023 Talent League – Round 1
THE COATES Talent League boys season got underway on the weekend, with a bumper eight games stretched evenly across Saturday and Sunday. It made it tough to squeeze the raft of top performances into the Round 1 Team of the Week, though there is plenty of quality in the squad of 24. Gippsland Power (five […]
State Academy notes: 2023 SANFLW Round 5
SOUTH Australia’s top AFL Women’s draft prospects returned for Round 5 of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Women’s on the weekend. As always, we took a look at each of the state academy athletes running around in the League competition and made notes on their individual performances. *Each note is the opinion of […]
Scouting Notes: 2023 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 2
PLAYERS are hitting their stride in the Coates Talent League, and there were many impressive performances across Round 2. In the four games this past weekend, both Sydney-based academies notched wins, as did the GWV Rebels and Dandenong Stingrays for the first time this season. We highlight some of the top performers in our Scouting […]
SANFL U18 Player Focus: Kane McAuliffe
NORTH Adelaide midfielder Kane McAuliffe had himself a day out in Round 1, racking up game-high numbers despite his side going down by 39 points to Sturt on Sunday. The strongly built onballer is one of South Australia’s most highly touted prospects in 2023 and was included in the National Academy intake, rubber stamping his […]
2023 Talent League Girls Player Of The Week: Round 2
SYDNEY Swans Academy has made quite the start to the 2023 Coates Talent League season, with the girls’ side claiming back-to-back wins. After defeating reigning grand finalists in Round 1, the Swans knocked off Murray Bushrangers in Round 2, running out a massive 12-goal winner. Leading from the front in that huge 72-point victory was […]
WAFLW R3 wrap: Sharks tame Lions
EAST Fremantle became the first side to defeat a much-improved Subiaco in season 2023 of the WAFL Women’s in what was a hard-fought six-point victory. The Sharks – who struggled with inaccuracy at times throughout the opening fortnight of the season – found the big sticks more often than not, then survived a second half […]
Coates Talent League Player Focus: Ryley Sanders
TASMANIAN midfielder Ryley Sanders dined out in Round 1 of the new Coates Talent League season, notching up a game-high 28 disposals as the Sandringham Dragons downed Eastern by 14 points. The 18-year-old has made a name for himself as an on-ball specialist, renowned for his clean distributive work and knack for finding the pill. […]
