2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 17 & Wildcard wrap
THE final round of the Coates Talent League Girls season – and Wildcard Round for metropolitan teams – took place across the weekend with some nail-biters and breakthrough performances. Here is the recap from the six matches.
Stannett’s serving a different kind of role in 2024
SEASON 2024 is not going exactly the way new Fremantle skipper Ange Stannett had planned. Newly appointed to the Fremantle captaincy, Stannett will unfortunately have to sit out the 2024 AFL Women’s season after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) earlier this year. Stannett said the injury recovery was “getting there”. “I’m 12 weeks post […]
2024 AFLW Season Preview: Sydney
AFTER a debut season to forget, things turned right around for Sydney in 2023, winning four of its last five home and away matches to make the finals for the first time. The Swans then won that first final, but although things did not go to plan in week two in Adelaide, it was still […]
2024 Coates Talent League: Round 19 POTW
DANDENONG Stingrays co-captain Harvey Langford is our Coates Talent League Player of the Week after stuffing the stats sheet in Round 19. He takes out our final award of the season for his 33 disposals, five marks, and four goals in the Stingrays’ 10-point win over Gippsland Power on Saturday. >> Snapshot: 2024 Coates Talent […]
Sarah Allan “excited” to captain Crows alongside Marinoff
AFTER having co-captains deliver the first two premierships to the club, the Crows will look to replicate their success with star defender Sarah Allan partnering with midfield dynamo Ebony Marinoff in 2024. From day one until the end of 2020 at Adelaide, Erin Phillips and Chelsea Randall were co-captains. This reign delivered their first two […]
Goannas eliminate Bats as AFL Sydney Women’s finalists confirmed
PARRAMATTA Goannas secured a double chance in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division finals series and eliminated UTS Bats on the weekend following a 40-point victory over last year’s grand finalists. The Goannas needed a win to leapfrog North Shore Bombers who had the Round 18 bye, and they did just that, securing an 8.8 […]
Southport earns Shark bragging rights with QAFLW flag
THREE years after winning the QFAW Division one flag and earned promotion to the top flight in Queensland football, Southport has achieved its goal of winning a QAFLW premiership. The Sharks came runner-up in their maiden 2022 season, then went out in straight sets last year before holding firm and taking home the flag off […]
Scouting notes: 2024 AFLW U18s – South Australia vs. Western Australia
SOUTH Australia and Western Australia put on a show for the final AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships match of the 2024 carnival. The Croweaters got up by 21 points, but both sides had impressive individual performances. We took note of some of those performances, with all scouting notes the opinion of the individual author.
2024 AFLW Season Preview: St Kilda
IT truly was a case of so close, yet so far for St Kilda in 2023. The Saints got so close to making the finals for the first time, but were denied a spot in the finals by less than five percent. But heading into 2024, did they learn the right lessons from the heartbreak […]
Snapshot: 2024 Coates Talent League – Round 19
GEELONG Falcons clinched the Coates Talent League minor premiership and automatic finals qualification, while the Wildcard Round matchups were confirmed after Round 19. Catch up on all the results, key numbers and star performances across all six of the weekend’s games in a snapshot.
Beeson’s bold new briefing as new dawn arises
GWS stalwart Rebecca Beeson has seen a lot happen at the Giants in her eight seasons at the club, but she gets to experience something new this season when she takes over captaincy duties from Alicia Eva. But like the true professional she is, she is “just trying to be myself, so not a hell […]
