2024 Coates Talent League: Round 6 POTW
DANDENONG Stingrays co-captain Cooper Hynes is our Coates Talent League Player of the Week after starring in Round 6. The powerful midfielder-forward filled his boots with 23 disposals, six marks, and five goals as the ‘Rays defeated the Suns Academy by 29 points on Sunday. Hynes beat Northern Knights ruck-forward Thomas Sims to this week’s […]
Bombers break Bats to remain undefeated
NORTH Shore Bombers have withstood their greatest test thus far in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division this season, defeating reigning grand finalists UTS Bats by eight points on the weekend. The Bombers, who had beaten the bottom three teams in the Demons, Dragons and Bulldogs, had to come from behind against title contender UTS […]
WAFL Colts MOTR: Round 6 – West Perth vs. Peel Thunder
WEST Perth has held on to beat Peel Thunder by 13 points in our WAFL Colts featured match for Round 6. The Falcons were far more clinical in front of goal and overcame a half time deficit to win 12.3 (75) to 8.14 (62) at Pentanet Stadium, in the final fixture of the league’s annual […]
Scouting notes: 2024 WAFLW vs. SANFLW
IT was a fierce but entertaining contest, but in the end, the SANFL Women’s came away with a 16-point win over the WAFL Women’s at Optus Stadium on Saturday. Jess Bates and Zippy Fish won their respective sides’ MVPs, but they were not the only ones who impressed on the day. We took note of […]
Snapshot: 2024 Coates Talent League – Round 6
A BUMPER eight-game weekend of Coates Talent League action was headlined by a couple of big wins and as many thrillers, as all four Northern Academies suffered defeats. Catch up on all the Round 6 scores, stats and star performances in a snapshot. — TO COME: Player of the Week, Team of the Week, Scouting […]
2024 CTL Girls Player of the Week: Round 5
STEERING her side to a come-from-behind win, reigning Rookie Me Central Medallist and Coates Talent League Girls Best and Fairest Sara Howley had an enormous day out. The talented midfielder not only racked up the ball with ease as she normally did, but kicked three crucial goals late in the match to guide the Geelong […]
ICYMI | 2024 VFLW: Round 7
THE VFLW certainly had its fair share of surprises over the weekend, with not all results going the way many would have expected. Darebin (2.3.15) lost to Port Melbourne (3.5.23) Port Melbourne snapped its losing run with an eight point win over a valiant Darebin. The Falcons pushed the reigning champs hard for most of […]
Q&A: Maddison Albrecht (Calder Cannons)
CALDER Cannons top-ager Maddison Albrecht is a tenacious utility who can play both through the middle and up forward, and impressed as a bottom-ager last year. She averaged 14.9 disposals and 4.9 tackles throughout 14 games, becoming a regular component of the Cannons’ midfield while pumping the ball inside 50 on average 3.5 times per […]
SANFLW earns bragging rights with 16-point win over WAFLW
SOUTH Australia has proved too good for Western Australia in the battle of the women’s state leagues, as the SANFLW withstood a third quarter challenge from the WAFLW to come away with a 16-point win at Optus Stadium yesterday. In an entertaining contest, it looked like being a one-sided blowout at the early stages of […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 5 – Sunday
AFTER the New South Wales Academies played today, the Queensland Academies are set for tomorrow, with both playing away matches for the first time this season. The Suns take on the Dandenong Stingrays as the Lions face the Eastern Ranges, while two other contests take place in Werribee and Ballarat. FORM: Since going down to […]
2024 WAFLW vs SANFLW State Game preview
STATE representative action is back on the menu for a massive footballing rivalry when the WAFLW hosts the SANFLW at Optus Stadium tomorrow. A curtain-raiser for the West Coast-Essendon AFL men’s match, the two sides led by Jack Schwarze and Courtney Cramey respectively are looking to put on a fast, open display in what both […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 5 – Saturday
THREE matches hundreds of kilometres apart is what confronts Coates Talent League Girls spectators tomorrow. Clubs from three states go head-to-head, with the games taking place in Wodonga, Morwell and Blacktown, and feature both New South Wales Academies. FORM: Murray Bushrangers regained some talent last week and put it right up to the undefeated Bendigo […]
