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PREVIEW | 2024 Coates Talent League: Gippsland Power
GIPPSLAND Power will enter the new Coates Talent League season off a Round 1 bye, but are set to do so with plenty of vigour and a new-look squad boasting high potential. Head coach Rhett McLennan talked us through the season ahead and his region’s top prospects. PRESEASON “It’s been really good. There hasn’t been […]
PREVIEW | VFLW Round 1 – It all begins today
IT has been a long time coming, but finally the VFLW is back. Eight months after Port Melbourne famously claimed its first VFLW title, it is time to do it all again. There has been plenty of change across the league during the offseason, both within the on-field brigade and the off-field one. Across the […]
PREVIEW | 2024 Coates Talent League: Sandringham Dragons
WITH back-to-back premierships in tow, Sandringham Dragons are ominously poised for a Coates Talent League three-peat if their squad depth is anything to go by. Coach Rob Harding was on hand in preseason to take us through the season ahead, and his region’s top prospects. PRESEASON “It’s really exciting with this new group coming in. […]
Glenn grabs new responsibilities with glee
NEW Carlton VFLW coach Glenn Strachan is adding much more to his plate this year, adding the VFLW coaching gig to his already existing role with the club’s AFLW side. He is certainly excited to take on the double role, and the challenges that come with it. “I think the group, ultimately, we’ve brought a […]
Coaching drummer set to become Demon conductor in 2024
THE Casey Demons are one of a number of VFLW sides with a new coach at the helm this season, with Melbourne AFLW assistant Matt Brewer stepping up into the role. However, it was initially not a role he was going to go for. “This is something I probably wasn’t aspiring to be,” he said […]
PREVIEW | 2024 Coates Talent League: Dandenong Stingrays
DANDENONG Stingrays coach Nick Cox is excited by his squad’s potential to produce players who “fit the bill” this year, on top of four outstanding Vic Country talent hub members. The Rays begin their Coates Talent League campaign on Sunday, but before then, see what the head coach had to say about their season ahead. […]
Q&A: Christian Moraes (Eastern Ranges)
EASTERN Ranges midfielder Christian Moraes is being spurred on by team success in 2024, hoping to go one better after helping his side to last year’s Coates Talent League Grand Final. The top-ager produced a sparkling run of form in the back-end of the season to put his name in lights. Now a National Academy […]
Multi talented Matser has not given up on big time return
BOX Hill’s Grace Matser may only be 21 years-old, but has had plenty to put on her football resume. Her home at Box Hill City Oval is a far cry from where it all began from her in the tiny of Korumburra in Victoria’s Gippsland region. When she was first starting out Matser said it […]
Q&A: Lilly Baker (Lions Academy)
AFLW Academy ruck Lilly Baker is one of the most developable talls in this year’s AFLW Draft. Though by her own admissions she has not spent as much time in the code as her peers, she is rapidly improving, having played predominantly through the ruck, but will hone her craft in defence this year. We […]
Mifsud mindful of bigger picture as career progresses
DAREBIN Falcons’ vice-captain Alyssa Mifsud has experienced a lot in her career, but as her career progresses her goals have become simpler in nature. The start to her career was high octane, drafted into the AFL Women’s by Melbourne after one year in the code. When asked what it was like to get drafted, she […]
