2025 CTL Girls: Gippsland Power season preview
FOLLOWING Gippsland Power’s first ever number one AFLW Draft selection in Ash Centra, a new group of young guns are set to hit the Coates Talent League Girls competition. Boosted by four Vic Country hub members including an Under 16s MVP, coach Nathan Boyd said the squad “bats deeper” than in the past. PRESEASON “It’s […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Abby Hobson
GIPPSLAND Power forward Abby Hobson opted for Aussie rules over tennis because of the “team atmosphere”, and now the contested marking talent enters her top-age season as one to watch from the Power as she strives to make the Vic Country side and go on to achieve her ultimate dream of reaching the AFLW. We […]
PROFILED | 2025 Vic Country Girls Hub
A NEW season of Coates Talent League Girls football is less than two months away, and in readiness for the year, we profile the players in the Victorian hubs. Up first is the Vic Country hub, followed by the Vic Metro hub next week. TOP-AGERS: Matilda Argus (Dandenong Stingrays)Midfielder | 166cm | 06/01/2007 After getting […]
AFLW Draft: 25 to Watch in 2025
AS SEEN exclusively in the 2024 AFLW Draft Guide, Rookie Me Central published our 25 Players to Watch in 2025 as the attention turns to next year’s draft. The Gold Coast Suns Academy will be a key talking point next year with as many as half a dozen prospects in the top 30, while athletic […]
2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Gippsland Power
GIPPSLAND Power produced a breakout year as a program, reaching the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls finals series and building a host of future talents along the way to set the side up for the seasons to come. GIPPSLAND POWER RECORD: 6th Overall | 3rd Country | 9-5 | 152%STREAK: WLLWWLWWLWWWWL THE STORY: Gippsland had […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 Coates Talent League Girls – Country Elimination Finals
IN A repeat of last year’s preliminary finalists, Country region sides Dandenong Stingrays and Geelong Falcons advanced through to the final round following wins over Gippsland Power and Tasmania Devils in the Coates Talent League Girls Elimination Finals. We took note of some of the standouts focusing on some of the Draft Combine invites and […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG W1 Finals – Sunday
WRAPPING up the first week of Coates Talent League Girls finals are the four country regions who made the post-season series with Tasmania topping the division, while Dandenong, Gippsland and Geelong all feature as well. FORM: For the second consecutive round, these two sides will face off against one another, and Dandenong Stingrays will be […]
Victorian Under 17 Girls Futures teams announced
IN A historical first, some of the best of next year’s Victorian draft crop will go head-to-head in and Under 17 Girls Futures showcase at La Trobe University, Bundoora tomorrow from 10am. Players from across each of the 12 regions will fill out the two sides, split into Vic Country and Vic Metro outfits. The […]
2024 RM Central Talent League Girls Team of the Year squad released
TWO players have the potential to be named three-time Rookie Me Central Talent League Girls Team of the Year representatives after the 48-player squad was released today. The squad features players from across the 13 talent regions, with ladder leaders Oakleigh Chargers (seven) and second placed Eastern Ranges (six) the clear standout regions. Among the […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 15 – Saturday
FOUR Coates Talent League Girls games take place across the third last round of action on Saturday with matches across metropolitan and country regions, as well as one more on the Apple Isle. We preview tomorrow’s clashes. FORM: Murray came agonisingly close to a win again last round when falling short of a comeback in […]
