2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Bendigo Pioneers
BENDIGO Pioneers started the year on a massive high winning their first three games, before ending the season with 11 straight losses. Despite the disappointing run of form, similar to the Bushranger, Bendigo has a sparse region to get players together, so when the squad was up and about, the Pioneers showed plenty of potential […]
WINNERS | 2024 Coates Talent League awards night
GIPPSLAND Power has swept the top gongs at this year’s Coates Talent League awards night, taking out best and fairest honours in both the boys and girls competitions. Xavier Lindsay was crowned the Morrish Medal winner, while Ash Centra was named the girls best and fairest player. >> SCROLL to see the full leaderboards Lindsay […]
2024 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 17/Wildcard
IN OUR final Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for 2024, the last round of regular season action and metropolitan wildcard matches resulted in all six winners having between two and three representatives. Dandenong Stingrays, Oakleigh Chargers and first-time winners in 2024, Murray Bushrangers, all had three players in our squad, while the […]
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.
2024 CTL Girls Players of the Week: Round 17 & Wildcard
SUFFERING leather poisoning for yet another week, Murray Bushrangers midfielder Ellie Hall had a dominant day out for her side as she helped steer the Bushies to their first win of the season. The Bushrangers defeated Bendigo Pioneers by 17 points up at Queen Elizabeth Oval, ensuring they finished the season on a high. Hall […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 17 – Saturday
THE final three matches of the regular season for the Coates Talent League Girls country sides takes place tomorrow with three of the four finals-bound sides in action. Tasmania Devils has the bye and has finished on top of the Country pool. FORM: These two sides will face off two weeks in a row, with […]
2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 16 wrap
IN the penultimate round of Coates Talent League Girls action, the metropolitan teams and Tasmania Devils closed out their regular seasons across the board, while the country sides have another chance next week. We recap how Round 16 went down and some of the better performers.
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 16 – Saturday
A DOUBLE-header switched from the Sunday to tomorrow means there is no shortage of footballing action in place for the Coates Talent League Girls. Heading into the penultimate Round 16, there are all-metropolitan battles and all-Country battles, with though most are tipped to be fairly one-sided based on past results. FORM: Calder Cannons return to […]
REVIEW | 2024 AFLW U18s: Vic Country
AS each AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships state completes its national carnival, we take a look at how the three-game carnival went, some of the impressive players, and those to keep an eye on next year. Up next is Vic Country, who started strongly in each game before fading off in the second halves, but […]
Scouting notes: 2024 AFLW U18s – Vic Country vs. Western Australia
A DOMINANT first 41 minutes saw Vic Country pile on 9.2 (56) to 0.0 (0) against Western Australia to set up their first win of the AFLW Under 18 Championships. While the Sandgropers fought back valiantly, it was too little, too late, as the home side got up by 32 points. We took note of […]