2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 2 wrap
A FIVE-game fixture played out across the weekend, with Oakleigh Chargers and Eastern Ranges moving to 2-0 for the year, while Gippsland Power and Bendigo Pioneers picked up a win in game one, and Sandringham Dragons bounced back to take home the four points.
PROFILED: 2024 AFLW Academy members
MANY of the top AFL Women’s Draft prospects took centre stage at Ikon Park a week ago to produce a dominant 16.16 (112) to 1.2 (8) victory over the AFLW Under 23 All-Stars. We took note of each player from the Academy who played, with further background on them in this article. Note that Power […]
2024 CTL Girls Player of the Week: Round 2
THERE was no shortage of outstanding individual performances in Round 2 of the Coates Talent League, but one stood above the rest, with that being Gippsland Power’s Ash Centra. The potential pick one fancy had a ridiculous day out against Murray Bushrangers, amassing 47 disposals and booting four goals as the Power crushed the Bushrangers […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 2 – Sunday
A TRIPLE treat of Coates Talent League Girls action takes place on Sunday with four more teams playing their first games of the season. The matches are at Craigieburn, Bendigo and Sandringham with the chance for some to unveil some fresh faces. FORM: Neither of these sides has played yet this season, which means they […]
PREVIEW | 2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Gippsland Power
GIPPSLAND Power have arguably the top player in this year’s AFLW Draft, and certainly from a Victorian standpoint. While pick one contender Ash Centra will bring plenty of eyes on the Power this season, Gippsland coach Nathan Boyd outlined quite a few others who have caught his eye on the training track this preseason. TOP […]
2024 AFLW Academy to clash with U23 All-Stars this weekend
THE top AFL Women’s draft prospects will go head-to-head against their peers in a huge clash at Ikon Park on Saturday. The 2024 AFL Women’s Academy will don the coat of arms against an Under 23 All-Stars team made up of players who are largely considered the next group of future AFLW stars. Among the […]
24 in 2024: AFLW Draft Prospects to Watch
IN EASILY the toughest list to compile from these annual predictions, narrowing down the talent in next year’s AFL Women’s Draft crop is near-on impossible. The initial list of players to include in our 24 AFLW Draft prospects to watch in 2024, had 36 players on it, which meant a lot of unlucky omissions. But […]
Vic Country and Metro Girls’ 2023/24 Summer hubs announced
VICTORIA’s next wave of AFL Women’s draft prospects have been named as part of the Vic Country and Vic Metro Summer training hubs. A total of 44 players – 23 for Country and 21 for Metro – have been named in the squads, with the players set to partake in high performance training camps over […]
2024 AFLW Academy announced
NEXT year’s Super Draft worthy crop of AFL Women’s hopefuls are outlined in the 2024 AFL Women’s Academy. Boasting 26 names – all top-agers once again- Victoria has 11 players, ahead of South Australia (five). Western Australia and Queensland both have three, with NSW/ACT (two) the other multiple represented state. Northern Territory and Tasmania each […]
Howley completes double with Talent League BnF
GEELONG Falcons bottom-ager Sara Howley has added to her growing trophy cabinet by backing up her Rookie Me Central Medal with a Talent League Girls Best and Fairest award. Howley polled 21 votes to take home the award in a tightly contested count. Sharing the lead with Oakleigh Chargers midfielder Abbey Vicino after 10 rounds […]