
Scouting Notes: 2025 Victorian U18s Girls trials
VICTORIA’s Under 18 AFL Women’s Under 18s Championships selection process began in a more formal manner yesterday with two trial games taking place at La Trobe University in Bundoora. Vic County and Vic Metro split the results in their respective matches as the coaching panels and talent staff of both regions look to finalise their […]

PREVIEW | 2025 Vic Under 18s Girls trials
A STACK of representative hopefuls will take to the field at La Trobe University, Bundoora on Sunday when Vic Metro and Vic Country’s top prospects go head-to-head in a pair of trial games. The two matches will assist Victorian selectors in narrowing down potential lists for next month’s AFLW Under 18 Championships, though names from […]

2025 CTLG RMC MEDAL | Huge performances make voting tough
YET ANOTHER best on ground despite a loss, Calder Cannons’ Chloe Baker-West‘s incredible top-age season rolls on with the star talent’s 41 touches just edging her ahead of Gippsland Power’s Abby Hobson (21 touches, 12 marks and four goals) in best afield honours in what was the toughest voting decision of the weekend. >> SCROLL […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 6
A CURTAIN closed for three of the Northern Academy sides with the GWS Giants, Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns all wrapping up their Coates Talent League Girls stints for 2025. With a jam-packed eight games on the fixture, we took a look at a few of the players who caught the eye across the […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 6
PRODUCTION was at an all-time high in Round 6 of the Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week, with the lowest-disposal onballer having 36 touches and even a 30-disposal performer missing out on the 24-player squad. The competition was high and the spread even, with Eastern Ranges (four players) leading the way in terms […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Giants complete clean sweep
GWS GIANTS Academy wrapped up its four-game Coates Talent League Girls stint as the only Northern Academy to remain undefeated over the past month. In Round 6, the Giants overcame the Western Jets to sit 4-0, with the two Queensland Academies also wrapping up their campaigns across the weekend. We recap how the weekend went […]

PREVIEW | CTLG R5 – Chargers set for Sun-day clash
A MASSIVE weekend of eight games takes place across the Coates Talent League Girls competition, with the four Queensland and New South Wales Academies in action once more. We take a look at the Suns Academy hosting Oakleigh Chargers as our feature game of the weekend.

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 4
ANOTHER busy weekend in the Coates Talent League Girls competition saw three of the four Northern Academies salute again, while Eastern Ranges and Oakleigh Chargers continued on their merry ways. We took note of just some of the players who caught the eye over the weekend, with all notes the opinion of the individual author. […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Ranges roll on by eclipsing Suns
EASTERN Ranges made it three wins from four matches to start the Coates Talent League Girls season with a hard-fought victory over a gallant Gold Coast Suns Academy outfit. The Suns were missing a couple of key stars for the clash, but nonetheless put up a fight throughout the four quarters before Eastern came away […]

2025 CTLG | Round 4 Player of the Week: Ava Deszcz
GIPPSLAND Power bottom-ager Ava Deszcz booted five goals in her side’s impressive 59-point win over Western Jets to earn our Coates Talent League Girls Player of the Week nomination for Round 4. Her five goal haul was second to only the previously nominated Bailee Martin (seven) as she proved a true force inside 50. Deszcz […]