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 […]
PREVIEW | CTLG R3 – Suns welcome red-hot Rays
A TANTALISING matchup for only Round 3, the highly talented Gold Coast Suns Academy – which went undefeated last season including knocking off eventual Coates Talent League Girls premier Oakleigh – will take on the in-form Dandenong Stingrays on the Gold Coast.
PREVIEW | CTLG: Northern Academies
AS THE Coates Talent League Girls competition returns for Round 3 over the long weekend, the league welcomes four of the five Northern Academies for their first taste of action in the southern competition. Both Queensland Academies (Gold Coast Suns and Brisbane Lions) and New South Wales Academies (GWS Giants and Sydney Swans) begin their […]
PREVIEW | 2025 AFLW Academy vs. All-Stars
THE BEST of the 2025 AFL Women’s draft class will be on full display this Sunday when the AFL Women’s Academy has its biannual match against the All-Stars. The Academy won both matches last year, the first being a thrashing against a combination Victorian and Allies side, before a much tighter contest facing the best […]
Sharks feast in 219-point QAFLW shellacking
SOUTHPORT has smashed all sorts of records in a phenomenal Round 1 performance to open the Sharks’ QAFL Women’s flag defence over the weekend. The Sharks produced a mindboggling 32.27 (219) to 0.0 (0) victory over Yeronga South Brisbane to send an ominous message to the rest of the competition. While Yeronga South Brisbane is […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Ava Usher
TOUTED as the number one prospect in the 2025 AFLW Draft, Queensland’s Ava Usher has had to watch on the past 12 months as she overcame an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear that put a line through her bottom-age season. Now back in action and closing in on a return to the game that she […]
Mackereth loving footy, family and friends
ONE OF the most talented prospects in this year’s draft, and certainly one of, if not the most outgoing one, Glenelg‘s Eloise Mackereth is a player who just loves everything about her football. The South Australian thrives in the forward 50 as well as she does in the social circles, and while she is composed […]
Coates Talent League Girls: Must-watch fixtures in 2025
THE 2025 Coates Talent League fixtures were announced last week, with an 18-round girls regular season set to commence on the weekend of April 5-6. There are plenty of landmark events between then and the Grand Final, slated for September 20-21. We highlight some of the must-watch fixtures. >> ANNOUNCEMENT: 2025 Coates Talent League fixtures […]
Crane learns “resilience”, prepares for return
WEST Australian talent Olivia Crane found out the hard way the importance of resilience when it comes to football, when the top-age AFLW Draft prospect tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in a practice match just under 12 months ago. The Subiaco prospect spent the year learning more about what goes on behind the scenes […]
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 […]
