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PREVIEW | 2024 Coates Talent League Girls: GWV Rebels

GREATER Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels have a couple of twin towers bookmarking their side in 2024, as the country side kicks off its Coates Talent League Girls campaign on Thursday. Also boasting a number of talented midfielders, the Rebels loom as a team to watch, and we spoke to coach Sally Riley about their chances. […]

2023 Talent League Girls team reviews: Country elimination finalists

ANOTHER season is quickly coming to a close in the Coates Talent League Girls and we take a look at how 2023 panned out for each of the 13 sides. In the next of these team reviews articles, we take a look at the two Country-based elimination finals losers, diving into their season, draft prospects […]

The future is now – AFLW Draft pool growing deeper

AS the AFL Women’s and female footballing pathways continues to develop, the overall quality continues to get stronger at a grassroots level. Not only the top-end talent, but also the depth within the draft pool, as players who five years ago would have been walk-up draftees are missing out purely due to the quality on […]

Scouting notes: 2023 Vic Country AFLW U18s trial

IN the second of two Victorian trial games, Vic Country hopefuls strutted their stuff in Werribee to help selectors determine a final squad for the upcoming AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships. Yesterday we covered the Vic Metro trial game. >> SCOUTING NOTES: 2023 VIC METRO AFLW U18s TRIAL VIC COUNTRY RED 0.1 | 0.1 | […]

Scouting Notes: 2023 Talent League Girls – Round 8

A MIXED bag of thrashings and thrillers took place across Round 8 of the Coates Talent League and once again we highlighted a number of players who caught the eye in our latest Talent League Girls scouting notes. All notes are the opinion of the individual author.

2023 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 8 wrap

DANDENONG Stingrays broke Eastern Ranges’ unbeaten record in season 2023, while Gold Coast Suns Academy, Brisbane Lions Academy and Oakleigh Chargers all remained uneaten after Round 8 in the Coates Talent League.

Scouting Notes: 2023 Talent League Girls – Round 7

THE Coates Talent League Girls action returned in Round 7 as the Queensland Northern Academies, along with Northern Territory played their first games. Gippsland Power also picked up their first win over the season in what was ultimately a one-sided round of results. We took note of some of the top performers from their respective […]

2023 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 7 wrap

QUEENSLAND’S two Northern Academy sides entered the Coates Talent League Girls competition and came away with the four points, while Gippsland Power also won their first game on the year. There were mostly one-sided results in Round 7, but plenty of individuals looked the goods in the respective games.

Scouting Notes: 2023 Talent League Girls – Round 4

ROUND 4 of the Coates Talent League Girls competition rolled on over the Easter Weekend, with another six matches taking place. As always we scoured the half dozen games and picked out some of the impressive players from those clashes. All scouting notes are the opinion of the individual writer. >> Coates Talent League Girls […]

2023 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 3 wrap

ALL the metropolitan teams joined the rest of the competition for Round 3 of the Coates Talent League, with some strong wins and terrific outstanding performances. We recap each game and note down our Rookie Me Central Medal votes.

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