2025 CTLG | Round 1 Player of the Week: Bailee Martin
AN EQUAL record-breaking haul of nine goals made Oakleigh Chargers bottom-ager Bailee Martin an easy choice for the Rookie Me Central Coates Talent League Girls Player of the Week for Round 1. Martin booted 9.2 to share the all-time individual goals in a game record with teammate Amelie Gladman, who coincidentally kicked the only other […]
2025 CTLG wrap | Stingrays’ ominous start
DANDENONG Stingrays have produced a dominant final three quarters to run out 109-point victors over Gippsland Power in a wind-swept Morwell yesterday. The Stingrays were already considered a Coates Talent League Girls title contender – arguably the pick of the country teams – and their Round 1 performance did not sway anyone from that train […]
PREVIEW | CTLG R1 – Bushies and Pios open season
ROUND 1 of the Coates Talent League Girls competition finally kicks off tomorrow and we take an in-depth look at the the battle of the north between Murray Bushrangers and Bendigo Pioneers in Wangaratta. That is not all though, with plenty of intriguing contests taking place across the state.
2025 CTL Girls: Calder Cannons season preview
SHARING the head coach role with Ross Smith in 2025, Nicola Tenabel has stepped up from the assistant position and is excited about what the new season holds for the Calder Cannons. We caught up with Tenabel at the recent Preseason Testing Day to hear how the club is shaping up ahead of Round 1. […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Chloe Baker-West
HIGH volume dynamo Chloe Baker-West is ready to go in 2025 after injury interruptions curtailed her bottom-age season. She showed prior to injury that she is more than capable of matching it with the best of her peers, and has an incredible CV that includes two Under 16s Vic Metro MVPs along the way. A […]
PROFILED | 2025 Vic Metro Girls Hub
A NEW season of Coates Talent League Girls football is less than two months away, and in readiness for the year, we profile the players in the Victorian hubs. We conclude with the Vic Metro summer squad after covering the Vic Country hub last week. >> PROFILED | 2025 Vic Country Girls Hub TOP-AGERS: Jordyn […]
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 […]
2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Calder Cannons
IMPACTED by both injury and school football to some of its top-end talents, Calder Cannons had to rely on some fresh faces in the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls season off the back of two players – Kayley Kavanagh and Sarah Grunden – getting drafted in the first round of last year’s AFLW Draft. CALDER […]
2024 AFLW U17s Futures teams named
THE two sides that will face off as part of Saturday’s Under 17 Futures talent showcase match were named by the AFL today. The 2024 National Futures Girls match will take place at GMHBA Stadium from 4pm tomorrow as a curtain-raiser to the AFL Women’s night game between Geelong and Melbourne, and will don the […]
Under 17s Futures squad plays AFLW curtain-raiser
NEXT year’s brightest AFLW Draft prospects will head to GMHBA Stadium on August 31 to play a showcase match as part of a curtain-raiser for the opening round of AFL Women’s action. A total of 49 players were selected from across the country to take part in the AFL National Futures program, with the match […]
