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Dees, Roos divide amongst AFLW Draft hopes

A WHOPPING 83 per cent of the National AFLW Draft Combine invitees suggest the AFL Women’s flag is a two-horse race. As part of the Draft Combine week, Rookie Me Central spoke to all 47 available players at the MCG with a series of questions to get a consensus on a number of topics. >>> […]

2026 CTLG Team Review: Eastern Ranges

EASTERN Ranges fell a win short of going to the last day of the season for the fourth straight year, bowing out in the preliminary final to eventual champions, Dandenong Stingrays. The Ranges have no shortage of talent across multiple years and will be a side that features heavily early on in December’s draft. SEASON […]

2026 Talent League Girls Team of the Year

FEATURING all 13 regions, the AFL announced the 2026 Talent League Girls Team of the Year yesterday. The Team of the Year takes into consideration a player’s entire season, including performances through the Talent League, AFL National Championships, VFLW matches and any other matches through the talent pathway such as the National Academy showcase games. […]

2026 Talent League Girls PF notes: Dandenong Stingrays vs. Eastern Ranges

A GRAND final rematch that lived up to all expectations, unbeaten Dandenong Stingrays sought revenge on reigning premiers Eastern Ranges by coming away with an impressive 21-point win at Shepley Oval. The Stingrays advanced through to the grand final in just under a fortnight’s time thanks to a blistering 4.4 to 0.2 first term, leading […]

Talent League Girls QF notes: Eastern Ranges vs. Calder Cannons

FIVE goals to one in the third term ultimately separated the Eastern Ranges from the Calder Cannons in what was an otherwise tight contest at Shepley Oval on Saturday. Across the other three quarters, the Ranges kicked 4.12 to 3.6, but it was the 5.1 to 1.2 premiership term that separated the sides during the […]

Talent League Girls R21 notes: Eastern Ranges vs. Oakleigh Chargers

EASTERN Ranges produced arguably their best performance of the season with a dominant 57-point win over an Oakleigh Chargers outfit that granted was missing a number of key players around the ball. The Ranges won 12.5 (77) to 3.2 (20) and look on a crash course with Dandenong in the preliminary finals, while the Chargers […]

2026 Talent League Girls R20 notes: Northern Knights vs. Eastern Ranges

REIGNING premiers Eastern Ranges locked in a finals berth with a comprehensive 66-point win over Northern Knights at Preston City Oval on Saturday. The Ranges conceded the first goal of the game, then piled on 12 of the last 13 majors to run out 12.11 (83) to 2.5 (17) victors in Round 20. We took […]

2026 Talent League Girls R19 notes: Western Jets vs. Eastern Ranges

IN ONE of the Talent League Girls games of the season, Western Jets stunned reigning premiers Eastern Ranges by a point in a thriller at Avalon Airport Oval. In the first game of a double-header with the respective boys regions, the Jets girls lead by as much as 21 points six minutes into the fourth […]

2026 Talent League Girls R18 notes: Calder Cannons vs. Eastern Ranges

EASTERN Ranges came back from a quarter time deficit and only a 15-point lead at the final change to pile on four unanswered fourth quarter majors and blow the full-time margin against Calder Cannons out to 41 points. A tight battle for the most part at Highgate Recreation Reserve, the Ranges kicked eight goals to […]

2026 Talent League Girls R17 notes: Bendigo Pioneers vs. Eastern Ranges

DESPITE conceding the first goal and trailing at quarter time, the Eastern Ranges’ class shone through at Queen Elizabeth Oval, booting 12 goals to nil after the first break to defeat Bendigo Pioneers by 66 points in Round 17 of the Talent League Girls competition. We took note of some of the players who caught […]

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