2025 CTLG | Round 11/12 Player of the Week: Cleo Barbakas
DOUBLE bottom-age tall Cleo Barbakas has the height of a ruck but the mobility of a midfielder, and she used both of those elements to produce a massive game in Oakleigh Chargers’ win over the Western Jets. Playing second ruck to Jessica Owen, Barbakas still had 13 hitouts, but finished with 22 disposals, eight clearances, […]
PROFILED | Vic Metro AFLW Under 18s
VIC METRO boasts five AFLW National Academy members, and while one is unavailable for the upcoming national championships, it paves the way for Metro’s depth to be on display. We profile each of the top-age prospects who are in line to don the ‘Big V’. >> FULL SQUAD: Victorian squads announced for 2025 U18 National […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 10
THERE were a couple of tight contests and big wins across Round 10 of the Coates Talent League Girls competition, and we took note of some of the standout players from the weekend. We focused particularly on those players from the Vic Metro trial games or non draft-eligible players. >> ROUND 10: Round wrap | […]
2025 CTLG wrap | Chargers survive again
OAKLEIGH Chargers have remained undefeated in the Coates Talent League Girls competition with a hard-fought come-from-behind win against Dandenong Stingrays in Frankston on Saturday night. The Charges are still the team to beat with three late goals being the difference in an eight-point win, as we recap Round 10 of the league.
AFLW Draft Watch: 10 names to remember for 2026
WHILE the 2025 AFL Women’s Draft crop is taking full shape almost halfway through the year heading into the national championships, we cast a quick eye over 10 bottom-agers to remember ahead of next year’s draft. All should feature at some stage throughout the AFLW Under 18 Championships, and we highlighted these 10 as our […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 8
A FIVE-game round that featured the Swans Academy and Northern Territory is what greeted fans of the Coates Talent League Girls competition. Across Round 8, we took a look at some of the players who caught the eye with all notes the opinion of the individual author. >> ROUND 8: Round wrap | Player of […]
2025 CTLG wrap | Bushies back in business
MURRAY Bushrangers got back on the winner’s list with an impressive victory over Northern Territory, handing the Thunder a second loss in four days. The Coates Talent League Girls competition returned to five matches over Round 8 and we recap how each of them went down.
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 8
ELEVEN teams featured across the extended weekend for Coates Talent League, with 10 of those highlighted in our Round 8 Team of the Week. The side also includes the standalone match between the Sandringham Dragons and Northern Territory to make it a six-game schedule. No side has more than three representatives in n even spread, […]
2025 CTLG | Round 7/8 Player of the Week: Brylee Anderson
BOTTOM-AGE star Brylee Anderson added her name to Rookie Me Central’s list of Coates Talent League Girls’ Players of the Week after a dominant performance in Eastern Ranges’ big win over Calder Cannons. The red-hot Ranges continued their incredible year in search of a third straight grand final by notching up a 93-point victory over […]
PREVIEW | CTLG R8 – Swansong at Warrawee
SYDNEY Swans Academy will finish off its Coates Talent League Girls campaign against the unbeaten reigning back-to-back premiers in Oakleigh Chargers as the AFL-club aligned side is the last of the four on the eastern seaboard to wrap up proceedings. We preview the massive contest and cast our eyes over the other four Round 8 […]
