2024 AFLW Draft preview: Fremantle Dockers
FREMANTLE made the best of a tough situation in 2024, losing one of the best players in the competition in Kiara Bowers as well as being without important Docker Ange Stannett, and key forward Aine Tighe for the majority of the year. They will all return in 2025, with Fremantle heading into Monday night’s draft […]
2024 AFLW Draft preview: Collingwood Magpies
COLLINGWOOD slumped to its first women’s wooden spoon in club history, and the first by the Magpies’ program since 1999. It was a culmination of injuries and players learning a new system under new coach Sam Wright, with a rebuild underway for the black and whites. >> FREE: View the 2024 AFLW Draft Guide 2024 RECORD: 18th, 1-10, […]
2024 AFLW Draft preview: Brisbane Lions
GRAND Finalists Brisbane will look to find the answer to go back to the premiership dais, having fallen one win short of consecutive AFL Women’s flags. With just the two retirements over the off-season, the Lions have kept the list intact, and shuffled up the draft order by two picks. >> FREE: View the 2024 AFLW Draft […]
Power and Blues most supported of 2024 AFLW Draft crop
PORT Adelaide and Carlton have the highest supporter following of any side from the 70-odd AFLW Draft prospects asked, and not all are from the state those teams reside in. It was a well spread out group, with St Kilda being the only club without a supporter from those asked, while GWS Giants, Hawthorn and […]
Harris, Centra most popular in ‘Dream Spine’ game
NUMBER one pick contenders Havana Harris and Ash Centra headlined the most nominations from their fellow peers in a new game we put to eight fellow AFLW Draft prospects. In ‘Dream Spine’, the eight players were asked to select two defenders, two midfielders, a ruck and two forwards. Eight AFLW Draft prospects: Of the eight […]
TOP 10s | 2024 AFLW National Draft Combine
A SERIES of blistering runs and jaw-dropping jumps headlined the 2024 AFL Women’s National Draft Combine that was held yesterday at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC). After the 2km time trial was completed on Friday, the remainder of the indoor tests – conducted by Rookie Me – took place on Sunday. One of the […]
2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Eastern Ranges
FALLING one win short of ultimate glory for the second successive season, the Eastern Ranges can still be proud of their 2024 Coates Talent League Girls season after taking it up to Oakleigh Chargers and being the clear second best side in the league all year. EASTERN RANGES RECORD: 3rd Overall | 2nd Metro | […]
Déjà vu for Chargers, Tallariti in back-to-back flags
THERE was a serious case of déjà vu at Ikon Park yesterday as Oakleigh Chargers – off the back of some incredible intercept and rebounding work from skipper Sienna Tallariti – proved too good for Eastern Ranges in the Coates Talent League Girls Grand Final. For the second consecutive year Tallariti won best afield medals […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Grand Final
AFTER an incredible season that saw some teams rise and others fall, ultimately 12 months on the saw two sides that contested last year’s Coates Talent League Girls Grand Final are back for a rematch. Oakleigh Chargers lifted the trophy aloft against the Eastern Ranges last season, and have had their measure in season 2024, […]
Execution key to victory for Vickery’s Chargers
REIGNING Coates Talent League Girls premiers Oakleigh Chargers will face a familiar foe on Saturday when they face the side they beat in the grand final 12 months ago, Eastern Ranges. For coach Ty Vickery, the contest will come down to which side can make the most of their opportunities inside 50. “Both teams still […]