
Scouting Notes: 2025 Victorian U18s Girls trials
VICTORIA’s Under 18 AFL Women’s Under 18s Championships selection process began in a more formal manner yesterday with two trial games taking place at La Trobe University in Bundoora. Vic County and Vic Metro split the results in their respective matches as the coaching panels and talent staff of both regions look to finalise their […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 4
ANOTHER busy weekend in the Coates Talent League Girls competition saw three of the four Northern Academies salute again, while Eastern Ranges and Oakleigh Chargers continued on their merry ways. We took note of just some of the players who caught the eye over the weekend, with all notes the opinion of the individual author. […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 4
WINNING sides made up three quarters of our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 4 with 11 of the 14 teams featuring in the team. No club had more than three representatives in an even spread across the weekend, with Geelong Falcons, Eastern Ranges, Oakleigh Chargers and Brisbane Lions Academy all […]

2025 CTL Girls: Geelong Falcons season preview
ALWAYS competitive, Geelong Falcons will run with a very young squad in 2025, with the majority of the team list being bottom-agers or Under 16s talents. The Falcons have less than 20 top-agers in the program for 2025, with Tash Heffernan taking over Mel Hickey‘s role as regional development coach while the latter is on […]

2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Geelong Falcons
GEELONG Falcons came from seventh on the ladder and fourth in the Country pool to reach a preliminary final in the Coates Talent League Girls competition after ousting top-ranked side Tasmania Devils. Though their season was up and down at times, the Falcons showed personal growth throughout the year and have some prospects to keep […]

Scouting Notes: 2024 Coates Talent League Girls – Country Elimination Finals
IN A repeat of last year’s preliminary finalists, Country region sides Dandenong Stingrays and Geelong Falcons advanced through to the final round following wins over Gippsland Power and Tasmania Devils in the Coates Talent League Girls Elimination Finals. We took note of some of the standouts focusing on some of the Draft Combine invites and […]

PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 14 – Saturday
A TRIPLE treat of matches take place across the northern and south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne in the Coates Talent League Girls providing a couple of ripping contests. We preview those three games as the season builds towards its conclusion. FORM: Northern is coming off a hard-fought win in the mud against Murray Bushrangers up at […]

Scouting Notes: 2024 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 11
HALF a dozen Coates Talent League Girls games took place across the weekend, with plenty of impressive individual performances ahead of the national carnival kicking off the following weekend. As always we took note of some of the players who caught the eye, with all notes the opinion of the individual author.

2024 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 11
IN one of the toughest rounds to pick our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week, ladder leaders Oakleigh Chargers boasted a league-high four players, with each of the 12 regions in action represented. Eastern Ranges and Geelong Falcons both had three players apiece in the side, with the other nine teams recording between […]