2024 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 5
ALL SEVEN Coates Talent League Girls winning teams on the weekend recorded multiple representatives in our Round 5 Team of the Week, an even contribution across the board. Of the 24 players, the victors shared in 17 of the 24 players, with two losing sides also featuring two players in this week’s side. It was […]
2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 5 wrap
BOTH Queensland Northern Academies picked up wins in Round 5 of the Coates Talent League Girls competition, while the Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels got on the board in the 2024 season. We recap the key standouts from across the seven matches.
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 5 – Saturday
THREE matches hundreds of kilometres apart is what confronts Coates Talent League Girls spectators tomorrow. Clubs from three states go head-to-head, with the games taking place in Wodonga, Morwell and Blacktown, and feature both New South Wales Academies. FORM: Murray Bushrangers regained some talent last week and put it right up to the undefeated Bendigo […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 4 – Sunday
A FULL four-game fixture takes place tomorrow to complete a massive seven-game weekend in the Coates Talent League Girls competition, We preview the four games, which include the Brisbane Lions Academy entering for the first time. FORM: Brisbane Lions Academy enters the Coates Talent League Girls for the first time tomorrow, though the Lions are […]
PREVIEW | 2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Murray Bushrangers
MURRAY Bushrangers have a sister-of as one of two Vic Country hub members, while building a strong group of bottom-age and double bottom-agers for the future. We spoke to Bushrangers’ coach Emma Mackie at the Preseason Testing Day about her list and the players to watch. TOP PROSPECTS Holly Egan (Utility)01/07/2006 | 176cm A developable […]
24 in 2024: AFLW Draft Prospects to Watch
IN EASILY the toughest list to compile from these annual predictions, narrowing down the talent in next year’s AFL Women’s Draft crop is near-on impossible. The initial list of players to include in our 24 AFLW Draft prospects to watch in 2024, had 36 players on it, which meant a lot of unlucky omissions. But […]
2023 Talent League Girls team reviews: Country non-finalists
ANOTHER season is quickly coming to a close in the Coates Talent League Girls and we take a look at how 2023 panned out for each of the 13 sides. In the first team reviews article, we take a look at the three Country-based non-finalists, diving into their season, draft prospects and some names to […]
The future is now – AFLW Draft pool growing deeper
AS the AFL Women’s and female footballing pathways continues to develop, the overall quality continues to get stronger at a grassroots level. Not only the top-end talent, but also the depth within the draft pool, as players who five years ago would have been walk-up draftees are missing out purely due to the quality on […]
Scouting Notes: 2023 Talent League Girls – Round 13
A MIXED bag of results across the weekend saw some Vic Metro and Allies players filter back into their respective Coates Talent League Girls sides, and the Country teams at full strength. We took note of some of the standout players, focusing on those from the Victorian trials, or non draft-eligible players. All notes are […]
2023 Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week: Round 13
DANDENONG Stingrays lead all-comers in our Rookie Me Central Talent League Girls Team of the Week in Round 13, with four representatives following their win over Sandringham Dragons. Each of the Talent League Girls winners had multiple representatives, while the six losing sides combined for a total of four players each. This week’s captain is […]
