2026 Talent League Girls R9 notes: Bendigo Pioneers vs. Calder Cannons
CALDER Cannons produced a convincing win over Bendigo Pioneers at Queen Elizabeth Oval on the weekend as a number of top and bottom-age prospects impressed across the board. The usual suspects battled hard for the Pioneers, but ultimately the depth of the Cannons’ outfit proved too much, coming away with a 15.12 (102) to 1.3 […]
TLG R9: Top 4 fancies battle it out in early finals preview
AS THE Northern Academies have now wrapped up their stints in the Talent League Girls competition, the 13 full-time teams recommence in a series of smaller rounds leading up to and through the national carnival as part of an extended regular season. Returning for Round 9 are the top four teams from those sides, with […]
2026 TLG Round 2: Country games notes
A TRIPLE treat in Bendigo was just what the fans were after as the six Victorian country sides descended on Queen Elizabeth Oval last weekend. Across a full day of action on Sunday, Gippsland Power, Murray Bushrangers and Dandenong Stingrays all came away with four points having defeated their respective opponents. We took note of […]
2025 RMC Medal Final Leaderboard: Bown crowned winner
OAKLEIGH Chargers’ dynamo Chloe Bown has held on in one of the best Rookie Me Central Medal finishes of all-time to claim the gong and add to her ever-growing cabinet of accolades in 2025. Bown took the lead off Chloe Baker-West in Round 15, and then despite being relatively contained in the final round, managed […]
2025 RM Central Talent League Girls Team of the Year squad released
FOLLOWING the release of our Coates Talent League Boys Team of the Year, the 2025 Rookie Me Central Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Year squad has been released today. Featuring 48 players from across the 13 regions, the final 24-strong side will be named later in the week. Among those nominated are Victorian […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 18
THE REGULAR Coates Talent League Girls season is over with eight teams advancing through to the finals series. We took a look across the last six matches prior to the post-season action with plenty of players putting in big individual performances. >> ROUND 18: Round wrap | Player of the Week | Team of the […]
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 18
A DOMINANT performance from Dandenong Stingrays rewarded the top seeded country side with four representatives in our last Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 18. The Stingrays lead the lead in that regard, with fellow winners Bendigo Pioneers, Eastern Ranges and Northern Knights picking up a trio of talents, with 11 […]
2025 CTLG wrap | Regular season concludes
THE FINAL round of the Coates Talent League Girls season has been run and done with some strong finishes to the year from clubs not in the finals, while some finals-bound teams made their presence felt.
2025 CTLG | Round 18 Player of the Week: Scarlett Johnson
AN INCREDIBLE all-round performance from first round talent Scarlett Johnson earned the Northern Knights utility our final Rookie Me Central Player of the Week. In a match-winning performance, Johnson was the difference between her side and the Calder Cannons, with Northern breaking a run of unlucky results to get up by 17 points, 9.7 (61) […]
2025 CTLG wrap | Penultimate round complete
THE PENULTIMATE round of the Coates Talent League Girls season wrapped up over the weekend, with Tasmania Devils the first side to complete its 2025 campaign. They finished on a high, while there were a number of tight contests across the board in Round 17.