PROFILED | 2023 AFLW Under 18s MVPs
ALL six Most Valuable Players (MVPs) at the AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships have been crowned, with two top-agers, three bottom-agers and one double bottom-ager among the winners. The MVPs of each state are awarded by the coaching and talent staff as to the best player across the national carnival. The array of recipients exemplifies […]
AFLW U18s Player Focus: Kiera Whiley (Vic Metro)
WESTERN Jets skipper and AFLW Academy member Kiera Whiley is a good all-round player who can be a natural contested ball-winner, or slot onto a flank or a wing when required. In Vic Metro’s victory over Vic Country, Whiley almost exclusively played inside midfield, where she ran at an elite 80 per cent in both […]
Scouting Notes: 2023 Talent League Girls – Round 15
JUST four games were on the Coates Talent League Girls agenda, including a top five battle and a bottom two clash. We took note of some of the standout players, focusing on those from the Victorian trials, or non draft-eligible players. All notes are the opinion of the individual author.
2023 Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week: Round 15
TOP four sides Dandenong Stingrays and Eastern Ranges combined for 10 of the 24 players in our Rookie Me Central Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 15. The other winners – Western Jets and Tasmania Devils – as well as Calder Cannons all had three, with the remaining three losers – […]
2023 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 15 wrap
FOUR games of Coates Talent League Girls action took place in Round 15, as top four sides Eastern Ranges and Dandenong Stingrays both won, as did Western Jets who leapfrogged Bendigo Pioneers. We recap who shone and handed out our Rookie Me Central Medal votes.
2023 Talent League Girls Player Of The Week: Round 13
CALDER Cannons have gone back-to-back in the Rookie Me Central 2023 Talent League Girls Player of the Week nominations. After Chloe Baker-West was nominated last week, her teammate Maddison Albrecht was given the honours in Round 13 after the pair put Bendigo Pioneers to the sword in a win up in Mildura. Baker-West and Albrecht […]
AFLW U18s Surprise Packets: Allies vs. Vic Metro
IN the first AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships match for both sides, Vic Metro took home the chocolates against Allies, posting a 19-point win at Brighton Homes Arena in Springfield. The ‘Big V’ overcame early resistance to set up the victory, in readiness to face-off against South Australia next weekend in Werribee. In this article, […]
Scouting notes: 2023 AFLW U18s – Allies vs. Vic Metro
VIC Metro shook off a determined Allies side by 19 points to win its first 2023 AFLW Under 18 Championships match at Springfield yesterday. There were plenty of impressive individual performances in the match and we highlighted a few who caught the eye.
Five star McDonald stars as Metro down Allies
VIC METRO forward Emma McDonald has starred with five goals to help steer her side to a 19-point win over the Allies in the AFLW Under 18 National Championships. The Oakleigh Chargers product helped the travelling side kick away in the second half, to notch a key first up win at Brighton Homes Arena. The […]
Howley extends RMC Medal lead
THERE might be six rounds left in the 2023 Coates Talent League Girls season, but Geelong Falcons bottom-ager Sara Howley has already built a double-digit lead in the Rookie Me Central Medal. Picking up yet another five-vote performance in Geelong’s win over Tasmania Devils on the weekend, Howley moved to a mammoth 11 votes clear […]
