
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 3
A SERIES of massive wins and introduction of the Northern Academies saw the Round 3 Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week representatives spread out across 11 teams and five states or territories. The Queensland and NSW-ACT Academies made up 10 of the 24 players, while a further three Victorian sides – Dandenong Stingrays, […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Swans shine to down Devils
SYDNEY Swans Academy has kick-started its Coates Talent League Girls campaign off on the right note with a commanding 41-point win over Tasmania Devils at Blacktown International Sportspark on Anzac Day. We recap that game and the other six fixture in our Round 3 wrap.

AFLW Draft Q&A: Kiera Yerbury
SYDNEY Swans Academy midfielder Kiera Yerbury is a tall and athletic ball-winner who is strong at the contest and competitive around the ground. Capable of drifting forward and impacting up there, Yerbury had an impressive first-up against in Sydney’s victory over Tasmania Devils on Anzac Day. We spoke to Yerbury at the Swans’ Preseason Testing […]

PREVIEW | CTLG Anzac Day – Devils and Swans’ face off
FIVE fresh sides enter the Coates Talent League Girls competition in Round 3 with Tasmania Devils coming off an extended break, and the four Queensland and New South Wales Academies. In this specific article we take a look at the Anzac Day clash between the Devils and Sydney Swans Academy. A secondary preview will look […]

PREVIEW | CTLG: Northern Academies
AS THE Coates Talent League Girls competition returns for Round 3 over the long weekend, the league welcomes four of the five Northern Academies for their first taste of action in the southern competition. Both Queensland Academies (Gold Coast Suns and Brisbane Lions) and New South Wales Academies (GWS Giants and Sydney Swans) begin their […]

2025 U22 Summer Series recap: Giants & Swans
SYDNEY Swans Academy has claimed the NSW/ACT Women’s Under 22 Summer Series last weekend after remaining undefeated across their three matches. Coming into the ultimate decider against the Giants Academy after both sides accounted for AFL Sydney and AFL Canberra’s Under 22s, it was the red and white that rolled the orange team by seven […]

2025 NSW/ACT Summer Series Round 1 Scouting notes: Swans Academy
A DOMINANT triple-digit win in favour of the Sydney Swans Academy saw the red and white side flex their muscles in the NSW-ACT Under 22 Women’s Summer Series over the weekend. While the Giants Academy came away with a 26-point win over AFL Sydney’s Under 22s, the Swans Academy stormed to a remarkable 19.12 (126) […]

2025 NSW/ACT Under 22 Summer Series preview
A QUADRUPLE header at Margaret Donoghe Sports Complex takes place tomorrow as the 2025 NSW/ACT Under 22 Summer Series gets underway. The competition serves as a perfect lead-up event for the Swans and Giants Academies ahead of their Coates Talent League seasons in the respective boys and girls competitions. In the first round-robin of matches, […]

Wolves and Students cause AFL Sydney upsets
FOOTBALL does not get much better than the incredible drama and rollercoaster rides of the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division finals from the weekend. With just four teams remaining, a couple of upsets occured, with back-to-back premiers East Coast Eagles forced into the preliminary final, and third placed Parramatta bundled out in straight sets as […]

2024 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier preview: Finals Week 1
TWO entertaining finals are set across both weekend days in the opening round of the post-season series for AFL Sydney’s Women’s Premier Division. The winner of Manly and Parramatta goes on to face East Coast for a spot in the decider, while there is no turning back for the loser of North Shore and Sydney […]