The race for Pick 1: 2023 AFLW Draft
WESTERN Bulldogs currently holds the top pick in this year’s AFL Women’s Draft after a season the red, white and blue would rather forget. Given the fast turnaround between the season end – which concludes next weekend – and the off-season, the Bulldogs fans will not have long to wait to see which player they […]
Cooper crushes Combine to be top ranked athlete
SYDNEY Swans Academy top-ager Holly Cooper was statistically the top athlete at the AFLW Draft Combine, scoring a near-perfect performance across the indoor athletic tests. Of the 70 athletes who tested, Cooper scored an 95 physical performance rating (PPR), to be the top ranked talent across the board for the jumps, sprint and agility testing. […]
TOP 10s | 2023 AFLW Draft Combines
A NEW two-kilometre time trial record and a host of top five all-time finishes marked a successful AFLW Draft Combine period that saw this year’s top draft prospects put to the test. Dandenong Stingrays runner Mikayla Williamson blitzed the field in the 2km time trial at the AIA Centre recently, clocking up a record time […]
Ones to Watch: AFLW Draft Combine – Victoria & Tasmania
VICTORIA and Tasmania’s top AFLW Draft hopes will be put to the test at the weekend’s Draft Combine. Taking place at Margaret Court Arena on Sunday, players will be put through their paces in a series of tests hosted by the AFL and facilitated by Rookie Me. The tests include vertical jump – both standing […]
2023 Talent League Girls team reviews: Metro 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 second of these team reviews articles, we take a look at the two Metropolitan-based non-finalists, diving into their season, draft prospects and some […]
Scouting Notes: 2023 Talent League Girls – Round 17
THE Coates Talent League Girls wrapped up on the weekend with six games taking place in Round 17 with a number of outstanding individual performers. Though teams were missing top-end bottom-age talent due to the Under 17 Futures match, others stepped up in their place. As always we took note of some of the top […]
Talent League Girls Round 17 preview: Eastern Ranges vs Oakleigh Chargers
A TOP two battle takes place at Kilsyth Recreation Reserve on Sunday, with the winner to secure the minor premiership. Though both are locked into finals series and will face either Northern Knights or Calder Cannons in the first week of finals, the result will determine which sides gets pole position. AROUND THE GROUNDS Western […]
Talent League Girls Round 16 preview: Calder Cannons vs. Geelong Falcons
AFTER a month-long break, the Coates Talent League Girls are back in action this weekend, with the penultimate round of the season producing a six-game fixture. That includes a Sunday double-header at Warrawee Park, while the remaining matches are scattered between tonight and Sunday across the state. Today’s feature match is between the Calder Cannons […]
Scouting notes: AFLW U18s – Vic Country vs. Vic Metro
VIC METRO won the bragging rights in the all-Victorian battle at Trevor Barker Beach Oval, defeating Vic Country by 16 points. There were plenty of individual standouts in the match, with Metro kicking away in the third term to take the win. As always, we noted down a handful of the eye-catchers from both sides […]
Metro earns AFLW U18s bragging rights over Country
VIC Metro welcomed back a number of top talents from injury and earned bragging rights against their Country rivals, getting up by 16 points at Trevor Barker Beach Oval today. Despite Country leading at quarter time, Metro made more of their chances in the second half to kick four of the first five goals after […]
