Talent League Girls Round 9 preview: Oakleigh Chargers vs Gold Coast Suns Academy
A MASSIVE clash between the two most impressive sides thus far takes place, with the unbeaten Oakleigh Chargers taking on a Gold Coast Suns Academy who cruised to back-to-back wins the past fortnight. The two Queensland Academies and Northern Territory remain in play as part of an eight-game fixture over the weekend. AROUND THE GROUNDS […]
Talent League Player Focus: Lou Painter (Bendigo Pioneers)
TOUTED as one of the top prospects for next year’s AFL Women’s Draft, Bendigo Pioneers’ Lou Painter had herself another huge game on the weekend. Representing the Pioneers against Northern Territory Academy, Painter was best on ground in the home side’s win at a wet Highgate Recreation Reserve. The Pioneers were on the back foot […]
Talent League Girls Round 8 preview: Bendigo Pioneers vs Northern Territory Academy
NORTHERN Territory will join the two Queensland Academies once again in action for Round 8 of the Coates Talent League, with the Suns and Lions Academies back at home. The Thunder will travel to Craigieburn to face the Bendigo Pioneers in our featured preview, wile the metropolitan teams return in a massive eight-game card this […]
Talent League Girls Round 7 preview: GWV Rebels vs Gold Coast Suns Academy
QUEENSLAND’S two Northern Academies enter the fray this week in the Coates Talent League Girls competition, as does the Northern Territory, while the Swans Academy returns after playing the first couple of weeks. We preview the massive clash between the Gold Coast Suns Academy and Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels at Ikon Park, as the […]
2023 AFLW Draft Power Rankings teaser
ONLY two weeks remain until the first AFL Women’s Draft Power Rankings are released on Monday, June 5, but the rankings are already beginning to take shape. In this teaser article, we take a look at what might have been decided, and what is still up in the air ahead of the year’s first drop. […]
Stone and Lang lead RMC Medal
EASTERN Ranges midfielder Laura Stone and GWV Rebels defender Millie Lang are tied at the top of the Rookie Me Central Medal leaderboard after six rounds of Coates Talent League Girls action. In a competitive start to the season, 12 players have already reached double-figure votes, with 87 players earning a vote at some point […]
Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 5: Nothing is for certain
IT is one month down in the VFL Women’s competition, and with 10 weeks left in the regular season nothing is for certain. In a rare Friday night clash, Port Melbourne play host to Box Hill under the lights in Port Melbourne. Box Hill come into this clash after having suffered its first loss of […]
2023 Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week: Round 4
EASTERN Ranges lead the way in our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 4 with a fitting four nominations this week. The Ranges are ahead of fellow big winners, Dandenong Stingrays, Calder Cannons and Tasmania Devils who managed three, while Oakleigh Chargers, Geelong Falcons and GWV Rebels all picked up the […]
Scouting Notes: 2023 Talent League Girls – Round 4
ROUND 4 of the Coates Talent League Girls competition rolled on over the Easter Weekend, with another six matches taking place. As always we scoured the half dozen games and picked out some of the impressive players from those clashes. All scouting notes are the opinion of the individual writer. >> Coates Talent League Girls […]
2023 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 4 wrap
AN Easter weekend special saw the six Coates Talent League Girls matches played across Thursday to Saturday, and the top teams emerging from the results. Eastern Ranges, Calder Cannons and Oakleigh Chargers were all outstanding in picking up back-to-back wins, while Tasmania Devils collected their third win of the season to go outright top of […]