PREVIEW | 2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Calder Cannons
CALDER Cannons are coming off an exciting 2023 where they essentially had three players picked early – a pre-listed Amy Gaylor and two first rounders in Kayley Kavanagh and Sarah Grunden – and now look to 2024 to see the next group of talents. We spoke with Calder Cannons coach Ross Smith at the recent […]
TOP 5s | 2024 Preseason Testing – Coates Talent League Girls
OAKLEIGH Chargers top-ager Sarah Poustie smashed the previous Coates League Talent Girls yo-yo test record on the weekend, finishing with a mind-blowing level of 18.03. The record surpassed anything before it at the event, and also topped the 18.01 achievement set by Nina Morrison at the 2018 AFL Women’s Draft Combine. Poustie, who actually held […]
2023 Talent League Girls team reviews: Metro elimination 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 next of these team reviews articles, we take a look at the two Metropolitan-based elimination finals losers, diving into their season, draft prospects […]
2023 RM Central Talent League Girls Team of the Year squad released
OUR 2023 Rookie Me Central Talent League Girls Team of the Year squad has been released with 48 players named in the initial squad. Of the 48 players, the list will be cut down to 24 ahead of the Talent League Girls Grand Final. The squad features players who played a minimum of seven matches […]
Scouting Notes: 2023 Talent League Girls – Round 16
COATES Talent League Girls action returned on the weekend with six games taking place across the penultimate round of action. As always we took note of some of the top performers, focusing in on state representatives and bottom-age players at this point in the season.
2023 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 16 wrap
A FULL complement of Coates Talent League Girls matches returned over the weekend with six games taking place in the penultimate round. Only Murray Bushrangers had the bye, and some of those top-age players suited up with the Bendigo Pioneers, as teams jostled towards finals spots.
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.
Scouting Notes: 2023 Talent League Girls – Round 13
A MIXED bag of results across the weekend saw some Vic Metro and Allies players filter back into their respective Coates Talent League Girls sides, and the Country teams at full strength. We took note of some of the standout players, focusing on those from the Victorian trials, or non draft-eligible players. All notes are […]