2025 CTLG wrap | Ranges roll on by eclipsing Suns
EASTERN Ranges made it three wins from four matches to start the Coates Talent League Girls season with a hard-fought victory over a gallant Gold Coast Suns Academy outfit. The Suns were missing a couple of key stars for the clash, but nonetheless put up a fight throughout the four quarters before Eastern came away […]
2025 CTL Girls Player Focus: Marlo Graham (Northern Knights)
A CLEVER and hard-running midfielder-forward, Marlo Graham has a well-balanced game that has gone to another level in 2025. The top-age talent captained one of the Under 17 Futures sides at GMHBA Stadium last season and has not put a foot wrong as one of the vice-captains of the Northern Knights. Graham was at her […]
2025 CTLG | Round 4 Player of the Week: Ava Deszcz
GIPPSLAND Power bottom-ager Ava Deszcz booted five goals in her side’s impressive 59-point win over Western Jets to earn our Coates Talent League Girls Player of the Week nomination for Round 4. Her five goal haul was second to only the previously nominated Bailee Martin (seven) as she proved a true force inside 50. Deszcz […]
PREVIEW | CTLG R4 – Devils return home
TASMANIA Devils will look to bounce back after their first game loss to Sydney Swans Academy when they welcome the Brisbane Lions Academy tomorrow morning in the first game of the Coates Talent League Girls Round 4.
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 3
AN EXTENDED weekend of Coates Talent League action saw four Northern Academy sides join the competition, with three coming away victorious. We took note of some of the players who caught the eye across the eight Round 3 matches kicking off with a standalone Anzac Day clash. >> ROUND 3: Round wrap | Player of […]
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 | Round 3 Player of the Week: Jovie Skewes-Clinton
GREATER Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels went back-to-back in our Coates Talent League Girls Player of the Week for Round 3 with top-age utility Jovie Skewes-Clinton slamming home five second half goals to steer the Rebels to victory against Calder Cannons. Skewes-Clinton finished with 24 disposals, four marks, four tackles, two clearances, five inside 50s and […]
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.
PREVIEW | CTLG R3 – Suns welcome red-hot Rays
A TANTALISING matchup for only Round 3, the highly talented Gold Coast Suns Academy – which went undefeated last season including knocking off eventual Coates Talent League Girls premier Oakleigh – will take on the in-form Dandenong Stingrays on the Gold Coast.
PREVIEW | CTLG R2 – Grand Final rematch beckons
JUST two venues play host to Coates Talent League Girls action this weekend, with a triple-header at Epsom Huntly Reserve on Saturday, and three games across two days at Highgate Recreation Reserve. Our highlighted match to preview is the grand final rematch between Oakleigh Chargers and Eastern Ranges.
