PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 1 – Saturday
TWO games take place on Saturday as the metropolitan teams enter the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls season. Starting off at Highgate Recreation Reserve in the morning, play then continues at RSA Park, with all four sides missing some key players due to the AFLW Academy and Under 23s match. LAST SEASON: Both the Calder […]
PREVIEW | 2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Eastern Ranges
FILLING the shoes of outgoing coach and new Oakleigh Chargers’ boys mentor Ash Close, Jarrad Donders will take up the head coach mantle at Eastern Ranges with the side coming off a grand final appearance last season. Eastern is brimming with talent, and Donders is excited about plenty of prospects in the side. TOP PROSPECTS […]
2023 Talent League Girls team reviews: Grand Finalists
ANOTHER season has come 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 preliminary finals losers, diving into their season, draft prospects and some […]
2023 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 10 wrap
OAKLEIGH Chargers retained its place at the top of the Coates Talent League Girls ladder by defeating second placed Eastern Ranges, as Northern Knights, Tasmania Devils and Sandringham Dragons also picked up wins in Round 10.
Scouting notes: 2023 Vic Metro AFLW U18s trial
IN the first of two Victorian trial games, Vic Metro hopefuls strutted their stuff at Werribee to help selectors determine a final squad for the upcoming AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships. Tomorrow night we will take a look at the Vic Country Under 18s trial match. VIC METRO BLUE 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 | […]
Scouting Notes: 2023 Talent League Girls – Round 5
DESPITE a reduced round of just four games over the weekend, there were still plenty of top individual performances in Round 5 of the Talent League Girls. We took note of some high-scoring forwards, accumulating midfielders and clever defenders across a weekend that had a bit of everything from a weather perspective. All scouting notes […]
Ranges’ leaders set to soar in 2023
A TALENTED top-age crop is poised to drive the Eastern Ranges to strong on-field and draft results in 2023, under new head coach Ash Close. After Travis Cloke led the girls side to a third place finish last year, the Metro-based program produced four AFLW draftees and is in good shape to match that strike […]
2023 Vic Metro Girls hub profiled
VIC METRO followed up Vic Country’s State Hub release last week with the official release of Metro’s State Hub yesterday. The Metro girl’s hub has 19 players, with Eastern Ranges (six players), Sandringham Dragons (four), Oakleigh Chargers (three) and Western Jets (three) leading the way. Calder Cannons (two) and Northern Knights (one) round out the […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 AFLW U16s – Vic Country vs. Vic Metro
THE 2022 AFLW Under 16 National Championships hit Victoria this week, and Vic Country made Good Friday great with its 31-point win over Metro at Avalon Airport Oval. With a talented mix of 2005 and 2006-born prospects afield, there were plenty of outstanding individual performances on the representative stage. We highlight them in the latest […]
Country enjoy impressive U16s win over Metro
VIC Country showed its class at the Under 16s level against Vic Metro to post a 31-point victory at Avalon Airport Oval today. The Country side, lead by over-ager and Under 18s squad member Lila Keck, as well as 2006-born future stars Lucia Painter and Ash Centra, set up the win in the first half. […]
