Defending champs hold off Croweaters
IT IS not often the two teams holding the last three AFLW Under 18 Championships trophies face off in the first round of the following national carnival, but that was exactly the case yesterday when reigning champions Vic Metro narrowly survived a late South Australian fightback to win by four points at RSEA Park. In […]
PROFILED | Vic Metro AFLW Under 18s
VIC METRO boasts five AFLW National Academy members, and while one is unavailable for the upcoming national championships, it paves the way for Metro’s depth to be on display. We profile each of the top-age prospects who are in line to don the ‘Big V’. >> FULL SQUAD: Victorian squads announced for 2025 U18 National […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 9
FIVE games took place across a wet weekend for the Coates Talent League, with some inundated with rain and others playing in slippery conditions. We took note of some of the standout players with a primary focus on the Victorian trialists. >> ROUND 9: Round wrap | Player of the Week | Team of the […]
PREVIEW | 2025 Vic Under 18s Girls trials
A STACK of representative hopefuls will take to the field at La Trobe University, Bundoora on Sunday when Vic Metro and Vic Country’s top prospects go head-to-head in a pair of trial games. The two matches will assist Victorian selectors in narrowing down potential lists for next month’s AFLW Under 18 Championships, though names from […]
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 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.
2025 CTL Girls: Northern Knights season preview
BOASTING five top-age members in the Vic Metro summer hub and a squad that has the potential to push the best sides in the competition as shown by efforts last season, Northern Knights is a sleeping giant. The 2019 premiers have some exciting and versatile talents, and head coach Allana Dickie could not be more […]
2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Northern Knights
PRODUCING an impressive 2024 season, Northern Knights made finals off a top four regular season finish, and though bowing out to Eastern Ranges in the first final, pushed the eventual grand finalists right down to the wire. NORTHERN KNIGHTS RECORD: 4th Overall | 3rd Metro | 10-4 | 178.7%STREAK: WLWW | WLL | LWWWW | […]
