2025 CTLG Team Review: Bendigo Pioneers
BENDIGO Pioneers might have ended up with the Coates Talent League Girls wooden spoon, but were able to blood a number of future young guns, while recording three State Draft Combine players at the same time. In the first of our team review series, we take a look at the Pioneers’ year. SEASON 2025 SNAPSHOT […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 18
THE REGULAR Coates Talent League Girls season is over with eight teams advancing through to the finals series. We took a look across the last six matches prior to the post-season action with plenty of players putting in big individual performances. >> ROUND 18: Round wrap | Player of the Week | Team of the […]
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 18
A DOMINANT performance from Dandenong Stingrays rewarded the top seeded country side with four representatives in our last Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 18. The Stingrays lead the lead in that regard, with fellow winners Bendigo Pioneers, Eastern Ranges and Northern Knights picking up a trio of talents, with 11 […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 17
A HOST of talented draft prospect across the next three years impressed in the penultimate round of the Coates Talent League Girls competition. We took note of some of the standouts who caught the eye across last weekend, with all notes the opinion of the individual author. >> ROUND 17: Round wrap | Team of […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 16
A MASSIVE round of Coates Talent League Girls actions saw six games take place prior to another league-wide bye with some big comebacks and impressive individual performances. We took notes on some of the standouts, with a primary focus on the Victorian or Allies representatives or trailists, and the non-draft eligible players. >> ROUND 16: […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 15
AFTER a week off, the Coates Talent League Girls commenced its final month of action with plenty of impressive individual performances. As always, we took note of some of those players who caught the eye across the six games. Notes are the opinion of the individual author, with a focus on state representatives and trailists, […]
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 15
STAT-STUFFING midfield performances everywhere, the Round 15 Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week was filled with stars and brilliant individual efforts. Reigning two-time premiers Oakleigh Chargers were far and away the most represented with five, while fellow winners Gippsland Power, Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels and Western Jets were next most with three […]
2025 RMC MEDAL | Race heats up for half dozen prospects
AS VICTORIAN representative returned to their Coates Talent League Girls clubs over the weekend, some familiar faces popped up in our Rookie Me Central Medal voting for the start of the last month of action. With three rounds remaining, it theoretically means up to 14 players could win or share the medal in 2025, though […]
2025 CTLG wrap | Cannons fire as Jets go back-to-back
IT WAS a great weekend for the bottom two Victorian metropolitan sides as Calder Cannons produced a team effort to smash Bendigo Pioneers, while Western Jets made it back-to-back wins for the first time this season with a 23-point triumph over Murray Bushrangers. We cast our eye over Round 15 of the Coates Talent League […]
2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Olivia Lacy
BENDIGO Pioneers top-ager Olivia Lacy earned her first Vic Country Under 18s spot on the weekend, making her debut against Vic Metro at RSEA Park. The smooth-moving midfielder/defender has pieced together some impressive footy in her bottom-age campaign, while having interruptions in 2025. We spoke to Lacy at the Coates Talent League Girls Preseason Testing […]
