Cox’s near-perfect score lights up Combine
AN INCREDIBLE athletic performance from Bendigo Pioneers’ Lavinia Cox saw her record a near-perfect Physical Performance Rating (PPR) across the four National and State Draft Combines that took place earlier this month. Following in the footsteps of now-Swan Holly Cooper who won with a score of 95 last year, Cox dazzled her way to a […]
TOP 5s | 2024 AFLW State Draft Combines
A RECORD-BREAKING agility test and a trio of sub-3.2-second 20m sprints highlighted some incredible results across the three AFLW State Draft Combines over the past week. State Combines consist of players with fewer nominations than those at the National Draft Combine, but have still had significant AFLW club interest, with events held in Victoria, South […]
2024 CTL Girls Season Review: Geelong Falcons
GEELONG Falcons came from seventh on the ladder and fourth in the Country pool to reach a preliminary final in the Coates Talent League Girls competition after ousting top-ranked side Tasmania Devils. Though their season was up and down at times, the Falcons showed personal growth throughout the year and have some prospects to keep […]
2024 Coates Talent League Girls: Preliminary Finals wrap
A REPEAT of last year’s Coates Talent League Girls Grand Final will take place next weekend after reigning premiers Oakleigh Chargers, and the team they beat in the 2023 decider Eastern Ranges, both won their respective preliminary finals.
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Preliminary Finals
FOUR teams remain in the hunt for the 2024 Coates Talent League Girls premiership with last year’s grand finalists Oakleigh Chargers and Eastern Ranges taking on Dandenong Stingrays and Geelong Falcons respectively. FORM: Oakleigh Chargers have won 11 matches on the trot and only went down in one game all year – to Gold Coast […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG W1 Finals – Sunday
WRAPPING up the first week of Coates Talent League Girls finals are the four country regions who made the post-season series with Tasmania topping the division, while Dandenong, Gippsland and Geelong all feature as well. FORM: For the second consecutive round, these two sides will face off against one another, and Dandenong Stingrays will be […]
PREVIEW | 2024 AFLW U18s: Vic Country vs. Western Australia
TWO sides who will be keen to get a win on the board play in the second match of a double-header at RSEA Park on Sunday. After South Australia and Vic Metro battle it out for essentially the title, Vic Country and Western Australia will search for their first win of the series, both desperate […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 15
A FEW one-sided contests and some massive individual performances headlined Round 15 of the Coates Talent League Girls. We took a look at some of the standout performers for our Scouting Notes with the focus mostly on state representatives. As always our notes are the opinion of the individual author.
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 15 – Sunday
A STANDALONE Sunday game concludes Round 15 of the Coates Talent League with a couple of country sides in Geelong Falcons and Bendigo Pioneers going head-to-head in Werribee. FORM: Geelong Falcons suffered defeat at the hands of Tasmania Devils in the wet last week to make it back-to-back losses after falling to the Chargers. They […]
Scouting Notes: 2024 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 14
IN what was not the most ideal conditions, all six Coates Talent League Girls matches took place, including one – Geelong Falcons and Tasmania Devils – that was reduced to 15-minute flat quarters. We were on-hand to note down some of the best performers across the weekend taking into account Victorian representation, with all notes […]