Scouting Notes: 2026 Talent League Girls – Round 1
COMING away with the first four points of the Talent League Girls season, Brisbane Lions Academy won the Q-Clash battle for points to kick off 2026. In what was a tight tussle with the Gold Coast Suns Academy in perfect conditions, the Lions got up 6.5 (41) to 4.8 (32) thanks to a three goals […]
2026 Talent League Girls POTW: Round 1 – Zoe Petrides
THERE might have only been the one match in the opening week of the Talent League Girls competition, but there was still room for a Player of the Week with Brisbane Lions Academy talent Zoe Petrides earning the nod. The top-age talent was named best-on in what was an even contribution around the ground still […]
2026 Talent League Girls R1 wrap: Lions win bragging rights
BRISBANE Lions Academy became the first side on the board in the 2026 Talent League Girls competition with a hard-fought nine-point win over Gold Coast Suns Academy. Given the Swans and Giants Academies Round 1 match was cancelled due to the weather, the Lions and Suns were the only Talent League Girls teams to take […]
2026 Talent League Girls preview: Suns Academy
COMING off a couple of massive years with promoting Academy athletes into their AFLW squad, the Gold Coast Suns have set themselves up for a bright future. While the 2026 Academy does not quite have the depth of talent of its predecessors, there are still a number of promising prospects to keep an eye out […]
2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Sienna Burnham
A DELAYED start to the season due to injury and being part of an incredibly stacked Gold Coast Suns Academy, Sienna Burnham is one of those players who could be fantastic value for another AFLW club. The Suns have nine Draft Combine invitee-tied players with six or seven of them expected to land at the […]
House of the Rising Suns: Gold Coast’s talent bats deep
GOLD Coast Suns Academy were touted as having an enormous amount of draftable talent, particularly in the top-end this season, and there is no doubt that has become the case with a whopping seven players invited to the National Draft Combine. That means more than six per cent of players invited are from the Academy, […]
Allies produce breakthrough AFLW U18s win
AFTER a couple of honourable defeats, the Allies finished off their AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships with a bang, upsetting Queensland for the second consecutive season. As they had done last year, the winless Allies toppled the undefeated Maroons, getting up by six points, 8.9 (57) to 6.15 (51). After dominating the inside 50s count […]
Davies dobs match-winner in epic AFLW U18s finish
A MATCH-WINNER with the last kick of the day came off the boot of Georja Davies which helped seal Queensland’s incredible come-from-behind victory over Western Australia on the opening day of the AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships. Behind the entire match, it took until quite literally the last second for the Maroons to edge in […]
Morningside surges towards double chance
MORNINGSIDE’S dream QAFL Women’s debut season rolled on over the weekend with its best win yet, defeating reigning grand finalists Bond University by 13 points to remain 12 points clear of third place. The Panthers look primed to repeat Southport’s remarkable debut season from a couple of years ago and surge deep into the finals […]
PROFILED | Queensland AFLW Under 18s
QUEENSLAND came away with two wins from three games at last year’s AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships and will look to go one better given its stacked squad brimming with talent. The Maroons will come in with plenty of questions given a number of players are either returning or missing due to ongoing injury concerns […]
