
2025 CTLG Preview | Murray heads back to the Bush for Calder clash
A FULL-strength Murray Bushrangers outfit will play host to Calder Cannons up in Wangaratta on Saturday with the home side searching for its fifth win of the season. The Cannons will be without their top two stars, but are building a future core of talent throughout the season. AROUND THE GROUNDS After two smaller rounds […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 11/12
EASTERN Ranges’ big win over Tasmania Devils earned the second placed side a league-high four representatives in our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for a combined Rounds 11 and 12. All six matches were taken into consideration with five other sides – including Sandringham Dragons, Dandenong Stingrays and Tasmania Devils who all […]

2025 CTLG | Round 11/12 Player of the Week: Cleo Barbakas
DOUBLE bottom-age tall Cleo Barbakas has the height of a ruck but the mobility of a midfielder, and she used both of those elements to produce a massive game in Oakleigh Chargers’ win over the Western Jets. Playing second ruck to Jessica Owen, Barbakas still had 13 hitouts, but finished with 22 disposals, eight clearances, […]

2025 RMC MEDAL | Prospects stand up in absences
A HANDFUL of first-time vote-getters got on the board in the Rookie Me Central Medal for the Coates Talent League Girls competition across the two games in action from the weekend. Sandringham Dragons and Dandenong Stingrays both came away with wins, as Charlotte Gilmore earned best afield honours to gain her first votes of 2025. […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 11
ONLY two matches took place in the Coates Talent League Girls competition over the weekend with the Victorian and Allies sides all in action for the AFLW Under 18 Championships. Still, we took a look at some of the players who stood up in those two games through our weekly scouting notes. >> ROUND 11: […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Dandenong, Dragons delight
IN THE absence of a host of key players due to the AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships, the future talent and depth of the Dandenong Stingrays and Sandringham Dragons stepped up in Round 11 Coates Talent League Girls wins. The wins saw the Stingrays overtake Gippsland Power into third, while Sandringham went outright into fifth […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 8
A FIVE-game round that featured the Swans Academy and Northern Territory is what greeted fans of the Coates Talent League Girls competition. Across Round 8, we took a look at some of the players who caught the eye with all notes the opinion of the individual author. >> ROUND 8: Round wrap | Player of […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Bushies back in business
MURRAY Bushrangers got back on the winner’s list with an impressive victory over Northern Territory, handing the Thunder a second loss in four days. The Coates Talent League Girls competition returned to five matches over Round 8 and we recap how each of them went down.

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 6
A CURTAIN closed for three of the Northern Academy sides with the GWS Giants, Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns all wrapping up their Coates Talent League Girls stints for 2025. With a jam-packed eight games on the fixture, we took a look at a few of the players who caught the eye across the […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 5
THERE was no shortage of talent across a blockbuster round of action in the Coates Talent League Girls competition as the Northern Academies continued their stints, and some impressive ball-winning displays took place. We took note of just some of the players who caught the eye over the weekend, with all notes the opinion of […]