PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Wildcard Round – Sunday
FINALS action is almost here in the Coates Talent League Girls competition, with a trio of metropolitan wildcard matches today. All three games will be played at Trevor Barker Oval in a massive triple-header, as a couple of sides close out their seasons, while others tune up for finals. FORM: Since their heart-breaking loss to […]
PREVIEW | 2024 CTLG Round 16 – Saturday
A DOUBLE-header switched from the Sunday to tomorrow means there is no shortage of footballing action in place for the Coates Talent League Girls. Heading into the penultimate Round 16, there are all-metropolitan battles and all-Country battles, with though most are tipped to be fairly one-sided based on past results. FORM: Calder Cannons return to […]
REVIEW | 2024 AFLW U18s: Vic Metro
AS each AFL Women’s Under 18 Championships state completes its national carnival, we take a look at how the three-game carnival went, some of the impressive players, and those to keep an eye on next year. Up next is Vic Metro, who snapped South Australia’s back-to-back title run to win their first trophy since pre-Covid […]
RMC Medal race set for final round showdown
JUST two rounds remain in the Coates Talent League Girls season, and in fitting circumstance, the Rookie Me Central Medal winner will face-off against the most likely runner-up in the final round of the regular season. Dandenong Stingrays’ Jemma Reynolds and Gippsland Power’s Ash Centra are just one vote apart on the leaderboard, with both […]
Melbourne Grammar goes back-to-back
MELBOURNE Grammar remains the team to beat in the Herald Sun Shield Senior Girls Division after seeing off the challenge of Caulfield Grammar for the second successive year. On top early, Melbourne just kept Caulfield at arms-length, withstanding a late flurry in the third term to grind out a 29-point victory at ETU Stadium. Sandringham […]
Metro takes Croweaters’ crown with eye-catching win
VIC METRO has snapped South Australia’s stranglehold on the AFL Women’s Under 18s titles, winning the state’s first trophy since 2019. The Croweaters had won back-to-back flags in 2022 and 2023 with no tournament held in 2020 and 2021, but Metro proved the better side at RSEA Park today coming away with a 21-point victory, […]
PREVIEW | 2024 AFLW U18s: Vic Metro vs. South Australia
THE REIGNING champions against the biggest threat to the throne, South Australia and Vic Metro go head-to-head on Sunday in what promises to be a must-watch AFL Women’s Under 18s showdown. The Croweaters easily dispatched the Allies in game one back home, as did Metro in the opening game of the championships. Now given Western […]
The Fields are alive, set up Shield rematch
CAULFIELD Grammar will be hungry for revenge against Melbourne Grammar in next week’s Herald Sun Shield Division 1 Senior Grand Final. The Fields went down to a Sophie McKay-inspired Melbourne Grammar side last year, but have reached the decider again and will hope to turn the tables on the opposition in 2024. Caulfield managed to […]
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 […]
2024 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 14
EASTERN Ranges won a tough slog in Frankston and earned a league-high four players in our Coates Talent League Girls Round 14 Team of the Week. The remaining five winners all had multiple representatives, with each of the six losers having at least one representative for the weekend. Skippering the side in Round 14 was […]
