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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 […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 5

IT WAS a round to remember for the two New South Wales Academies with the Giants and Swans Academies recording three representatives in our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 5. The pair ended up the only teams of the 16 in action to have three, with five sides having two, […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Swans shoot to second win

FRESH off a bye after a first-up win against Tasmania, the Swans produced another strong performance, downing Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels at Highgate Recreation Reserve by seven goals. That was our feature game of Round 5 as a jam-packed eight-match fixture filled both days across multiple states.

PREVIEW | CTLG R5 – Chargers set for Sun-day clash

A MASSIVE weekend of eight games takes place across the Coates Talent League Girls competition, with the four Queensland and New South Wales Academies in action once more. We take a look at the Suns Academy hosting Oakleigh Chargers as our feature game of the weekend.

PREVIEW | CTLG: Northern Academies

AS THE Coates Talent League Girls competition returns for Round 3 over the long weekend, the league welcomes four of the five Northern Academies for their first taste of action in the southern competition. Both Queensland Academies (Gold Coast Suns and Brisbane Lions) and New South Wales Academies (GWS Giants and Sydney Swans) begin their […]

2024 AFLW Season reviews: Top 6

ANOTHER season of the AFL Women’s competition is in the books, and with just four days between the grand final and the start of the Trade Period, we will quickly recap how each of the sides performed throughout the season. In the second of three articles, we review the middle six sides, what went right, […]

PREVIEW | AFLW 2024: Grand Final

TOMORRW, it is the big one. The 2024 AFL Women’s Grand Final. For the first time ever the two sides from last year’s big dance will meet again in this year’s decider, but is that the only bit of history that will repeat?

Marinoff finally manages to win top gong

EBONY Marinoff is finally the queen of the AFL Women’s, winning the 2024 AFL Women’s Best and Fairest Award. After being one of the contenders for the award for so many years now, she has finally claimed the award. She won the award with 23 votes, polling in all bar two games and won from […]

PREVIEW | AFLW 2024: Preliminary Final 2

THE SECOND of today’s AFL Women’s matches is between two old foes and perennial finals contenders. There has never been an AFL Women’s Grand Final without Adelaide or Brisbane in it, but which one will make this year’s decider?

PREVIEW | AFLW 2024: Qualifying Final 2

TODAY’s double header of AFLW Finals action begins with a clash between a finals debutant having a breakout season, and a perennial contender trying to keep its premiership defence alive.

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