{"id":198519,"date":"2025-08-19T11:05:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=198519"},"modified":"2025-08-19T11:05:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:05:55","slug":"2025-ctlg-round-17-player-of-the-week-matilda-lange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2025\/08\/19\/2025-ctlg-round-17-player-of-the-week-matilda-lange\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 CTLG | Round 17 Player of the Week: Matilda Lange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TASMANIAN double bottom-ager Matilda Lange<\/a> produced a massive game in Tasmania Devils’ last of the regular Coates Talent League Girls season to earn our Player of the Week nomination for Round 16. Lange finished with a bang as her Devils saluted in a big way over Bendigo Pioneers, running out 46-point winners down at Windsor Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lange was part of the ‘Fab Four’ midfield rotation that includes past Player of the Week winner Mia Anderson<\/a> and All-Australians Mischa Barwin<\/a> and Priya Bowering<\/a>, The quartet combined for 100 disposals between them, as well as 10 marks, 19 tackles, 25 clearances and 19 inside 50s. The 2009-born Lange – who has won back-to-back MVPs at Under 16s level – had 30 disposals, four marks, six tackles, 11 clearances, eight inside 50s and two rebound 50s in the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She became the second consecutive double bottom-ager to win the award – and third for the season – after Scarlett Bown<\/a> last round followed on from Oakleigh teammate Cleo Barbakas<\/a> a month earlier. Lange also breaks a streak of three metropolitan players, and becomes the second Devils talent to be nominated after Anderson in Round 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was essentially a two-horse race for the Round 17 nomination with Northern Knights’ Olivia Gorman<\/a> picking up a league-high 34 disposals, as well as seven marks, 11 clearances and four inside 50s in the Knights’ tight loss to Western Jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past Player of the Week nominee and current Rookie Me Central Medal leader Chloe Bown<\/a> had another big performance of 33 disposals, eight marks, six tackles, three clearances and eight inside 50s rotating between midfield and attack in a victory over Geelong Falcons in Werribee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 COATES TALENT LEAGUE GIRLS PLAYER OF THE WEEK:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Round 1 –<\/strong> Bailee Martin (Oakleigh Chargers)<\/a>
Round 2 –<\/strong> Isabella Davies (GWV Rebels)<\/a>
Round 3 –<\/strong> Jovie Skewes-Clinton (GWV Rebels)<\/a>
Round 4 –<\/strong> Ava Deszcz (Gippsland Power)<\/a>
Round 5 – <\/strong>Chloe Baker-West (Calder Cannons)<\/a>
Round 6 – <\/strong>Georgia Tyrrell (Geelong Falcons)<\/a>
Round 7\/8 – <\/strong>Brylee Anderson (Eastern Ranges)<\/a>
Round 9 – <\/strong>Alice Cunnington (Dandenong Stingrays)<\/a>
Round 10 – <\/strong>Ellie Hall (Murray Bushrangers)<\/a>
Round 11\/12 – <\/strong>Cleo Barbakas (Oakleigh Chargers)<\/a>
Round 13 – <\/strong>Mia Anderson (Tasmania Devils)<\/a>
Round 14 – <\/strong>Piper Dixon (Western Jets)<\/a>
Round 15 – <\/strong>Chloe Bown (Oakleigh Chargers)<\/a>
Round 16 – <\/strong>Scarlett Bown (Oakleigh Chargers)<\/a>
Round 17 – Matilda Lange (Tasmania Devils)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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