Coates Talent League 2025 live stream: Gippsland Power v GWV Rebels, GWV Rebels v Oakleigh Chargers

The GWV Rebels are heating up at the right end of the Coates Talent League season with the girls sparking an unlikely fight back win. Watch the REPLAYS.

With seconds left on the clock, Maggie Johnstone pushed her way through the pack to tale a cracking mark, before turning on goal and booting the GWV Rebels home in a win for the ages.

The goal, which was Johnstone’s third of the afternoon, capped off a brilliant fight back from the Rebels who overcame a 19-point deficit at three-quarter time to run out 8.10 (58) to 8.3 (51) winners over Gippsland Power.

WATCH THE GIRLS REPLAY ABOVE, SCROLL DOWN FOR THE BOYS REPLAY

The Rebels trailed by 20 at the first break and clawed back to within one, then gave up the ascendancy again in the third term before reeling off five majors in the final quarter to pick up a famous victory.

The win also cut Gippsland’s impressive seven-game winning streak in the Coates Talent League girls season, setting a cat among the pigeons with four rounds remaining to finals.

While full forward Johnstone led the way for the Rebels, exciting youngster Tilly Stringer added a pair of goals while Emma Stewart, Jovie Skewes-Clinton and Katie Knight all finished with singles.

Abby Hobson and Acacia Sutton led the way for the Power with three goals each.

GWV Rebels vs Oakleigh Chargers (Boys)

The Rebels boys side maintained its brilliant run of form over the past month to make it a double delight on Sunday afternoon.

GWV flew home with a wet sail, outscoring the Chargers seven goals to one in the final term to turn a one-point deficit at the final break into a 37-point win.

Coates Talent League leading goal-scorer Charlie McKinnon booted five goals for the afternoon as the Rebels closed out a dominant 17.11 (113) to 11.10 (76) victory.

Joe McGuane maintained his brilliant form over the past month, which has seen the Rebels win four of their past five games as they steam into finals contention.

PREVIEW

While a change of coach mid-season may become a challenge to overcome for some, that hasn’t been the case for an in-form Gippsland Power girls’ side.

Currently sitting 7-2 on the Coates Talent League ladder, they’ll face the Greater Western Victoria Rebels on Sunday in what is coach Michel Farmer’s second game at the helm.

The Power v Rebels clash will be available live and exclusive from 11am, as apart of KommunityTV’s Coates Talent League Sunday double-header.

The GWV Rebels v Oakleigh Chargers boys clash will follow from 1.10pm.

Farmer was appointed after Nathan Boyd took up a new role as the Dandenong Stingrays’ girls coach mid-season.

Farmer started his Power tenure on a winning note against an Eastern Ranges side missing its Vic Metro players last weekend.

“We had a bye so he had a couple of weeks to get to know the girls, and our game against Eastern last weekend was his first game, it was a really good game of footy to watch,” McDougal said of Farmer.

“We’ve been steadily improving throughout the year, it’s hard when you lose a coach, but the way the girls came together and decided nothing was going to get in their way from stopping them achieving what they’d set out to achieve.

“The training standards were maintained, to some extent they’ve actually lifted and become closer over those three or four weeks while we waited to appoint Michael, and Michael’s walked into a group that’s eager and ready to learn, ready to execute.

Power players Sophie Hamilton, Bonnie Williams, and Ella Stoddart are seen leaving the field at 1/2 time during the 2025 Coates Talent League Girls Round 05 match between Geelong Falcons and Gippsland Power at Melbourne Avalon Airport Oval on May 11, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Craig Dooley/AFL Photos)

“Whenever there’s a change there’s a challenge and whenever there’s a challenge it goes one of two ways, our girls have really stepped up to the plate.”

Vic Country trio Chelsea Sutton, Baia Pugh, and Grace Dillow have been strong in the midfield, providing plenty of “bite” on or around the ball.

Maya Crestani, Sbby Hobson and Ella Stoddard, who are all in the Vic Country squad, have impressed too.

Cretsani, who is a ruck, has been “really influential in (Gippsland’s) ability to compete around the ground”.

“Ella Stoddard working back and getting the ball out as one of our prime movers has been really influential (in defence) as well,” McDougal added.

Hobson has been potent in the air.

“Our defence, while it’s a bit – not underrated – they’re blue collar,” McDougal said.

“They get in and they do the work and they bring it to ground and they look after each other.”

Originally published as Coates Talent League 2025 live stream: Gippsland Power v GWV Rebels, GWV Rebels v Oakleigh Chargers