Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 5
ALL FIVE Northern Academy sides – including the Northern Territory – were in action across Round 5 of the Coates Talent League Boys competition with a nail-biter to start the round and then mostly blowouts on the Sunday. Catch up on how all the six games went down.
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AFLW Draft Q&A: Nalu Brothwell
ONE HALF of a damaging duo, Nalu Brothwell is the forward half of the Dandenong Stingrays’ Brothwell twins having impressed as an athletic marking player inside 50. Sharing the field with sister Mizuki – often found up the other end – Brothwell is a newcomer to football compared to her peers, and has wasted no […] The post AFLW Draft Q&A: Nalu Brothwell appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
2025 CTL Girls Player Focus: Marlo Graham (Northern Knights)
A CLEVER and hard-running midfielder-forward, Marlo Graham has a well-balanced game that has gone to another level in 2025. The top-age talent captained one of the Under 17 Futures sides at GMHBA Stadium last season and has not put a foot wrong as one of the vice-captains of the Northern Knights. Graham was at her […] The post 2025 CTL Girls Player Focus: Marlo Graham (Northern Knights) appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
2025 CTL | Round 5 Player of the Week: Daniel Annable
QUEENSLAND has made it back-to-back Player of the Week nominations from the Coates Talent League Boys’ competition after Brisbane Lions Academy star midfielder Daniel Annable earned the nod in Round 5. Following on from Gold Coast Suns Academy’s Max Hudson last week, Annable was a class above during the Lions Academy’s big win over Tasmania […] The post 2025 CTL | Round 5 Player of the Week: Daniel Annable appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 5
ALL FIVE Northern Academy sides – including the Northern Territory – were in action across Round 5 of the Coates Talent League Boys competition with a nail-biter to start the round and then mostly blowouts on the Sunday. Catch up on how all the six games went down. The post Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 5 appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
2025 CTLG | Round 4 Player of the Week: Ava Deszcz
GIPPSLAND Power bottom-ager Ava Deszcz booted five goals in her side’s impressive 59-point win over Western Jets to earn our Coates Talent League Girls Player of the Week nomination for Round 4. Her five goal haul was second to only the previously nominated Bailee Martin (seven) as she proved a true force inside 50. Deszcz […] The post 2025 CTLG | Round 4 Player of the Week: Ava Deszcz appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
AFLW Draft Q&A: Aleah Stringer
GOLD Coast Suns Academy is not short on talent, and while the National Academy members will – deservedly – earn plaudits, the Suns have a host of players outside that core in draft contention. One of those is smart half-forward Aleah Stringer who plays the modern day hybrid role between midfield and attack and has […] The post AFLW Draft Q&A: Aleah Stringer appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
PREVIEW | CTLG R4 – Devils return home
TASMANIA Devils will look to bounce back after their first game loss to Sydney Swans Academy when they welcome the Brisbane Lions Academy tomorrow morning in the first game of the Coates Talent League Girls Round 4. The post PREVIEW | CTLG R4 – Devils return home appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
AFLW Draft Q&A: Lottie Almond
RECENT SANFL Women’s debutant Lottie Almond has always had a love for football so when her opportunity came around, she took it with both hands. After biding her time through the local leagues, she moved into Norwood juniors, got a second chance in the State Academy over the summer and on the weekend cracked in […] The post AFLW Draft Q&A: Lottie Almond appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
RMC MEDAL | Academy stars rack up early votes
NORTHERN Academies were the talk of the town, across several towns, in Round 4 of the Coates Talent League. That chatter was not lost on the Rookie Me Central Medal vote-givers, as club-tied talent swept the tallies across an elongated round. All 15 vote-getters had not previously polled in 2025. > > SCROLL for the Round […] The post RMC MEDAL | Academy stars rack up early votes appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.
