
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Wildcard Round
THE COATES Talent League quarter-finalists are locked in after six Wildcard Round fixtures narrowed the premiership race down to eight contenders. With heightened stakes, plenty of prospects were out to impress, and we noted down some of the top performers from each game, across several age brackets. >> Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League Wildcard Round

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Country Quarter Finals
DANDENONG Stingrays and Murray Bushrangers advanced through to the Coates Talent League Girls Preliminary Finals after winning their respective qualifying finals last weekend. As always we took note of some of the players who caught the eye across the four teams in the second half of our Scouting Notes. >> SCOUTING NOTES: Metro Quarter Finals

2025 CTLG Player Focus: Abby Hobson (Gippsland Power)
GIPPSLAND Power might have gone down in their Coates Talent League Girls quarter finals clash to Murray Bushrangers, but it did not stop marking machine Abby Hobson having a huge day out for the Power at Shepley Oval. The talented top-ager booted three goals – including back-to-back majors in the premiership quarter – and clunked […]

2025 CTLG Team Review: Sandringham Dragons
EARNING a place in the Coates Talent League Girls finals series, Sandringham Dragons had a solid 2025 season, where they finished with eight wins and plenty of future draft prospects emerged. SEASON 2025 SNAPSHOT Played: 14Won: 8Lost: 6 BEST PERFORMANCE Round 15: def. Eastern Ranges by 16 points Sandringham Dragons upset the eventual minor premiers […]

2025 RM Central Talent League Girls Team of the Year squad released
FOLLOWING the release of our Coates Talent League Boys Team of the Year, the 2025 Rookie Me Central Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Year squad has been released today. Featuring 48 players from across the 13 regions, the final 24-strong side will be named later in the week. Among those nominated are Victorian […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Metro Quarter Finals
COATES Talent League Girls finals action kicked off over the weekend and in the first of two Scouting Notes articles, we take a look at the two metropolitan quarter finals and some of the players who caught the eye in them.

2025 CTLG Team Review: Northern Knights
DESPITE finishing 10th overall on the Coates Talent League Girls ladder, Northern Knights got the opportunity to play in the metropolitan finals series, and while 2025 did not quite have the success hoped from a win-loss perspective, the Knights have a number of top-age draft prospects. SEASON 2025 SNAPSHOT Played: 14Won: 5Lost: 9 BEST PERFORMANCE […]

Coates Talent League finals fixtures set
THE OPENING round of Coates Talent League boys finals have been set, while the girls roll on into the final four over what is set to be a bumper weekend. Sunday’s triple-header of boys quarter finals headlines the action, with six teams converging on Toorak Park for a spot in the prelims. >> FORMAT: Coates […]

2025 RMC Coates Talent League Team of the Year finalised
THE 2025 Rookie Me Central Coates Talent League Team of the Year has been finalised, with the expanded squad of 48 cut down to 24. After weekly nominations made throughout 19 home-and-away rounds, the competition’s best, most dominant and consistent players were selected. >> FULL SQUAD: 2025 RMC Coates Talent League Team of the Year […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Final four decided in wet conditions
FINALS fever was in the air across Preston and Dandenong over the weekend as the eight finalists became four through the series of elimination finals. We review the key points coming out of each game.

Roos go back-to-back in VFLW thriller
NORTH Melbourne-Werribee had to do it the hard way, but it turned out third time is a charm, finally toppling Collingwood in 2025 in what was the only match that counted. The Roos once again fell behind early in the fourth after being well clear early, but they steadied to secure the VFL Women’s premiership […]

2025 VFLW Grand Final preview: Collingwood vs. North Melbourne-Werribee
THE TWO best sides have reached the VFL Women’s Grand Final, with a rematch of the earlier qualifying final three weeks ago. On that day, Collingwood took home the chocolates, but it is a whole new ball game now with North Melbourne-Werribee eyeing off back-to-back flags, while the Magpies also search for the second in […]

Roos hop into another VFLW decider
NORTH Melbourne-Werribee will defend its VFL Women’s premiership title when it eyes off back-to-back trophies in next Saturday’s VFL Women’s decider. The Kangaroos earned a second crack at Collingwood in the finals series after losing to the Magpies in the first week, but knocking off Williamstown and then Box Hill on Saturday to book their […]

2025 VFLW Finals preview: Week 3
A SPOT in the 2025 VFL Women’s Grand Final is on the line when Box Hill hosts North Melbourne-Werribee down in Frankston tomorrow afternoon. The Hawks and Roos go head-to-head at Kinetic Stadium from 12:05pm, with the victor earning a rematch against Collingwood the following week.

Grand final-bound Pies surge past Hawks
COLLINGWOOD is through to the 2025 VFL Women’s Grand Final after defeating Box Hill Hawks by 25 points at ETU Stadium on the weekend. In the major semi-final, the Magpies backed up their qualifying final win over North Melbourne with a comprehensive defensive performance against Box Hill to salute, 6.5 (41) to 2.4 (16). The […]

2025 VFLW Finals preview: Week 2
DO-OR-DIE finals action rolls on in the second week of the VFLW Finals series with minor premiers North Melbourne-Werribee now taking on Williamstown after the loss to Collingwood last round. The Magpies and Box Hill both have a double chance, with a grand final spot on the line for the winner.

Pies Peck Roos, deliver VFLW upset
COLLINGWOOD has delivered its fanbase some joy on Saturday after upsetting minor premiers North Melbourne-Werribee in the VFL Women’s qualifying final. The black and white army had something to cheer about as a six-goal first half helped the Magpies topple the impressive Roos for the second time this season and booking their spot in the […]

2025 VFLW Finals preview: Week 1
SIX TEAMS remain in the hunt for the 2025 VFL Women’s premiership with the finals getting underway tomorrow. Just four teams will advance through to the second week, with the two knockout elimination final winners taking on the the top two sides in the semi-finals.

VFLW finalists locked in; Cats avoid spoon
A LAST ditch performance from Geelong has seen the Cats cause an upset at home over the charging Darebin, defeating the Falcons by two points in the last round of the VFL Women’s regular season. Geelong’s 3.10 (28) to 3.8 (26) triumph was enough to see the Cats avoid the wooden spoon and instead hand […]

PREVIEW | Bombers look to secure sixth spot
ESSENDON holds the precious sixth spot on the VFL Women’s ladder and can secure it with a win tonight against the Western Bulldogs. If the Dogs get up, then the Dons will almost certainly fall outside of the finals race with rivals Darebin and Port Melbourne facing bottom two teams in the final round of […]