
2025 Coates Talent League Season Review: Country Wildcards
THREE of seven regions in the Country conference have been eliminated from the 2025 Coates Talent League season after an action-packed Wildcard weekend. We review the campaigns of the Bendigo Pioneers, Murray Bushrangers, and Tasmania Devils after their respective exits. BENDIGO PIONEERS RECORD: 10th Overall | 5th Country | 7-8 | 100.6%STREAK: WW | LL […]

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

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 […]

Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Wildcard Round
A MIXED bag of Wildcard Round saw three games decided by over 50 points, while Geelong Falcons scraped through in a thriller, and Oakleigh Chargers downed a higher-ranked opponent. Before the quarter-final fixtures are released, catch up on all the weekend’s action in a snapshot.

2025 RMC Coates Talent League Team of the Year squad revealed
ROOKIE Me Central has announced its extended Coates Talent League Team of the Year squad for 2025, featuring 48 of the competition’s best performed players. Nearly 200 hopefuls earned nominations via our 24-man teams of the week throughout the season, making them eligible for the final team. >> SCROLL to see the full squad Eastern […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 19
THE FINAL home-and-away round of the Coates Talent League season saw a number of leading prospects further enhance their stocks, while impressive bottom-agers continue to emerge on the eve of the postseason. We highlighted a bunch of the top prospects and performers from each fixture. >> CTL Round 19: Snapshot | Player of the Week […]

2025 CTL | Round 19 Team of the Week
BENDIGO Pioneers prospects are littered through our Coates Talent League Team of the Week, in what is the final instalment for 2025. A handful of Pioneers feature in our 24-player team after defeating Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels in Round 19 to see out the home-and-away season in style. >> CTL Round 19: Snapshot | […]

FIXTURE | 2025 Coates Talent League Wildcard Round
THE 2025 Coates Talent League Wildcard Round fixture and finals formats have been released following the conclusion of the home-and-away season. Minor premiers Gippsland Power will advance straight through to the quarter finals, while the remaining sides have been seeded in respective conferences. Only the 13 Victorian and Tasmanian regions will go on to participate […]

Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 19
THE 2025 Coates Talent League home-and-away season came to a close in Round 19, with Gippsland Power taking out the minor premiership despite losing their last game. Eastern Ranges finished as the top Metro seed, with the competition set up for an exciting Wildcard Round next week.

One round, two candidates left in RMC Medal race
THE ROOKIE Me Central Medal race is down to two possible winners, with long-standing leader Willem Duursma and bottom-age star Cody Walker in line to claim the honour in the final Coates Talent League round. Duursma’s lead has been cut to just one vote after both players polled over the weekend. >> SCROLL for the […]

2025 RMC Talent League Girls Team of the Year finalised
ROOKIE Me Central’s 2025 Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Year has been revealed with the initial 48-player squad cut down to just 24 names. It was a difficult process as always with the decisions coming down to the Team of the Week nominations throughout the course of the season. Every player with six […]

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 […]

2025 CTLG Team Review: Bendigo Pioneers
BENDIGO Pioneers might have ended up with the Coates Talent League Girls wooden spoon, but were able to blood a number of future young guns, while recording three State Draft Combine players at the same time. In the first of our team review series, we take a look at the Pioneers’ year. SEASON 2025 SNAPSHOT […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 18
THE REGULAR Coates Talent League Girls season is over with eight teams advancing through to the finals series. We took a look across the last six matches prior to the post-season action with plenty of players putting in big individual performances. >> ROUND 18: Round wrap | Player of the Week | Team of the […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 18
A DOMINANT performance from Dandenong Stingrays rewarded the top seeded country side with four representatives in our last Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 18. The Stingrays lead the lead in that regard, with fellow winners Bendigo Pioneers, Eastern Ranges and Northern Knights picking up a trio of talents, with 11 […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Regular season concludes
THE FINAL round of the Coates Talent League Girls season has been run and done with some strong finishes to the year from clubs not in the finals, while some finals-bound teams made their presence felt.

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 17
A HOST of talented draft prospect across the next three years impressed in the penultimate round of the Coates Talent League Girls competition. We took note of some of the standouts who caught the eye across last weekend, with all notes the opinion of the individual author. >> ROUND 17: Round wrap | Team of […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 17
OAKLEIGH Chargers lead all-comers in our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 17. The reigning back-to-back premiers posted four representatives in the side, one more than Dandenong Stingrays, Gippsland Power and Northern Knights, with all 10 sides featuring in the 24-strong squad. The captain this week is double bottom-ager Matilda Lange […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Penultimate round complete
THE PENULTIMATE round of the Coates Talent League Girls season wrapped up over the weekend, with Tasmania Devils the first side to complete its 2025 campaign. They finished on a high, while there were a number of tight contests across the board in Round 17.

RECAP | 2025 AFLW U18s: Vic Country
VIC COUNTRY might have only picked up the one win, but boasted an even team across the national carnival with plenty of draft prospects staking their claims. We recap how the Counts’ national carnival went down. >> FULL SQUAD: 2025 Vic Country AFLW U18s RESULTS RECORD: 1-3 | 81.8% | WLLL Game 1: def. Allies […]