Onto the Radar: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 1
WITH the 2025 Coates Talent League season getting underway over the weekend, prospects are already staking their claims for representative honours. The first block of three rounds forms an important period in the selection process, with plenty of players from outside the Vic Country, Vic Metro, and Allies summer squads able to press their case. […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Dekota Baron
TALENTED key forward/ruck Dekota Baron is regarded as one of the top prospects in this year’s AFLW Draft. Having seriously developed over the last couple of years, the experienced Southport junior heads into her top-age season as a contested marking star and one who can improve even further. We spoke to Baron at the Queensland […]
CTL Player Focus: Lachy Dovaston (Eastern Ranges)
EASTERN Ranges livewire Lachy Dovaston was integral to his side’s thrilling three-point victory over Northern Knights on Sunday. The speedy goalsneak booted three majors, including what ended up being the sealer as he looks to stamp his claim as the competition’s premier small forward. We put his performance under the Player Focus microscope. PLAYER FOCUS […]
2025 CTL Girls: Western Jets season preview
WESTERN Jets have an exciting group of bottom-agers to support their sole top-age Vic Metro hub member, with Admin and Operations Coordinator Amelia Fawcett pleased with the group’s preseason. In the final team preview for the competition, Fawcett discusses some of the players to watch and what to expect from the Jets in 2025. PRESEASON […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 1
ROUND 1 of the new Coates Talent League season is in the books, yielding top performances from some of the competition’s leading prospects. We had eyes on all six fixtures around Victoria and made note of how said talent fared in the year’s first full edition of Scouting Notes. >> ROUND 1: Snapshot | POTW […]
VFL Player Focus: Massimo Raso (Richmond)
ONE OF the finest state league programs in the country, Richmond VFL, continues to nurture talent in 2025. Among the over-age prospects on board at Tigerland this year is Western Jets product Massimo Raso, a pint sized midfielder renowned for his slick ground level game. After 30 Coates Talent League appearances in two seasons, Raso […]
RMC MEDAL | Full votes for leading prospects
A BUNCH of top draft prospects were among the Rookie Me Central Medal votes in Round 1 of the Coates Talent League. Leading the way were pick one candidates Willem Duursma (Gippsland) and Cooper Duff-Tytler (Calder), who both polled a maximum three votes as their sides picked up wins. >> SCROLL to see all the […]
2025 CTL Girls: Tasmania Devils season preview
TASMANIA DEVILS finished on top of the Coates Talent League Girls Country Pool last season, and though they did not progress further in finals, showed plenty of progress with talented young guns coming through the program. Coach Jess Wuetschner is into her second season as coach, and her list boasts a couple of Academy members. […]
2025 CTL | Round 1 Team of the Week
THE FIRST Coates Talent League Team of the Week has been locked in, with 24 players selected out of Round 1’s action. Victors Sandringham Dragons and Gippsland Power lead the way with four nominees apiece, with Power star Willem Duursma named captain as our Player of the Week. >> ROUND 1: Snapshot | Player of […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Harriet Bingley
TASMANIAN talent Harriet Bingley is a powerful utility who thrives through the midfield, but is equally as capable on any of the three lines. Standing at 174cm, Bingley is a bigger midfielder who uses her strength to win the ball, and then is able to distribute cleanly by hand or foot. Also a member of […]
