Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 1
THE PERFORMANCES of two pick one contenders stood out as the new Coates Talent League season got underway. Players were faced with trick conditions, with five of Round 1’s six fixtures played across three venues on Sunday. Catch up on all the action in a snapshot. >> Round 1 POTW: Willem Duursma (Gippsland Power)
2025 CTL | Round 1 Player of the Week: Willem Duursma
GIPPSLAND Power star Willem Duursma is our Coates Talent League Player of the Week after his authoritative performance in Round 1. The top pick contender racked up 36 disposals, 10 marks, five clearances and a goal in the Power’s 48-point win over Murray Bushrangers on Sunday. In an early sign of how his talent stacks […]
2025 CTL Girls: Oakleigh Chargers season preview
REIGNING back-to-back champions Oakleigh Chargers will look vastly different compared to last season, with plenty of new faces joining those experienced bottom-agers and double bottom-agers from 2024 in the 2025 Coates Talent League Girls squad. Two-time premiership coach Ty Vickery said it will provide different challenges to overcome this season, but is excited by the […]
PREVIEW | Pioneers, Devils kick off Coates League campaign
THE 2025 Coates Talent League season gets underway as Bendigo Pioneers play host to Tasmania Devils in Craigieburn on Saturday. Both sides, sporting plenty of fresh and familiar faces alike, will be itching to get off to a perfect start in the new campaign. We preview their standalone clash. >> SEASON GUIDE: All you need […]
AFLW Draft Q&A: Ava Usher
TOUTED as the number one prospect in the 2025 AFLW Draft, Queensland’s Ava Usher has had to watch on the past 12 months as she overcame an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear that put a line through her bottom-age season. Now back in action and closing in on a return to the game that she […]
SEASON GUIDE | 2025 Coates Talent League
THE 2025 Coates Talent League season gets underway on Saturday with a standalone clash between Bendigo Pioneers and Tasmania Devils. Before the 19-round home-and-away campaign commences, we take you through all you need to know about the season ahead. >> SCROLL for club-by-club previews & predictions NEED TO KNOW The Coates Talent League premiership will […]
2025 CTL Girls: Northern Knights season preview
BOASTING five top-age members in the Vic Metro summer hub and a squad that has the potential to push the best sides in the competition as shown by efforts last season, Northern Knights is a sleeping giant. The 2019 premiers have some exciting and versatile talents, and head coach Allana Dickie could not be more […]
2025 VFLW State Team squad announced
A 50-STRONG squad to represent the VFL Women’s competition was announced today ahead of the leagues clash with the SANFL Women’s State Team at Alberton Oval on Friday, April 11. Now just two weeks away, the final team of 21 players will be announced prior to the match. The battle for state rivalry will mark […]
TOP 10s | 2025 Nationwide preseason testing
RECORDS tumbled around the nation as Under 18 footballers were put through their paces in preseason testing events across six states and territories from February to March. Athletes participated in the standing vertical jump, running vertical jump, 20m sprint, AFL agility test and Yo-Yo test. >> SCROLL for all the top 10s Sydney Swans Academy […]
Preseason Q&A: Tom Ryan (Swans Academy)
THE COUSIN of a Richmond player native to Queensland, plying his trade in the Sydney Swans Academy via Port Macquarie. Tom Ryan is one of the more intriguing over-age prospects in this year’s pool and will don the red and white after noted interest from St Kilda before last year’s AFL Draft. We chatted to […]
