South Australia finalises Under 16s squad
SOUTH Australia announced its squad for the upcoming 2025 AFL Under 16s Championships, with 30 players selected for the tournament. The Croweaters will be out to avenge their heartbreaking defeat to Vic Country in last year’s carnival, where they were a golden point away from taking out the title. Looking ahead to the 2025 edition […]
Scouting Report: 2025 WAFL Colts – Round 6
SOME huge performances from key West Australian AFL Draft prospects headlined Round 6 of the WAFL Colts competition and we recap how each of the four games went down. Claremont 5.2 (32) def. by South Fremantle 15.11 (101) A runaway victory for the Bulldogs, a tight first quarter was followed by three dominant terms from […]
2025 CTL | Round 6 Player of the Week: Beau Addinsall
GOLD Coast Suns Academy midfielder Beau Addinsall is our lates Coates Talent League Boys Player of the Week after an enormous performance against Oakleigh Chargers in Round 6. Back at home at People First Stadium, Addinsall amassed 35 disposals, eight marks, three tackles, eight clearances, five inside 50s, two rebound 50s and two goals in […]
Up the Grades: York gallant in Peel League loss
WEST Australian small forward William York continues to make a name for himself at League level with the 172cm top-ager producing another strong performance for Peel Thunder. He collected 15 disposals, six marks and five inside 50s, while laying four tackles and finishing with the solitary behind as the Thunder went down to East Perth […]
RMC MEDAL | Rory heading in the Wright direction
ANOTHER week, another Rookie Me Central Medal leader with Sandringham Dragons’ Rory Wright taking advantage of many of his peers being out with an impressive performance through the midfield against the GWS Giants Academy. While the Dragons ultimately went down, Wright polled two votes to take his season tally to seven, sitting in the lead […]
Scouting notes: 2025 Young Guns vs. Vic Country
VIC COUNTRY tuned up ahead of its National Championships campaign by posting a 29-point win over the Young Guns who suitably looked to impress ahead of the AFL Mid-Season Draft. AFL club recruiters were out in force to mull over potential injury replacement players, as well as get an early look into Vic Country’s depth […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 5
MATCHES played across numerous states made for plenty of opportunities for recruiters to see the top AFL Draft talent in action through the Coates Talent League Boys competition. Fronting up for Round 5, a host of National Academy members made their returns to respective sides as the AFL club-aligned Northern Academies won all four matches […]
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 […]
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 […]
2025 CTL | Round 4 Team of the Week
THE GOLD Coast Suns Academy dominates our Coates Talent League Team of the Week for Round 4. The Suns ran rampant in a 62-point victory over Dandenong Stingrays, ending with the weekend’s highest winning margin and four representatives in our 24-player squad. See who made the cut! >> CTL ROUND 4: Snapshot | Player of the Week | Scouting […]
