2023 Talent League: Team of the Week – Round 6
IT comes with little surprise that as each Allies contingent descended on the Gold Coast this past weekend, that a high of seven Suns Academy players would feature in the Round 6 Coates Talent League Team of the Week. All six sides who took the field are represented by at least two players each – […]
VFL Player Focus: Harley Reid (Carlton)
A PROSPECT who has been on the AFL Draft radar for the best part of 18 months, Harley Reid has now joined the list of top-age talents to make their debut at senior state league level in 2023, suiting up for Carlton’s VFL side against Footscray in a five-point loss on Saturday. The pick one […]
2023 Coates Talent League Player of the Week: Round 6
SUNS Academy standout Jed Walter is our Coates Talent League Player of the Week for Round 6, after dining out in his side’s 99-point win over the Northern Territory Academy on Saturday. The top-ager filled his boots with eight goals from 19 disposals and nine marks on his side’s home patch. Walter, a hulking key […]
Snapshot: 2023 Coates Talent League: Round 6
THE COATES Talent League hit the Gold Coast in Round 6, producing a trio of one-sided results. Among the victors in a weekend which put the Northern Academies under the spotlight, the Suns shone, Tasmania was terrific, and Sydney proved far too slick. Catch up on all the action in a snapshot.
Preview | 2023 Coates Talent League – Round 6
A NORTHERN Academy themed triple-header makes up the entire Coates Talent League fixture in Round 6, with all six academies converging on the Gold Coast this Saturday. We preview each of the three fixtures with a look at some of the top prospects to keep an eye on.
On the Up: Victorian draft prospects boosting their stocks
VICTORIA’S top prospects have knocked over the opening month of Talent League football and are now past the trial stage, as representative honours begin to emerge over the horizon. After Country and Metro talent hubs were announced last year, there are plenty of players fighting their way into contention to don the Big V at […]
Scouting Notes: Talent League Round 5 – Tasmania vs. Northern Territory
THERE was only one Coates Talent League fixture in Round 5 but Tasmania made the most of it, trouncing the Northern Territory Academy by 136 points at Highgate Recreation Reserve on Sunday. With at least six goals in every term, the Devils enacted an avalanche of goals to win 27.14 (176) to 6.4 (40). We […]
Scouting Notes: 2023 Victorian Under 18 trials
VICTORIA’S best and brightest Under 18 footballers locked horns in a pair of trial games on Saturday, which will go a long way to deciding the Vic Country and Metro representative squads. We highlighted some of the top performers from either clash in the latest edition of Scouting Notes. >> Scouting Notes: 2023 Victorian Under […]
Weekend Preview | Super Round hits WAFL, Vics undergo trials
WITH Victorian Coates Talent League programs heading into a month-long break, representative football is on the radar this weekend. Vic Country and Vic Metro will battle it out in a pair of trial games at Trevor Barker Oval on Saturday, helping decide the final Under 18 squads. There are a few notable names who have […]
SQUADS | 2023 Vic Country & Vic Metro trials
SQUADS for Under 16 and 18 trials between Vic Country and Vic Metro have been announced, ahead of fixtures across Friday and Saturday at Trevor Barker Oval. The Under 16s will compete in tomorrow’s double-header, before the Under 18s take the field the following day. Start times for both days of action are 11:00am and […]
