VFL Player Focus: Hussien El Achkar (Essendon)
ESSENDON has wasted little time in exposing its Next Generation Academy (NGA) talent to state league level, with budding prospect Hussien El Achkar making his VFL debut in Round 10. The 18-year-old booted three second half goals as the Bombers were ultimately overrun by Brisbane on Friday. With Calder Cannons having the bye, El Achkar […]
2025 WAFLW Team of the Week: Round 9
A COUPLE of young guns lead our Round 9 WAFL Women’s Team of the Week with top two sides Claremont and Subiaco leading all-comers from a team perspective with four representatives. Fellow winners East Fremantle and West Perth have three, as does South Fremantle and Perth, while Swan Districts and East Perth have a couple […]
2025 CTL | Round 9 Player of the Week: Thomas Burton
WESTERN Jets star Thomas Burton is our Coates Talent League Player of the Week after continuing his outstanding form in Round 9. The midfielder/defender racked up 35 disposals, 10 marks, six tackles, seven clearances, and seven rebound 50s in the Jets’ 47-point loss to Murray Bushrangers on Sunday. >> Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – […]
2025 VFLW Round 7 | Falcs make it four straight
DAREBIN Falcons are on the charge. The standalone side made it four consecutive wins in the VFL Women’s after taking care of the winless Geelong Cats in Round 7 over the weekend. The Falcons are the in-form side of the competition, with Collingwood also making it three straight since their defeat at the hands of […]
WAFLW MOTR: Sharks turn tables in Fremantle Derby
IT SHOULD come as no surprise that Sharks fare better than Bulldogs in the wet, and that was the case on Friday as East Fremantle flipped the script on its heartbreaking Round 1 loss to South Fremantle. In their Round 9 clash, the Sharks stood tall in a hard-fought, grinding win, defeating the Bulldogs by […]
Scouting Notes: Sturt stretches lead atop Under 18 ladder
IN A top of the table clash, it was all skill in a seesawing contest which saw Sturt run away 22-point winners against Central District. The final score was 12.10 (82) to 8.12 (60), as the Double Blues cemented their spot at the top of the SANFL Under 18s ladder heading into the June long weekend. […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 AFL U18s – Allies vs. South Australia
SOUTH Australia kicked off the 2025 Under 18 National Championships with a boilover win on the road against the Allies. The Croweaters answered every Allies surge to win by seven points at Blacktown International Sportspark, upsetting the title favourites who were plucky throughout Sunday’s game. Twin talls Aidan Schubert and Mitchell Marsh booted four goals […]
RECAP | 2025 SANFLW – Round 10
THREE of the four SANFL Women’s matches were decided by less than a kick over the weekend in what was a thrilling Round 10 of action. Top two sides Woodville-West Torrens and South Adelaide further established themselves as the teams to beat, while Sturt box-seated itself for the highly competitive fourth spot. >> SANFLW Round […]
Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 9
THREE closely run contests were counteracted by a pair of comfortable victories in Round 9 of the Coates Talent League. The five fixtures coincided with the start of the Under 18 National Championships, which saw six players from Tasmania and the Murray Bushrangers represent the Allies.
2025 CTLG | Round 7/8 Player of the Week: Brylee Anderson
BOTTOM-AGE star Brylee Anderson added her name to Rookie Me Central’s list of Coates Talent League Girls’ Players of the Week after a dominant performance in Eastern Ranges’ big win over Calder Cannons. The red-hot Ranges continued their incredible year in search of a third straight grand final by notching up a 93-point victory over […]
