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2025 CTLG review: Swans Academy

SYDNEY Swans Academy have a nice blend of future prospects over the next few years with a host of top-age talents along with a few bottom-age stars making their mark. They started off with a couple of seven-goal wins in the Coates Talent League Girls competition, before going down to last year’s grand finalists. Though […]

PREVIEW | 2025 WAFLW – Round 11: Friday

ANOTHER Friday night battle takes place out west as the WAFL Women’s sides lose their State Academy members for the the Sandgropers’ trial match with Claremont. Kicking off the round is a battle between unbeaten Subiaco and last year’s grand finalists East Fremantle who is trying to find its form to reach another finals series.

Player Focus: Jacob Farrow (Western Australia)

RECENTLY drawing lofty comparisons to Fremantle’s Hayden Young, West Perth utility Jacob Farrow is a prospect primed to explode. The powerful 188cm midfielder/defender has plenty of comparable traits; from his size and power, to penetrative left foot kicking and sound aerial ability. Farrow was part of Western Australia’s midfield in a thrilling final-minute win over […]

2025 CTLG review: Suns Academy

GOLD Coast Suns Academy has a stacked list of draft prospects for 2025, though many of them either missed some of, or the entirety of the Coates Talent League Girls season, giving chances to others to stand up in their absence. The review only includes those who played in the tournament, and while she featured […]

State Academy notes: 2025 SANFLW – Round 11

DESPITE a host of State Academy members missing from Round 11 of the SANFL Women’s competition, there were still plenty of players who impressed. Youngsters stepped up and others took on new roles ahead of a league-wide bye. We took note of how each of the State Academy members performed. >> ROUND 11: Match of […]

Up the Grades: Academy stars earn VFL stripes

GOLD Coast Suns blooded a remarkable seven academy prospects in the latest round of VFL action, including five Allies squad members. Beau Addinsall, Koby Coulson, and Dylan Patterson were all included in the squad to take on Geelong on the road, fresh off National Championships appearances. Midfielders Addinsall and Coulson impressed with typically industrious hauls […]

2025 SANFLW Team of the Week: Round 11

THE EAGLES have taken flight in our Round 11 SANFL Women’s Team of the Week with six representatives making up one quarter of the side. Woodville-West Torrens leads all-comers with second placed South Adelaide (four), ahead of the team they beat in West Adelaide, and fellow winners, North Adelaide and Norwood (all three). Captaining the […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 AFL U16s – Vic Country vs. Vic Metro

VIC METRO claimed bragging rights over their Country counterparts in the Pool A opener for this year’s Under 16 National Championships. Played in dour conditions at Avalon Airport Oval on Monday, the match underwent several lead changes but was sealed by Baxter Sruk‘s goal in the final minute. A host of club-tied prospects shone, with […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 9

FIVE games took place across a wet weekend for the Coates Talent League, with some inundated with rain and others playing in slippery conditions. We took note of some of the standout players with a primary focus on the Victorian trialists. >> ROUND 9: Round wrap | Player of the Week | Team of the […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 AFL U16s – Tasmania vs. Northern Territory

TASMANIA clicked into gear after quarter time to kick off the Under 16 National Championships with a thumping 70-point win over the Northern Territory. After conceding the first two goals in dour Werribee conditions, Tassie kicked the next seven to take a 28-point buffer into half time, and never looked back. While Tasmania’s bid for […]

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