RECAP | 2025 AFLW U18s: Vic Country
VIC COUNTRY might have only picked up the one win, but boasted an even team across the national carnival with plenty of draft prospects staking their claims. We recap how the Counts’ national carnival went down. >> FULL SQUAD: 2025 Vic Country AFLW U18s RESULTS RECORD: 1-3 | 81.8% | WLLL Game 1: def. Allies […]
VFL Player Focus: Jesse Mellor (Geelong Cats)
GEELONG Next Generation Academy (NGA) candidate Jesse Mellor returned to the VFL in Round 20, building on his debut performance with two goals. The Falcons vice-captain played up forward and spent time on the wing, holding his own against AFL-listed opposition in a 14-point win over Essendon. Mellor is among the 64 players to have […]
2025 AFL Sydney Player Focus: Aoife Berry (UTS Bats)
ANOTHER one of UTS Bats’ talented prospects, Giants Academy top-ager Aoife Berry is a name to remember. One of the more unlucky players to miss out on Allies selection, Berry had a really consistent Coates Talent League Girls campaign with the Giants where she averaged 12.0 disposals, 1.3 marks, 3.5 tackles and 4.3 inside 50 […]
RECAP | 2025 AFLW U18s: Allies
IN TRUE Allies fashion, the side that combines NSW/ACT, Tasmania and Northern Territory together took a game to gel, but then was as competitive as any other side for the remaining three matches. In one of the strongest Allies teams to go out on the park, there were numerous draftable prospects impressing in what is […]
2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Charli Hazelhurst
SOUTH Australian Charli Hazelhurst is as versatile as they come and has juggled her junior football career with netball, as she chases her elite level dreams. The Norwood prospect has played across all three lines, and in the wake of her national carnival coming to an end on the weekend, we spoke to Hazelhurst about […]
RECAP | 2025 AFLW U18s: Queensland
DESPITE missing a raft of first-choice players from the Queensland lineup, the Maroons showed the great depth within the squad an state to unearth a few new faces and uplift others to raise their draft stocks in the process. Though ultimately a loss to the Allies for the second consecutive year denied the Maroons the […]
Scouting Notes: Bottom-age stars see South kick away from Norwood
SOUTH Adelaide powered home with six unanswered final quarter goals to defeat Norwood by 51 points on Sunday. In what was a bottom-of-the-table Under 18s clash, the Panthers kicked ahead during the second quarter and led by 13 points at three-quarter-time before embellishing the scoreboard. A trio of bottom-aged Panthers did the damage, including five-goal […]
Scouting Notes | 2025 WAFLW State Academy: Week 1 Finals
FOUR teams were officially eliminated as four remained alive in the WAFL Women’s premiership hunt for 2025. The last round of the regular season took place over the weekend and we took note of how the State Academy members performed. >> WAFLW Week 1 Finals wraps: Claremont vs. Subiaco | Swan Districts vs. East Fremantle
Scouting Notes: Tigers hold off Swans in finals eight-pointer
CLAREMONT defeated Swan Districts by nine points in what was effectively an eight-point game amid the WAFL Colts finals race. The reigning premiers led a low-scoring affair by 28 points heading into the final change, but were made to hold off a rampant Swans side which was hungry to make it a contest. Neither side […]
VFL Player Focus: Lachy Dovaston (Box Hill Hawks)
LACHY Dovaston has established himself as one of the premier small forwards in the Coates Talent League. The tenacious prospect impressed for the Eastern Rangers in his bottom-age year last season, averaging 16 possessions per game and booting nine goals in 15 appearances. In his top-age campaign, Dovaston has been able to duplicate his disposal […]
