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Preview | 2023 Coates Talent League – Round 7

THE 2023 Coates Talent League season resumes tonight, as the Dandenong Stingrays and Oakleigh Chargers lock horns under lights. A bumper seven-game weekend caps off this year’s Talent League stint for three northern academies, but there is plenty of action left for the full-time regions. We preview each matchup. >> Refresher: 2023 Talent League Round […]

Suns in the spotlight: Academy guns cause conundrum

BOASTING three National Academy members this year, the Gold Coast Suns’ academy talent has been highly touted from a long way out. Though, the question of just how good the Suns’ crop would be is only now being answered, and good is far from an apt descriptor. Leading prospects Jed Walter, Ethan Read, and Jake […]

AFL Academy Player Focus: Jake Rogers

GOLD Coast’s academy products impressed on the national stage on Saturday, none more so than Jake Rogers. The diminutive midfielder had a game-high 26 disposals to be named his side’s best player over two its showcase games, after managing 13 touches and a goal against Port Adelaide’s reserves. His performance helped the AFL Academy beat […]

State of play: Coates Talent League

THE FIRST block of Coates Talent League action has been completed in season 2023, as players now vie for representative honours or ply their trade at school and community level. With the competition returning as soon as next week, there’s no better time for a refresher on what has gone down to date. WHEN DOES […]

McKercher breaks clear atop RMC Medal leaderboard

TASMANIA Devils star Colby McKercher is the new breakaway leader of this year’s Rookie Me Central Medal, after six rounds of Coates Talent League action. Though McKercher’s Devils have played more games than any full-time region (five), the midfielder has been judged best afield in all four of his own appearances to lead the count […]

Scouting Notes: 2023 Talent League – Round 6

ALL Allies contingents descended on the Gold Coast for Round 6 of the 2023 Coates Talent League season, which featured a trio of one-sided results. We highlight a few of the top performers from each match in the latest edition of Scouting Notes.

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 – […]

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.

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