Talent League Girls Player Focus: Sophie McKay (Sandringham Dragons)
HOPING to follow in the footsteps of older sister Abbie, Sandringham Dragons’ Sophie McKay has made a promising start to her Coates Talent League career. Eligible as a father-daughter selection to Carlton with her father Andrew playing 244 games with the Navy Blues. Fast forward to 2023, and McKay is still a bottom-ager, but making […]
Up the grades: Hall passes League test
DEBUTANTS continue to emerge across state leagues around the country, while other juniors are quickly establishing themselves at senior level. One such player in the latter category is Peel Thunder prospect Clay Hall, who impressed in his second WAFL League outing on the weekend. The 18-year-old midfielder took little time to acclimate in the top […]
2023 Talent League Girls Player Of The Week: Round 6
THOUGH there were just the three games in Round 6 of the Talent League Girls competition, there were no shortage of talented individual performances. Western Jets’ Sierra Grieves earned our Rookie Me Central Player of the Week for Round 6 after another dominant ball-winning display during the Jets’ loss to Northern Knights at Preston City […]
2023 Coates Talent League Girls: Round 6 wrap
A SMALLER than usual Coates Talent League Girls round took place over the weekend with just three matches on offer for Round 6. All three occurred on the Saturday, with Eastern Ranges and Oakleigh Chargers remaining undefeated, while Northern Knights got up over Western Jets.
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 […]
North bounces back to clip Falcons’ wings
IN a fascinating VFL Women’s clash in Preston, North Melbourne bounced back from last week’s loss to Carlton with a 38-point win over Darebin. Despite the cushy margin, much of the game was a different story and much more even, but a strong first quarter from North was the real difference. The Roos dominated the […]
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 […]
Preview | VFLW 2023 Round 5: Nothing is for certain
IT is one month down in the VFL Women’s competition, and with 10 weeks left in the regular season nothing is for certain. In a rare Friday night clash, Port Melbourne play host to Box Hill under the lights in Port Melbourne. Box Hill come into this clash after having suffered its first loss of […]
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 […]
