2025 CTL | Round 14 Team of the Week
THE EAST and West of the Coates Talent League account for nine of the 23 members in our Round 14 Team of the Week. Leading the way with five representatives are the Ranges, while the Jets contributed four players to the 23-man squad after their big win over Bendigo. See who made the cut! >> […]
2025 CTL Girls Player Focus: Ella Stoddart (Gippsland Power)
AN EXPERIENCED player at Coates Talent League level amongst a host of young developing ones across both sides, Gippsland Power’s Ella Stoddart had a big game for her side in the hard-fought win over Eastern Ranges. The Ranges were missing a stack of top-end talent due to Vic Metro duties, but the Power still came […]
2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Molly Thomas
TALENTED left-footer Molly Thomas is one of a number of promising Sydney Swans Academy members and Allies representatives who is chasing her dream of reaching the AFL Women’s. The Singleton Roosters prospect has some exciting traits mostly playing through the midfield with damaging kicking and the ability to compete overhead. We spoke to Thomas mid-season […]
2025 AFL Sydney Player Focus: Madeleine Quinn (UTS Bats)
NATIONAL Academy member Madeleine Quinn is a bonafide ruck who has been honing her forward craft this season, and she produced one of her most complete games in a tough loss to North Shore Bombers. Representing the UTS Bats in a thrilling Round 12 AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division encounter, Quinn booted three goals from […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 AFL U16s – Lions Academy vs. Suns Academy
Q-CLASH honours belong to the Brisbane Lions after their 77-point win over Gold Coast in the Under 16 National Championships. Battling it out at Brighton Homes Arena on Sunday, the Lions ran rampant with 13 individual goalkickers, all of which helped pile on four or more goals in each quarter. The constant scoreboard pressure was […]
2025 CTLG wrap | Pios prevail as Devils down Chargers
ROUND 13 saw unusual fixturing with each of the five metropolitan regions in action facing a country one with the former missing a host of stars due to Vic Metro duties out west. That resulted in top two sides Oakleigh Chargers – for the first time – and Eastern Ranges – getting rolled, with finals-bound […]
2025 CTL | Round 14 Player of the Week: Lachlan Hicks
WESTERN Jets midfielder Lachlan Hicks is our Coates Talent League Player of the Week after filling his boots in Round 14. The bottom-ager amassed 34 disposals, 10 marks, six inside 50s, five clearances, and four goals as his side soared past Bendigo to the tune of 74-points in Mildura on Sunday. >> SNAPSHOT: 2025 Coates Talent […]
Top six extend gap in VFLW Round 11
A SIX-POINT gap has appeared in the VFL Women’s ladder after 11 rounds with the finals-bound sides gaining some breathing space on the rest of the competition. Aside from Collingwood’s heartbreaking loss to Carlton after the siren, the other five sides inside the top six got up.At the other end of the ladder, Casey Demons’ […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 AFLW U18s – Western Australia vs. Vic Metro
FINALLY prevailing after two tough losses, Western Australia came away with the all-important win against Vic Metro at Shark Park, handing the visitors their first loss of the 2025 AFLW Under 18 Championships in the process. We took note of some of the players who caught the eye in the game with all notes the […]
Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 14
BARRING Eastern Ranges’ thrilling three-point victory over Oakleigh Chargers, the average winning margin was 40 points in Round 14 of the Coates Talent League. Among the winners, Western Jets moved off the bottom of the latter, while plenty of Vic Country and Metro squad members were out on representative duties. Catch up on the weekend’s […]
