2025 CTL | Round 9 Team of the Week
LADDER leaders Gippsland Power joined major Round 9 winner Eastern Ranges in contributing a high of four players to our Coates Talent League Team of the Week. The Power held firm against Greater Western Victoria (GWV), while Eastern notched a round-high margin of 63 points against Northern. See who made the cut for this week’s […]
2025 CTL Girls Player Focus: Rain Dodd (Murray Bushrangers)
ONE OF nine siblings in her family, Murray Bushrangers’ Rain Dodd is no stranger to having plenty of competition. The Vic Country hub member has seen older sister Destiny graduate from the Bushrangers program and is now playing alongside younger sibling Constance. The middle of those three had a breakout performance on the weekend during […]
VFL Player Focus: Hussien El Achkar (Essendon)
ESSENDON has wasted little time in exposing its Next Generation Academy (NGA) talent to state league level, with budding prospect Hussien El Achkar making his VFL debut in Round 10. The 18-year-old booted three second half goals as the Bombers were ultimately overrun by Brisbane on Friday. With Calder Cannons having the bye, El Achkar […]
2025 CTLG wrap | Bushies back in business
MURRAY Bushrangers got back on the winner’s list with an impressive victory over Northern Territory, handing the Thunder a second loss in four days. The Coates Talent League Girls competition returned to five matches over Round 8 and we recap how each of them went down.
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 8
ELEVEN teams featured across the extended weekend for Coates Talent League, with 10 of those highlighted in our Round 8 Team of the Week. The side also includes the standalone match between the Sandringham Dragons and Northern Territory to make it a six-game schedule. No side has more than three representatives in n even spread, […]
2025 CTL | Round 9 Player of the Week: Thomas Burton
WESTERN Jets star Thomas Burton is our Coates Talent League Player of the Week after continuing his outstanding form in Round 9. The midfielder/defender racked up 35 disposals, 10 marks, six tackles, seven clearances, and seven rebound 50s in the Jets’ 47-point loss to Murray Bushrangers on Sunday. >> Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – […]
2025 VFLW Round 7 | Falcs make it four straight
DAREBIN Falcons are on the charge. The standalone side made it four consecutive wins in the VFL Women’s after taking care of the winless Geelong Cats in Round 7 over the weekend. The Falcons are the in-form side of the competition, with Collingwood also making it three straight since their defeat at the hands of […]
Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 9
THREE closely run contests were counteracted by a pair of comfortable victories in Round 9 of the Coates Talent League. The five fixtures coincided with the start of the Under 18 National Championships, which saw six players from Tasmania and the Murray Bushrangers represent the Allies.
2025 CTLG | Round 7/8 Player of the Week: Brylee Anderson
BOTTOM-AGE star Brylee Anderson added her name to Rookie Me Central’s list of Coates Talent League Girls’ Players of the Week after a dominant performance in Eastern Ranges’ big win over Calder Cannons. The red-hot Ranges continued their incredible year in search of a third straight grand final by notching up a 93-point victory over […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 7
SANDRINGHAM Dragons notched up their second consecutive wint with a comprehensive 83-point belting of Northern Territory last Thursday night in the standalone Round 7 Coates Talent League Girls match. Played on a cold May night at RSEA Park, the Dragons proved far too good for the Top End talent, running out 13.8 (86) to 0.3 […]
