
2025 RMC Coates Talent League Team of the Year squad revealed
ROOKIE Me Central has announced its extended Coates Talent League Team of the Year squad for 2025, featuring 48 of the competition’s best performed players. Nearly 200 hopefuls earned nominations via our 24-man teams of the week throughout the season, making them eligible for the final team. >> SCROLL to see the full squad Eastern […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 19
THE FINAL home-and-away round of the Coates Talent League season saw a number of leading prospects further enhance their stocks, while impressive bottom-agers continue to emerge on the eve of the postseason. We highlighted a bunch of the top prospects and performers from each fixture. >> CTL Round 19: Snapshot | Player of the Week […]

2025 CTL | Round 19 Team of the Week
BENDIGO Pioneers prospects are littered through our Coates Talent League Team of the Week, in what is the final instalment for 2025. A handful of Pioneers feature in our 24-player team after defeating Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels in Round 19 to see out the home-and-away season in style. >> CTL Round 19: Snapshot | […]

FIXTURE | 2025 Coates Talent League Wildcard Round
THE 2025 Coates Talent League Wildcard Round fixture and finals formats have been released following the conclusion of the home-and-away season. Minor premiers Gippsland Power will advance straight through to the quarter finals, while the remaining sides have been seeded in respective conferences. Only the 13 Victorian and Tasmanian regions will go on to participate […]

Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 19
THE 2025 Coates Talent League home-and-away season came to a close in Round 19, with Gippsland Power taking out the minor premiership despite losing their last game. Eastern Ranges finished as the top Metro seed, with the competition set up for an exciting Wildcard Round next week.

One round, two candidates left in RMC Medal race
THE ROOKIE Me Central Medal race is down to two possible winners, with long-standing leader Willem Duursma and bottom-age star Cody Walker in line to claim the honour in the final Coates Talent League round. Duursma’s lead has been cut to just one vote after both players polled over the weekend. >> SCROLL for the […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 18
THE PENULTIMATE round of the Coates Talent League home-and-away season saw some players trialled in new positions and roles, while others returned to action with big games in familiar posts. We highlighted some of the top prospects and performers across all six games in Round 18. >> CTL Round 18: Snapshot | Player of the […]

2025 CTL | Round 18 Team of the Week
OAKLEIGH Chargers lead the way with a high of four representatives in our Coates Talent League Team of the Week. The Metro region won big against Tasmania in Round 18, while Eastern Ranges contributed the next most players (three) after scraping over the line against Geelong, thanks to a late winner. >> CTL Round 18: […]

Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 18
THE PENULTIMATE home-and-away round of the Coates Talent League season was completed over the weekend, with Gippsland Power and Eastern Ranges locking in their status as the top Country and Metro seeds respectively. Catch up on all the Round 18 action in a snapshot.

PREVIEW | Stacked Chargers welcome Tassie to town
THE PENULTIMATE home-and-away round of the Coates Talent League season gets underway on Saturday when the Oakleigh Chargers host Tasmania Devils at Warrawee Park. The Chargers could move to an even ledger, while the Devils will hope to turn around a string of close losses.

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 18
THE REGULAR Coates Talent League Girls season is over with eight teams advancing through to the finals series. We took a look across the last six matches prior to the post-season action with plenty of players putting in big individual performances. >> ROUND 18: Round wrap | Player of the Week | Team of the […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 18
A DOMINANT performance from Dandenong Stingrays rewarded the top seeded country side with four representatives in our last Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 18. The Stingrays lead the lead in that regard, with fellow winners Bendigo Pioneers, Eastern Ranges and Northern Knights picking up a trio of talents, with 11 […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Regular season concludes
THE FINAL round of the Coates Talent League Girls season has been run and done with some strong finishes to the year from clubs not in the finals, while some finals-bound teams made their presence felt.

2025 Coates Talent League Girls finals confirmed
FINALS action kicks off this weekend with the Coates Talent League Girls finals taking place in the first of three knockout rounds. Under the current rules, the top four sides from the Victorian Country and Tasmania region, and top four sides from the Victoria Metro region have secured their spots in the postseason. A last […]

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 […]

2025 RMC MEDAL | Race down to half a dozen as duo streak clear
GOING toe-for-toe right until the final fortnight, Oakleigh Chargers’ Chloe Bown and Murray Bushrangers’ Ellie Hall have set the pace for the rest of the field with the run home to the Rookie Me Central Medal. In what will be the last update prior to announcing the winner, both Bown and Hall are locked on […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 16
A MASSIVE round of Coates Talent League Girls actions saw six games take place prior to another league-wide bye with some big comebacks and impressive individual performances. We took notes on some of the standouts, with a primary focus on the Victorian or Allies representatives or trailists, and the non-draft eligible players. >> ROUND 16: […]

2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 16
A RAMPAGING Eastern Ranges earned a league-high four players in our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week after a big victory over Calder Cannons, while Murray Bushrangers and Oakleigh Chargers picked up three apiece. Of the 12 sides, 11 are represented with nine having multiple players in the side. Captaining the side this […]

2025 CTLG wrap | Comebacks headline Round 16
A TRIO of impressive comebacks from Oakleigh Chargers. Murray Bushrangers and Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels saw the respective teams come away with the four points in Round 16 of the Coates Talent League Girls competition. The league has a bye next weekend with only a fortnight left of regular action before finals, and we […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 15
AFTER a week off, the Coates Talent League Girls commenced its final month of action with plenty of impressive individual performances. As always, we took note of some of those players who caught the eye across the six games. Notes are the opinion of the individual author, with a focus on state representatives and trailists, […]