Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 6
A MAMMOTH round of action in the Coates Talent League Boys competition saw eight matches take place across three days and three states. We cast our eyes across each game and some of the players that caught the eye. All notes are the opinion of the individual author.
Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 6
A FULL eight-game round of Coates Talent League took place over the weekend, running from Friday night until Sunday afternoon. For a quick recap on each of the matches, we’ve got you covered.
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 5
MATCHES played across numerous states made for plenty of opportunities for recruiters to see the top AFL Draft talent in action through the Coates Talent League Boys competition. Fronting up for Round 5, a host of National Academy members made their returns to respective sides as the AFL club-aligned Northern Academies won all four matches […]
Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 5
ALL FIVE Northern Academy sides – including the Northern Territory – were in action across Round 5 of the Coates Talent League Boys competition with a nail-biter to start the round and then mostly blowouts on the Sunday. Catch up on how all the six games went down.
RMC MEDAL | Academy stars rack up early votes
NORTHERN Academies were the talk of the town, across several towns, in Round 4 of the Coates Talent League. That chatter was not lost on the Rookie Me Central Medal vote-givers, as club-tied talent swept the tallies across an elongated round. All 15 vote-getters had not previously polled in 2025. >> SCROLL for the Round […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Young Guns vs. Vic Metro
VIC METRO snatched a two-point win over the Young Guns in the dying seconds of their clash at Avalon Airport Oval on Saturday, thanks to a last gasp goal from Lachy Dovaston. The Eastern Ranges livewire booted his third major to put the Big V’s inaccuracy aside against slightly more senior opposition. Despite a final […]
Squads announced for 2025 Young Guns series
SQUADS for game one of the annual Young Guns series have been announced, with the collation of over-agers set to take on Vic Metro at Avalon Airport Oval on Saturday April 27. The game will commence at 11:00am, followed by a clash against Vic Country at the same venue on Sunday May 4. >> SCROLL […]
State of Play: 2025 Coates Talent League – Rounds 1-3
THE FIRST block of the Coates Talent League season has been completed, with Victorian prospects going on to trial for their spots in the Country and Metro squads. Sandringham Dragons and Gippsland Power remain unbeaten at 3-0 apiece, though things can quickly chance in the mid-season period. Catch up on where things stand before the […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Victorian U18 trials – Game Two
VIC METRO made it two wins from as many games against their Country counterparts yesterday, taking out the second trial by just five points at Avalon Airport Oval. In a fast-paced affair, there was a total of nine multiple goalkickers among the 13 overall, including Mid-Season Draft prospect Floyd Burmeister. Country midfield pair Brodie Atkins […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Victorian U18 trials – Game One
VIC METRO took out the first of two trial games against their Country counterparts, saluting by 26 points at Avalon Airport Oval today. The navy blue side kicked six goals in either half and steadied after a Tairon Ah-Mu-inspired Country slammed on five consecutive majors in term three. He finished with six overall. Plenty of […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 5
THERE was no shortage of talent across a blockbuster round of action in the Coates Talent League Girls competition as the Northern Academies continued their stints, and some impressive ball-winning displays took place. We took note of just some of the players who caught the eye over the weekend, with all notes the opinion of […]
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 5
IT WAS a round to remember for the two New South Wales Academies with the Giants and Swans Academies recording three representatives in our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 5. The pair ended up the only teams of the 16 in action to have three, with five sides having two, […]
2025 CTLG wrap | Swans shoot to second win
FRESH off a bye after a first-up win against Tasmania, the Swans produced another strong performance, downing Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels at Highgate Recreation Reserve by seven goals. That was our feature game of Round 5 as a jam-packed eight-match fixture filled both days across multiple states.
PREVIEW | CTLG R5 – Chargers set for Sun-day clash
A MASSIVE weekend of eight games takes place across the Coates Talent League Girls competition, with the four Queensland and New South Wales Academies in action once more. We take a look at the Suns Academy hosting Oakleigh Chargers as our feature game of the weekend.
2025 CTLG RMC MEDAL | Forward rises among top-age contingent
OAKLEIGH Chargers goalkicking machine Bailee Martin is one of only two bottom-agers in the top 10 of our Rookie Me Central Medal count. Having only played three games due to Oakleigh’s bye in Round 3, Martin has polled two best on grounds (for nine and seven goals respectively, as well as a three-vote game for […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 4
ANOTHER busy weekend in the Coates Talent League Girls competition saw three of the four Northern Academies salute again, while Eastern Ranges and Oakleigh Chargers continued on their merry ways. We took note of just some of the players who caught the eye over the weekend, with all notes the opinion of the individual author. […]
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 4
WINNING sides made up three quarters of our Coates Talent League Girls Team of the Week for Round 4 with 11 of the 14 teams featuring in the team. No club had more than three representatives in an even spread across the weekend, with Geelong Falcons, Eastern Ranges, Oakleigh Chargers and Brisbane Lions Academy all […]
2025 CTLG wrap | Ranges roll on by eclipsing Suns
EASTERN Ranges made it three wins from four matches to start the Coates Talent League Girls season with a hard-fought victory over a gallant Gold Coast Suns Academy outfit. The Suns were missing a couple of key stars for the clash, but nonetheless put up a fight throughout the four quarters before Eastern came away […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 2
SOME huge goal tallies, high volume disposal tallies and overall fantastic individual performances headlined Round 2 of the Coates Talent League Girls competition. As always, we noted down some of the players who caught the eye throughout the six matches across Epsom Huntly and Highgate Recreation Reserves. >> ROUND 2: Round wrap | Player of […]
2025 CTL Girls Team of the Week: Round 2
IF LAST week’s Team of the Week was an incredibly tough decision to come to, then the Coates Talent League Girls Round 2 team went to another level. With bags of goals left, right and centre, huge individual midfield numbers and some impressive defensive displays, this week’s side had more than 30 players who were […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 6
A MAMMOTH round of action in the Coates Talent League Boys competition saw eight matches take place across three days and three states. We cast our eyes across each game and some of the players that caught the eye. All notes are the opinion of the individual author.
Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 6
A FULL eight-game round of Coates Talent League took place over the weekend, running from Friday night until Sunday afternoon. For a quick recap on each of the matches, we’ve got you covered.
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 5
MATCHES played across numerous states made for plenty of opportunities for recruiters to see the top AFL Draft talent in action through the Coates Talent League Boys competition. Fronting up for Round 5, a host of National Academy members made their returns to respective sides as the AFL club-aligned Northern Academies won all four matches […]
Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 5
ALL FIVE Northern Academy sides – including the Northern Territory – were in action across Round 5 of the Coates Talent League Boys competition with a nail-biter to start the round and then mostly blowouts on the Sunday. Catch up on how all the six games went down.
RMC MEDAL | Academy stars rack up early votes
NORTHERN Academies were the talk of the town, across several towns, in Round 4 of the Coates Talent League. That chatter was not lost on the Rookie Me Central Medal vote-givers, as club-tied talent swept the tallies across an elongated round. All 15 vote-getters had not previously polled in 2025. >> SCROLL for the Round […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Young Guns vs. Vic Metro
VIC METRO snatched a two-point win over the Young Guns in the dying seconds of their clash at Avalon Airport Oval on Saturday, thanks to a last gasp goal from Lachy Dovaston. The Eastern Ranges livewire booted his third major to put the Big V’s inaccuracy aside against slightly more senior opposition. Despite a final […]
Squads announced for 2025 Young Guns series
SQUADS for game one of the annual Young Guns series have been announced, with the collation of over-agers set to take on Vic Metro at Avalon Airport Oval on Saturday April 27. The game will commence at 11:00am, followed by a clash against Vic Country at the same venue on Sunday May 4. >> SCROLL […]
State of Play: 2025 Coates Talent League – Rounds 1-3
THE FIRST block of the Coates Talent League season has been completed, with Victorian prospects going on to trial for their spots in the Country and Metro squads. Sandringham Dragons and Gippsland Power remain unbeaten at 3-0 apiece, though things can quickly chance in the mid-season period. Catch up on where things stand before the […]
Scouting Notes: 2025 Victorian U18 trials – Game Two
VIC METRO made it two wins from as many games against their Country counterparts yesterday, taking out the second trial by just five points at Avalon Airport Oval. In a fast-paced affair, there was a total of nine multiple goalkickers among the 13 overall, including Mid-Season Draft prospect Floyd Burmeister. Country midfield pair Brodie Atkins […]
