
Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 11
A CONDENSED Coates Talent League fixture saw just four games played across the weekend, featuring plenty of talent out of the Vic Country, Vic Metro, and Allies squad. Before the National Championships resume next weekend, we took note of how some of the leading prospects performed. >> CTL ROUND 11: Snapshot | Player of the […]

2025 CTL | Round 11 Team of the Week
A QUARTET of Coates Talent League regions boast four players apiece in our Round 11 Team of the Week, with all eight sides in action represented. After their thriller in Healesville, Eastern Ranges and Geelong Falcons have a combined eight players in the 24-man squad. See who made the cut. >> CTL Round 11: Snapshot […]

2025 CTL | Round 11 Player of the Week: Lachy Dovaston
EASTERN Ranges livewire Lachy Dovaston is our Coates Talent League Player of the Week after a breakthrough bag of goals in Round 11. The small forward booted five from 20 disposals and laid six tackles in his side’s thrilling one-point win over Geelong Falcons in Healesville on Sunday. >> Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round […]

Snapshot: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 11
A CONDENSED weekend of Coates Talent League action saw Eastern Ranges hold on for a thrilling win, while the remaining three fixtures were decided by 27 points or more. Plenty of Victorian representatives also took the field before regular programming resumes next week in Round 12.

Scouting Notes: 2025 AFL U18s – South Australia vs. Vic Metro
SOUTH Australia firmed its grip on pole position in the National Championships title race after trouncing Vic Metro by 61 points at Alberton Oval on Sunday. The Croweaters poured on 13 goals to two after quarter time against a Metro side which couldn’t find its radar, nor a way forward. The 48-26 inside 50 count […]

2025 AFL U18s | Squad preview: Vic Metro
VIC METRO heads into the 2025 Under 18 National Championships as reigning champion, and boast top-end talent in all the right places. An enviable five National Academy members and plenty of club-tied talent will headline the Vics’ campaign, which begins on Sunday with a trip to South Australia. >> FULL SQUAD: 2025 Vic Metro Under […]

PREVIEW | Prospects to have final CTL hitout before champs
WHILE four Tasmanian prospects shift into the Allies side, Victorian prospects will have their final hitout in the Coates Talent League before this year’s Under 18 National Championships get underway. It all kicks off in Round 9 with three games on Saturday, which we preview below. ROUND 9 FIXTURE Saturday May 31: Dandenong Stingrays vs. […]

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 7
BARRING a single outlier, the weekend’s seven Coates Talent League fixtures were tightly contested and allowed a bunch of prospects to stake their names as game-winners. Round 7 also provided one final glimpse of the Northern Academies, with many Allied prospects finishing their campaigns on a high note. >> CTL ROUND 7: Snapshot | Player […]

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.