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Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 14
A FULL round of Coates Talent League Girls action took place before the league-wide bye with plenty of impressive individual performances, especially from Vic Country listed players. There was even the first triple bottom-ager who made a debut, while some younger metropolitan regions talents made their mark. All notes are the opinion of the individual […] The post Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League Girls – Round 14 appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.

Scouting Notes: 2025 AFL U16s – Giants Academy vs. Tasmania
TASMANIA has claimed the Pool B title at this year’s Under 16 National Championships after downing the GWS Giants Academy by 20 points. Taking the crown with a 3-0 record, Tassie did so via a comfortably superior percentage to the Brisbane Lions Academy, who also finished the series undefeated. The win was set up by […] The post Scouting Notes: 2025 AFL U16s – Giants Academy vs. Tasmania appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.

2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Ella Stoddart
BOASTING a booming left peg and competitive overhead and at ground level, Gippsland Power’s Ella Stoddart is one of only a couple of Vic Country players in the National Academy member. An MVP winner for her state at Under 16s level, Stoddart has progressed through the pathway and long been touted as one to watch […] The post 2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Ella Stoddart appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.

Over-agers advance up RMC Medal leaderboard
BENDIGO Pioneers defender Tom Evans is one of two over-age players to have moved up the Rookie Me Central Medal leaderboard after Round 15, slotting into equal-third. The prolific rebound runner polled two votes in the Pioneers’ resounding 111-point win over Murray to take his overall tally to 10. > > SCROLL for the Round 15 […] The post Over-agers advance up RMC Medal leaderboard appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.

2025 Rookie Me Central SANFLW Team of the Year
ELEVEN of last year’s Rookie Me Central SANFL Women’s Team of the Year have earned back-to-back honours, though most are in different positions. In addition to the double-digit returning players, six representatives of last year’s SANFLW Second Team of the Year stepped up to our first team for 2025. The selections were based on our […] The post 2025 Rookie Me Central SANFLW Team of the Year appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.

2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Marlo Graham
NORTHERN Knights top-ager Marlo Graham has had a sensational start to her 2025 season and despite injury keeping her out for a little while, has not dropped off since stepping up for Vic Metro in their most recent two games. Graham spoke to us at the Coates Talent League Girls Preseason Testing Day about her […] The post 2025 AFLW Draft Q&A: Marlo Graham appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.

State Academy notes: 2025 SANFLW – Semi-Finals
FOUR teams became three over the weekend with Woodville-West Torrens advancing to the 2025 SANFLW Women’s Grand Final, while North Adelaide was eliminated by Sturt who will go on to face South Adelaide in a preliminary final next weekend. As always, we took note of those State Academy members in action for their respective SANFLW […] The post State Academy notes: 2025 SANFLW – Semi-Finals appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.

Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 15
ROTATED Vic Metro representatives looked to make statements, while Vic Country hopefuls put in solid shifts in Round 15 of the Coates Talent League. It was a weekend of lopsided results, and we had eyes on some of the top performers and prospects across all five fixtures. > > CTL Round 15: Snapshot | Player of […] The post Scouting Notes: 2025 Coates Talent League – Round 15 appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.

2025 CTL | Round 15 Team of the Week
A HANDFUL of Bendigo Pioneers feature in our Coates Talent League Team of the Week after their side’s thumping 111-point victory over Murray. Geelong Falcons also won big to contribute four players to the 24-player squad, which has a representative from all 10 regions who took the field in Round 15. > > CTL Round 15: […] The post 2025 CTL | Round 15 Team of the Week appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.

2025 AFL Sydney Player Analysis: Brea Trevitt (Parramatta Goannas)
A SHINING light in a tough season, Parramatta Goannas’ Brea Trevitt is standing out for the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division side and was again her team’s best in defeat to St George Dragons. Trevitt is one of a number of Giants Academy bottom-agers in the Goannas’ outfit, and will be looking to finish the […] The post 2025 AFL Sydney Player Analysis: Brea Trevitt (Parramatta Goannas) appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.

Scouting Notes: 2025 AFL U16s – Vic Metro vs. Western Australia
VIC METRO has escaped with a three-point win over Western Australia to move to 2-0 at the Under 16 National Championships. With their 21-point half time margin cut to just one at the final break, the Vics kicked the first three goals of term four, only to concede the next three to set up a […] The post Scouting Notes: 2025 AFL U16s – Vic Metro vs. Western Australia appeared first on Aussie Rules Rookie Me Central.

2025 NBA Draft Team Wrap – Phoenix Suns
PRIOR to the 2025 NBA Draft in Chicago last month, the Phoenix Suns made a blockbuster move to move into the top 10 of proceedings, and ended up walking away with three impressive prospects that will be crucial to success in the future. After a disappointing campaign, the Suns made the highly-anticipated move of trading […] The post 2025 NBA Draft Team Wrap – Phoenix Suns appeared first on Basketball Rookie Me Central.