Victoria’s top emerging footballers recently completed the 2023 Coates Talent League Boys Testing Day ahead of the commencement of the 2023 season.
The 2023 Coates Talent League Boys season begins this weekend.
The competition will feature a 17-round home-and-away fixture, with teams from Victoria and Tasmania to each play 13 matches during the home-and-away season. Five academy programs from New South Wales, Queensland and Northern Territory will feature in up to five matches.
The 2023 Coates Talent League Boys Testing Day at Maribyrnong College saw players from the 12 Victorian programs feature in a range of testing, which included the standing vertical jump, running vertical jump, 20m sprint, agility test and yo-yo test.
Rye Penny from the Calder Cannons was a standout in the two jumping tests, producing 101cm on the running vertical jump and 86cm on the standing vertical jump. He also recorded the sixth-fastest result on the 20m sprint.
Rook Barry from the Western Jets was quickest on the 20m sprint, with a time of 2.845 seconds, while Northern Knights midfielder Jake Woodward produced the fastest time on the agility test (7.84 seconds).
The yo-yo test, which measures endurance, saw four players record a result of 22.01, with Archie Caldow (GWV Rebels), Tarkyn O’Leary (Sandringham Dragons), Charlie Opie (Northern Knights) and Harvey Thomas (Oakleigh Chargers) leading the way.
Below are the top-10 times recorded by Victorian-based players at the 2023 Coates Talent League Boys Testing Day.
20m Sprint
|
Name |
Coates Talent League Club |
Community Club |
Result (sec) |
|
Rook Barry |
Western Jets |
Yarraville Seddon Eagles |
2.845 |
|
Jacob Vippond |
Eastern Ranges |
Blackburn |
2.854 |
|
Jed Daniels |
Bendigo Pioneers |
Sea Lake Nandaly Tigers |
2.857 |
|
Joziah Nannup |
Dandenong Stingrays |
Doveton |
2.870 |
|
Harry Sullivan |
Sandringham Dragons |
Labrador |
2.884 |
|
Rye Penny |
Calder Cannons |
Gisborne |
2.892 |
|
Joshua Goldie |
Eastern Ranges |
Mitcham |
2.902 |
|
Caleb Windsor |
Eastern Ranges |
Lysterfield |
2.905 |
|
Rhys Unwin |
GWV Rebels |
Cobden |
2.919 |
|
Blake Leidler |
Oakleigh Chargers |
Surrey Park |
2.922 |
Standing Vertical Jump
|
Name |
Coates Talent League Club |
Community Club |
Result (cm) |
|
Rye Penny |
Calder Cannons |
Gisborne |
86 |
|
Taj McMillan |
Bendigo Pioneers |
Swan Hill |
82 |
|
Phoenix Gothard |
Murray Bushrangers |
Albury |
78 |
|
Coby James |
Murray Bushrangers |
Mooroopna |
78 |
|
Shane Clough |
Calder Cannons |
Gisborne |
77 |
|
Daniel Snell |
Western Jets |
Yarraville Seddon Eagles |
76 |
|
Billy Wilson |
Dandenong Stingrays |
Dromana |
76 |
|
Jed Daniels |
Bendigo Pioneers |
Sea Lake Nandaly Tigers |
75 |
|
Harrison Hewitt |
Murray Bushrangers |
Wangaratta |
75 |
|
Caleb Nancarrow |
Oakleigh Chargers |
Cairns City Eagles |
74 |
Running Vertical Jump
|
Name |
Coates Talent League Club |
Community Club |
Result (cm) |
|
Rye Penny |
Calder Cannons |
Gisborne |
101 |
|
Sam Hoghton |
Gippsland Power |
Officer |
100 |
|
Jed Daniels |
Bendigo Pioneers |
Sea Lake Nandaly Tigers |
96 |
|
Daniel Snell |
Western Jets |
Yarraville Seddon Eagles |
96 |
|
Jacob Vippond |
Eastern Ranges |
Blackburn |
95 |
|
Ethan Fitzpatrick |
Calder Cannons |
Kilmore |
94 |
|
Will McLachlan |
Geelong Falcons |
Colac |
93 |
|
Davin Cameron |
Northern Knights |
South Morang |
92 |
|
Billy Wilson |
Dandenong Stingrays |
Dromana |
92 |
|
Darby Wilson |
Murray Bushrangers |
Euroa |
92 |
Yo-Yo
|
Name |
Coates Talent League Club |
Community Club |
Result |
|
Archie Caldow |
GWV Rebels |
East Point |
22.01 |
|
Tarkyn O’Leary |
Sandringham Dragons |
Parkdale Vultures |
22.01 |
|
Charlie Opie |
Northern Knights |
Ivanhoe |
22.01 |
|
Harvey Thomas |
Oakleigh Chargers |
Turvey Park |
22.01 |
|
Oliver Badr |
Oakleigh Chargers |
Old Scotch |
21.08 |
|
Maison Goodman |
Calder Cannons |
Ivanhoe |
21.08 |
|
Jett McLaughlan |
Northern Knights |
Diamond Creek |
21.08 |
|
Tobyn Murray |
Geelong Falcons |
Colac |
21.08 |
|
Darcy Wilson |
Murray Bushrangers |
Wangaratta Rovers |
21.08 |
|
Levi Ashcroft |
Sandringham Dragons |
Old Brighton Grammarians |
21.07 |
Agility
|
Name |
Coates Talent League Club |
Community Club |
Result (sec) |
|
Jake Woodward |
Northern Knights |
Montmorency |
7.84 |
|
Sam McDonald |
GWV Rebels |
Ballarat |
7.85 |
|
Oliver Poole |
Bendigo Pioneers |
Echuca United |
7.86 |
|
Taj McMillan |
Bendigo Pioneers |
Swan Hill |
7.89 |
|
Nathan Philactides |
Oakleigh Chargers |
Blackburn |
7.90 |
|
Ben McGlade |
GWV Rebels |
Cobden |
7.93 |
|
Connor Byrne |
GWV Rebels |
Koroit |
7.95 |
|
Isaac Kako |
Calder Cannons |
Pascoe Vale |
7.95 |
|
Jett McLaughlan |
Northern Knights |
Diamond Creek |
7.97 |
|
Tarkyn O’Leary |
Sandringham Dragons |
Parkdale Vultures |
7.97 |
Round 1 of the 2023 Coates Talent League Boys season features eight matches, played across Saturday March 25 and Sunday March 26.
The Coates Talent League Girls season commenced last week, with Round 2 to be played this weekend.
Thanks to a partnership between AFL and News Corp, one boys and one girls game will be live streamed exclusively on KommunityTV each week. All remaining games will be live streamed on the Coates Talent League app, thanks to Telstra.
