WESTERN JETS NAME 2025 COATES TALENT LEAGUE SQUADS
The Western Jets have revealed their Coates Talent League lists for this year with players from Western Football Netball League clubs making up more than half the Boys and Girls squads in 2025.
Of the 102 players named as across both programs, 62 are currently or have been affiliated with WFNL clubs with 29 of those players a part of the Boys squad while the Girls program features 33 WFNL players.
Last year’s Under 18 Division 1 Best and Fairest winner Khaled El Souki of Newport, along with Under 18 Girls Best and Fairest winner Charli Sette of Point Cook Centrals and Under 16 Girls co-best and fairest Addison West from Williamstown Juniors are among the new faces in the respective Boys and Girls Squads.
The Coates Talent League Boys season begins next weekend with the Western Jets taking on Sandringham Dragons at RSEA Park on Sunday (March 30), while the Western Jets Girls get their campaign underway a week later facing Calder Cannons at Craigieburn’s Highgate Reserve.
Congratulations to all players picked. Below is the list of all WFNL players selected in both programs.
WESTERN JETS – U18 BOYS
Tate Ferguson – Altona / Altona Juniors
Jacob Bayley – Altona / Altona Juniors
Lachlan Hicks – Altona / Altona Juniors
Jordan Fenton – Altona / Altona Juniors
Lukas Hare – Caroline Springs*
Bradley Podolczak – Caroline Springs
Christian Kitanovski – Caroline Springs*
Khaled El Souki – Newport
Rafeik Haddara – Newport / Point Cook
Harry Gardner-Solomon – Newport / West Footscray
Adem Muhedin – Newport / West Footscray
Roarke Dening – Point Cook
Angus Tippett – Point Cook
Thomas Burton – Point Cook*
Daniel Gilham – St Bernard’s
Rani Pavlidis – Werribee Districts*
Macauli Buck – Werribee Districts*
Taaj Assafiri – Williamstown CYMS / Newport Power Juniors
Oskar Ainsworth – Williamstown CYMS / Williamstown Juniors*
Finnegan Davis – Williamstown CYMS / Williamstown Juniors*
Toby Round – Williamstown CYMS / Williamstown Juniors
Isaac Gawne – Williamstown CYMS / Williamstown Juniors
Kobe Williams – Williamstown CYMS / Williamstown Juniors*
Ayden McCarroll – Williamstown CYMS / YSE / Williamstown Juniors
Billy Wigmore – Yarraville Seddon Eagles
Jacob Marron – Yarraville Seddon*
Mason Tapping – Yarraville Seddon
Joshua Djatschenko – Yarraville Seddon / Sunshine
Darcy Steedman – Yarraville Seddon Eagles / Williamstown Juniors*
WESTERN JETS – U18 GIRLS
Ella Davis – Caroline Springs
Alyssa De Bono – Caroline Springs
Adelina Demirovski – Caroline Springs
Mira Diab – Caroline Springs*
Rylee Driscoll – Caroline Springs*
Charlotte Gerada – Caroline Springs
Mia Gordon – Caroline Springs*
Chloe Kropman – Caroline Springs*
Matilda Melrose – Caroline Springs
Leilani Petaia – Caroline Springs
Caitlyn Volpe – Caroline Springs*
Sharni Battye – Caroline Springs
Leivi Lane – Caroline Springs
Paige McHutchison – Caroline Springs
Eloise Elmer – Newport Power Juniors
Nartasha Elbayeh – Newport Power Juniors
Emily Smith – Newport Power Juniors
Jacinta Eteuati – Point Cook
Charlie O’Connor Moreira – Point Cook*
Ellie Pawlowski – Point Cook*
Bonnie Brown – Point Cook Centrals
Jennifer Hedjes – Point Cook Centrals
Jenna Hurring – Point Cook Centrals
Charli Sette – Point Cook Centrals
Olivia Cavka – Spotswood
Ella Royston – Spotswood
Lydia Waghorne – Spotswood
Isabella Andrews – Williamstown CYMS / Williamstown Juniors*
Polly Conway – Williamstown CYMS / Williamstown Juniors*
Olivia Billington – Williamstown CYMS / Williamstown Juniors
Addison West – Williamstown CYMS / Williamstown Juniors
Xanthe Chard – Yarraville Seddon Eagles
Ruby Jones – Yarraville Seddon Eagles
*Western Jets U18 player in 2024