Under Age 2025 AFL Draft General Discussion

[Lore]

The 2023 AFL National Development Championships – U16 Boys will begin with a clash between Victoria Country and Victoria Metro on Saturday, June 10 during the King’s Birthday weekend in Victoria.

The first round of fixtures will be played across four states, before all ten teams converge on the Gold Coast where the final two rounds will be played from July 3 to July 7.

The 2023 AFL National Championships – U18 Girls will again feature six teams. Queensland, South Australia, Victoria Country, Victoria Metro and Western Australia will all field teams, along with the Allies, which will comprise players from New South Wales, ACT, Northern Territory and Tasmania.

2023 AFL National Development Championships – U16 Boys​

Teams: Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast Suns, GWS Giants, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria Country, Victoria Metro, Sydney Swans Academy, Tasmania and Western Australia

DATE	HOME TEAM	AWAY TEAM	VENUE
Sat, June 10	Victoria Country	Victoria Metro	IKON Park, VIC
Sat, June 17	GWS GIANTS Academy	Sydney Swans Academy	Blacktown Int. Sportspark, NSW
Sat, June 24	Northern Territory	Tasmania	Highgate Rec. Reserve, VIC
Sun, June 25	Western Australia	South Australia	TBC, WA
Sun, June 25	Brisbane Lions	GC SUNS Academy	Brighton Homes Arena, QLD
Mon, July 3	GC SUNS Academy	Tasmania	Heritage Bank Stadium, QLD
Mon, July 3	GWS GIANTS Academy	Northern Territory	Heritage Bank Stadium, QLD
Mon, July 3	Brisbane Lions	Sydney Swans	Heritage Bank Stadium, QLD
Tue, July 4	Victoria Metro	Western Australia	Heritage Bank Stadium, QLD
Tue, July 4	Victoria Country	South Australia	Heritage Bank Stadium, QLD
Thu, July 6	Tasmania	GWS GIANTS Academy	Fankhauser Reserve, QLD
Thu, July 6	GC SUNS Academy	Sydney Swans Academy	Fankhauser Reserve, QLD
Thu, July 6	Northern Territory	Brisbane Lions Academy	Fankhauser Reserve, QLD
Fri, July 7	South Australia	Victoria Metro	Fankhauser Reserve, QLD
Fri, July 7	Western Australia	Victoria Country	Fankhauser Reserve, QLD

2023 AFL National Championships: U18, U16 fixtures released

The AFL has released the schedule for this year's U18 and U16 National Championships

www.afl.com.au

 

[MarcMaverick]

Not sure I'm understanding the situation correctly, but could this have any impact on the Rodan boys at the Essendon NGA?

If it doesn't the AFL hates Melbourne.

 

[Elite Pete]

From the Eagles site about NGA

Eligibility​

• Players aged between 11-18 years (Born 2006-2013)
• Players must be registered with the Naitanui Academy by their 15th year, to be eligible for any draft concessions through the AFL NGA Program
• African/Asian – where a player or parent is born in an African or Asian country
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) – where a player or both parents are born in a non-English speaking country
• Indigenous – where a player identifies as indigenous

 

[Jen2310]

From the Eagles site about NGA

Eligibility​

• Players aged between 11-18 years (Born 2006-2013)
• Players must be registered with the Naitanui Academy by their 15th year, to be eligible for any draft concessions through the AFL NGA Program
• African/Asian – where a player or parent is born in an African or Asian country
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) – where a player or both parents are born in a non-English speaking country
• Indigenous – where a player identifies as indigenous

I wonder if this is it.
If you sign up too late, you're not eligible to be bid matched by said club.

 

[MarcMaverick]

From the Eagles site about NGA

Eligibility​

• Players aged between 11-18 years (Born 2006-2013)
• Players must be registered with the Naitanui Academy by their 15th year, to be eligible for any draft concessions through the AFL NGA Program
• African/Asian – where a player or parent is born in an African or Asian country
• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) – where a player or both parents are born in a non-English speaking country
• Indigenous – where a player identifies as indigenous

Why then does the AFL limit it to African/Asian country? Why are other countries excluded? Why make it selective?

 

[Ichiro #51]

Not sure I'm understanding the situation correctly, but could this have any impact on the Rodan boys at the Essendon NGA?

Sorry, don’t know enough about their situation.

 

[Elite Pete]

Why then does the AFL limit it to African/Asian country? Why are other countries excluded? Why make it selective?

 

[Jen2310]

Why in the program then?

 

[Jen2310]

Squads for the VLine cup

https://cdn.aflvic.com.au/raw/2024vline-squad-lists-sep11-v2.pdf

 

[M Malice]

Why in the program then?

Twomey should not let the truth get in the way of a good whinge/conspiracy theory.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Squads for the VLine cup

https://cdn.aflvic.com.au/raw/2024vline-squad-lists-sep11-v2.pdf

Potentially more names for you Haggas.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

So with Sharp, Reichelt, Schubert and LeRay vying for the AFL Academy spot, surely puts a bit of pressure on the Centrals to win the U18 boys' flag in the SANFL next year.

 

[Thunderstruck]

So with Sharp, Reichelt, Schubert and LeRay vying for the AFL Academy spot, surely puts a bit of pressure on the Centrals to win the U18 boys' flag in the SANFL next year.

Sharp an Schubert the only two that I'd have there. We all know Sharp but Schubert has AFL qualities in spades.

 

[mustang]

Has anyone seen Kobe Williams, Western Bulldogs NGA and Hawthorn Father son play, just wondering is he a small crumbing forward who gets at the feet of forwards and pushes into the midfield type or more a marking leading forward like his Dad Mark.

 

[EricCartman]

Has anyone seen Kobe Williams, Western Bulldogs NGA and Hawthorn Father son play, just wondering is he a small crumbing forward who gets at the feet of forwards and pushes into the midfield type or more a marking leading forward like his Dad Mark.

Vic metro selection next year possibly, 2nd-3rd round talent. Didn’t have the best campaign this year due to school footy or injuries I believe. Kobe doesn’t play much midfield, he’s more of a pure deep forward but could play higher up. I’d say an early comparison is Bayley Fritsch. He kicked 7 goals when I played against him at local level.

 

[Monsterdarlz]

Sensational WA crop for next year. Swalding, Curtin, Rodriguez, Whan should all push for a 1 round spot. Not including any risers next year I reckon 20 players will get picked next year from wa between the ND and Rookie draft

 

[EricCartman]

This is kinda weird but has anyone else noticed that Harley Hicks has some of the narrowest clavicles?
Plus he seems to have a case of a case of scoliosis.