Victoria’s preparations for next month’s National Diversity Championships has stepped up a gear, announcing its initial Under 15 Kickstart and All Nations squads.
After impressing selectors at one of 14 regional trials conducted across Victoria last month, 100 of the state’s best under 15 multicultural and Indigenous players were invited to participate in the High Performance camp at Punt Road last weekend.
Players completed a number of tests similar to that of the NAB AFL Combine, including vertical leap, sprint and agility tests.
Following the High Performance camp, 25 players were selected for the initial Kickstart and All Nations squads which will represent the state at the 2017 National Diversity Championships in Blacktown from April 8-13.
Of the 25 players selected for the initial Kickstart squad, AFL South East has the most representatives with five players selected, followed by AFL Gippsland and AFL Goldfields with four representatives each.
Ten different AFL Victoria regions are included in the preliminary 25-man All Nations squad, with seven players hailing from the north, five from south west and three from AFL Goulburn Murray and AFL Goldfields respectively.
Players from both squads will travel to Halls Gap on March 17-19 to undergo a three-day Future Leader’s State Training Camp where squads will be trimmed down to final teams of 22 players (Kickstart) and 19 players (All Nations).
See below for a list of Victoria’s initial 2017 Kickstart and All Nations squads:
Initial Kickstart Squad:
FIRST NAME |
LAST NAME |
REGION |
Boris |
Bryant |
Gippsland |
Joshua |
Carlyle-Marks |
Goldfields |
Sam |
Chatfield |
Goldfields |
Will |
Dwyer |
Goulburn Murray |
Cody |
Egan |
South East |
Trey |
Frazer |
Goulburn Murray |
Josh |
French |
Central Murray |
Jimmy |
Gadston |
Inner East |
Kobi |
George |
South East |
Declan |
Gould |
South East |
Jordan |
Hynes |
Central Victoria |
Jarvis |
Kilgour |
Gippsland |
Jordan |
Lyall |
Wimmera Mallee |
Hezekiah |
Nannup |
South East |
Tyson |
Neal |
Barwon |
Jordan |
Proctor |
Northern |
Darcy |
Radford |
Central Victoria |
Deejay |
Redmond |
Goldfields |
Tyran |
Rees |
Gippsland |
Jack |
Sampi |
Goldfields |
Deakyn |
Smith |
South East |
Sage |
Tapner |
Gippsland |
Rhylan |
Thorne |
Goulburn Murray |
Jamarra |
Ugle-Hagan |
Western District |
Thomas |
Williams |
Inner South |
Initial All Nations Squad:
FIRST NAME |
LAST NAME |
REGION |
Liam |
Griffiths |
Central Victoria |
Youseph |
Dib |
Inner East |
Cyrus |
Fenn |
Western District |
Mark |
Nabong |
Western District |
Mesang |
Dang |
Goulburn Murray |
Mouch |
Wuordol |
Goldfields |
Elton |
Kha |
Northern |
Duoth |
Jock |
South East |
Nathan |
Naddaf |
Northern |
Jasper |
Dang-Lynch |
Northern |
Joey |
Koo Kwet Kim |
South East |
Siddarth |
Rajesh |
Goldfields |
Kento |
Dobell |
Goldfields |
Achoung |
Agog |
Goulburn Murray |
Jai |
Vo |
Northern |
Keam |
Chan |
Barwon |
Regan |
Uwandu |
Northern |
Kane |
Francis |
Northern |
Meafou (Kris) |
Pele |
Goulburn Murray |
Hussein |
El Haouli |
Northern |
Compton |
Faifua |
South West |
Davey |
Keleopa |
South West |
Justin |
Taulaulo |
South West |
Hayce |
Moreli Alama |
South West |
Eros |
Reid |
Gippsland |
Last Modified on 16/03/2017 10:40