THE NAB AFL Under 16 Championships Division One kicks off on the weekend. Vic Metro and Vic Country will clash post the Under 18 Round 3 game between Vic Metro and Vic Country U18s, while Western Australia and South Australia will play as a curtain raiser to the Under 18 clash on Sunday.
VIC METRO v VIC COUNTRY
Saturday June 24 at Punt Road Oval 2.30pm
Vic Metro
| Backs | 19 Charlie Dean | 24 Brodie Newman | 20 Liam Witts |
| H Backs | 11 Daniel Mott | 22 Lachlan Rzanovski | 18 Ethan Bentley |
| Centres | 12 Lachlan Potter | 6 Matthew Rowell | 7 Sam Ramsay |
| H Fwds | 4 Trent Bianco | 29 Emerson Jeka | 15 Dylan Williams |
| Fwds | 21 Jamieson Rossiter | 27 Fischer McAsey | 2 Mitch Mellis |
| Followers | 30 Andrew Courtney | 17 Noah Anderson | 5 Jack Mahony |
| Interchange | 1 Jonte Duffy | 3 Lucas Westwood | 8 Sebastian Fernandez |
| 13 Finn Maginness | 10 Darcy Cassar | 14 James Ross | |
| 25 Jeremy O’Sullivan |
VIC COUNTRY
| Backs | 1 Keidan Rayner | 19 Jesse Clarke | 11 Sam DeKoning |
| H Backs | 18 Hayden Young | 26 Brodie Kemp | 15 Mitch Holt |
| Centres | 6 Jaxon Stuart | 14 Sam Flanders | 2 Reece Orchard |
| H Fwds | 9 Jarryd Barker | 20 James Schischka | 4 Jeremy Goddard |
| Fwds | 5 Izaac Grant | 16 Tom Richardson | 24 Aaron Gundry |
| Followers | 25 Patrick Glanford | 23 Cooper Stephens | 3 Riley Ironside |
| Interchange | 12 Lachlan Ash | 21 Hudson Kaak | 13 Mitch Bentvelzen |
| 17 Brock Smith | 7 Caleb Serong | 10 Leo Connelly | |
| 8 Thomson Dow |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Sunday June 25 at Leederville Oval 10am, Perth
WESTERN AUSTRALIA:
Team to be announced
SOUTH AUSTRALIA:
F: Brodie Arriola, Daniel Sladojevic, Cameron Taheny
HF: Kysaiah Pickett, Damon Freitag, Anzac Lochowiak
C: Harrison Magor, Jackson Mead, Dylan Stephens
HB: Joshua Shute, Karl Finlay, Will Gould
B: Mitchell Carroll, Tex Dowdell, Aaron Douglass
R: Dyson Hilder, Jordan O’Brien, Jed McEntee
INT: Callum Park, Corey Durdin, Harry Schoenberg, Dale Pearce, Riley Davis
EMG: Skeet Manuell, Oliver Grivell
FULL SQUADS
VIC COUNTRY SQUAD
| Riley | Ironside | Bendigo Pioneers |
| Thomson | Dow | Bendigo Pioneers |
| James | Schischka | Bendigo Pioneers |
| Aaron | Gundry | Bendigo Pioneers |
| Brodie | Kemp | Bendigo Pioneers |
| Ethan | Roberts | Bendigo Pioneers |
| Reece | Orchard | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Jaxon | Stuart | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Jarryd | Barker | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Sam | De Koning | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Hayden | Young | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Bigoa | Nyuon | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Keidan | Rayner | Geelong Falcons |
| Jeremy | Goddard | Geelong Falcons |
| Tom | Richardson | Geelong Falcons |
| Jesse | Clark | Geelong Falcons |
| Cooper | Stephens | Geelong Falcons |
| Caleb | Serong | Gippsland Power |
| Leo | Connely | Gippsland Power |
| Mitchell | Bentvelzen | Gippsland Power |
| Sam | Flanders | Gippsland Power |
| Brock | Smith | Gippsland Power |
| Izaac | Grant | GWV Rebels |
| Patrick | Glanford | GWV Rebels |
| Connor | Giddings | GWV Rebels |
| Lachlan | Ash | Murray Bushrangers |
| Mitchell | Holt | Murray Bushrangers |
| Hudson | Kaak | Murray Bushrangers |
VIC METRO SQUAD
| Sam | Ramsay | Calder Cannons |
| Daniel | Mott | Calder Cannons |
| Brodie | Newman | Calder Cannons |
| Jeremy | O’Sullivan | Calder Cannons |
| Jonte | Duffy | Eastern Ranges |
| Mitch | Mellis | Eastern Ranges |
| James | Ross | Eastern Ranges |
| Todd | Garner | Eastern Ranges |
| Jamieson | Rossiter | Eastern Ranges |
| Lachlan | Potter | Northern Knights |
| Lucas | Westwood | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Trent | Bianco | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Matthew | Rowell | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Sebastian | Fernandez | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Dylan | Williams | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Noah | Anderson | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Harrison | Shugg | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Josh | May | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Daniel | Romero | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Jack | Mahony | Sandringham Dragons |
| Finn | Maginness | Sandringham Dragons |
| Charlie | Dean | Sandringham Dragons |
| Liam | Witts | Sandringham Dragons |
| Kyle | Yorke | Sandringham Dragons |
| Fischer | McAsey | Sandringham Dragons |
| Andrew | Courtney | Sandringham Dragons |
| Darcy | Cassar | Western Jets |
| Ethan | Bentley | Western Jets |
| Lachlan | Rzanovski | Western Jets |
| Emerson | Jeka | Western Jets |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA U16 SQUADS TO BE ANNOUNCED
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