THE INITIAL Under 18 squads for Victoria’s two Under 18 teams have been announced.
Both Vic Metro and Vic Country have released strong preliminary squads, with the final lists to be confirmed closer to the Championships at the conclusion of trial matches.
Both squads will meet this Sunday at Ikon Park, with two trial games to be played at 10.30am and 12.30pm.
Vic Country once again kick-off their 2018 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships in Sydney against the Allies, while Vic Metro will travel to Western Australia in the opening round.
Vic Metro’s Oakleigh Chargers (19) and Vic Country’s Dandenong Stingrays (16) lead the way for most representatives in the initial squads.
| VIC METRO U18 | |||||
| FIRST | SURNAME | DOB | HT | WT | REGION |
| Curtis | Taylor | 6/04/2000 | 186 | 79 | Calder Cannons |
| Mason | Fletcher | 8/04/2000 | 199 | 77 | Calder Cannons |
| Tye | Browning | 28/01/2000 | 181 | 81 | Calder Cannons |
| Sam | Graham | 24/06/2000 | 185 | 76 | Calder Cannons |
| Lachlan | Sholl | 7/03/2000 | 185 | 77 | Calder Cannons |
| Jack | Evans | 21/03/2000 | 186 | 83 | Calder Cannons |
| Rhylee | West | 12/07/2000 | 180 | 80 | Calder Cannons |
| Jack | Bytel | 14/03/2000 | 187 | 81 | Calder Cannons |
| Cody | Hirst | 19/01/2000 | 180 | 65 | Eastern Ranges |
| Kye | Quirk | 30/05/2000 | 186 | 74 | Eastern Ranges |
| Jamieson | Rossiter | 17/11/2001 | 189 | 77 | Eastern Ranges |
| James | Blanck | 20/11/2000 | 195 | 80 | Eastern Ranges |
| Xavier | Fry | 8/08/2000 | 183 | 68 | Eastern Ranges |
| Thomas | Lockman | 5/03/2000 | 197 | 80 | Eastern Ranges |
| Tom | McKenzie | 23/06/2000 | 184 | 76 | Northern Knights |
| Thomas | Hallebone | 19/07/2000 | 201 | 83 | Northern Knights |
| Braedyn | Gillard | 14/11/2000 | 183 | 77 | Northern Knights |
| Harrison | Grace | 19/01/2000 | 193 | 74 | Northern Knights |
| Justin | McInerny | 18/08/2000 | 187 | 72 | Northern Knights |
| Oscar | White | 2/10/2000 | 180 | 71 | Northern Knights |
| Jospeh | Ayton-Delaney | 25/03/2000 | 180 | 68 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Matthew | Rowell | 1/07/2001 | 180 | 73 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Isaac | Quaynor | 15/01/2000 | 182 | 82 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Dylan | Williams | 1/07/2001 | 188 | 82 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Noah | Anderson | 17/02/2001 | 190 | 83 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Matthew | Warren | 22/06/2000 | 190 | 85 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Bailey | Griffiths | 1/10/1999 | 202 | 100 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Noah | Answerth | 6/08/1999 | 182 | 82 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Atu | Bosenavualagi | 17/09/2000 | 179 | 79 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Riley | Collier-Dawkins | 3/02/2000 | 193 | 88 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Will | Golds | 6/05/2000 | 181 | 68 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Will | Kelly | 16/08/2000 | 193 | 83 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Xavier | O’Neill | 3/08/2000 | 183 | 78 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Jay | Robertson | 29/09/2000 | 187 | 79 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Jack | Ross | 3/09/2000 | 186 | 85 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Ben | Silvagni | 7/05/2000 | 194 | 84 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Bailey | Wraith | 29/04/2000 | 191 | 84 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| James | Rowbottom | 19/09/2000 | 185 | 78 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Jack | Mahony | 12/11/2001 | 176 | 68 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Bailey | Smith | 7/12/2000 | 185 | 82 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Joel | Crocker | 14/04/2000 | 189 | 70 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Fischer | McAsey | 8/03/2001 | 195 | 86 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Ethan | Casey | 13/04/1999 | 202 | 102 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Ben | King | 7/07/2000 | 202 | 85 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Max | King | 7/07/2000 | 203 | 86 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Joe | Griffiths | 28/05/1999 | 203 | 90 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Samuel | Forbes | 13/01/2000 | 186 | 73 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Angus | Hanrahan | 9/08/2000 | 182 | 68 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Harry | Houlahan | 9/01/2000 | 187 | 74 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Will | Kennedy | 18/06/2000 | 198 | 86 | Sandringham Dragons |
| James | Rendell | 9/05/2000 | 198 | 90 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Alastair | Richards | 9/05/2000 | 187 | 78 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Liam | Stocker | 23/01/2000 | 183 | 83 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Buku | Khamis | 24/03/2000 | 190 | 81 | Western Jets |
| Daly | Andrews | 22/02/2000 | 183 | 76 | Western Jets |
| Aaron | Clarke | 2/05/2000 | 194 | 83 | Western Jets |
| Hamish | Murphy | 17/10/2000 | 188 | 86 | Western Jets |
| Zak | Butters | 8/09/2000 | 181 | 70 | Western Jets |
| Xavier | O’Halloran | 11/07/2000 | 187 | 83 | Western Jets |
| Stefan | Radovanovic | 7/09/2000 | 192 | 85 | Western Jets |
| Emerson | Jeka | 18/09/2001 | 198 | 88 | Western Jets |
| VIC COUNTRY U18 | |||||
| FIRST | SURNAME | DOB | HT | WT | REGION |
| Jacob | Atley | 04/07/00 | 191 | 74 | Bendigo Pioneers |
| Jye | Caldwell | 28/09/00 | 184 | 78 | Bendigo Pioneers |
| Brodie | Kemp | 01/05/01 | 193 | 76 | Bendigo Pioneers |
| James | Schischka | 24/02/01 | 190 | 79 | Bendigo Pioneers |
| Zane | Keighran | 19/10/00 | 182 | 79 | Bendigo Pioneers |
| Riley | Bowman | 25/02/00 | 198 | 82 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Bailey | Williams | 17/04/00 | 198 | 95 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Sam | Fletcher | 27/01/00 | 187 | 79 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Jai | Nanscawen | 31/03/00 | 184 | 73 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Bailey | Schmidt | 07/03/00 | 199 | 97 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Sam | De Koning | 26/02/01 | 194 | 78 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Jai | Taylor | 03/02/00 | 187 | 71 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Jake | Frawley | 03/08/99 | 187 | 81 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Mitchell | Riordan | 25/01/00 | 186 | 79 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Hayden | Young | 11/04/01 | 186 | 79 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| William | Hamill | 17/11/00 | 185 | 70 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Campbell | Hustwaite | 28/09/00 | 184 | 74 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Jamie | Plumridge | 12/01/00 | 183 | 75 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Zac | Foot | 24/12/00 | 180 | 71 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Finlay | Bayne | 06/09/00 | 177 | 68 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Toby | Bedford | 27/05/00 | 176 | 65 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Samuel | Walsh | 02/07/00 | 183 | 74 | Geelong Falcons |
| Edward | McHenry | 13/07/00 | 176 | 71 | Geelong Falcons |
| Sam | Conway | 17/05/99 | 202 | 89 | Geelong Falcons |
| Dane | Hollenkamp | 22/10/99 | 200 | 83 | Geelong Falcons |
| Blake | Schlensog | 25/09/00 | 198 | 90 | Geelong Falcons |
| Connor | Idun | 29/07/00 | 190 | 89 | Geelong Falcons |
| Charlie | Sprague | 08/05/00 | 187 | 79 | Geelong Falcons |
| Cooper | Stephens | 17/01/01 | 187 | 70 | Geelong Falcons |
| Oscar | Brownless | 16/02/00 | 186 | 76 | Geelong Falcons |
| Brayden | Ham | 25/04/99 | 181 | 69 | Geelong Falcons |
| Rylan | Henkel | 08/02/00 | 200 | 96 | Gippsland Power |
| Noah | Gown | 01/02/00 | 193 | 91 | Gippsland Power |
| Kyle | Reid | 12/08/00 | 193 | 85 | Gippsland Power |
| Brock | Smith | 13/03/01 | 188 | 78 | Gippsland Power |
| Xavier | Duursma | 07/07/00 | 185 | 71 | Gippsland Power |
| Sam | Flanders | 24/07/01 | 183 | 81 | Gippsland Power |
| Caleb | Serong | 09/02/01 | 178 | 82 | Gippsland Power |
| Boadie | Motton | 20/04/00 | 178 | 73 | Gippsland Power |
| Irving | Mosquito | 24/08/00 | 175 | 69 | Gippsland Power |
| Matthew | McGannon | 27/12/99 | 184 | 73 | Gippsland Power |
| Matty | Lloyd | 02/11/00 | 185 | 77 | GWV Rebels |
| Tylar | Watts | 14/04/00 | 198 | 83 | GWV Rebels |
| Josh | Chatfield | 02/08/00 | 186 | 84 | GWV Rebels |
| Harris | Jennings | 07/02/00 | 186 | 78 | GWV Rebels |
| Thomas | Berry | 01/05/00 | 185 | 76 | GWV Rebels |
| Jed | Hill | 06/07/00 | 179 | 68 | GWV Rebels |
| Scott | Carlin | 17/01/00 | 185 | 78 | GWV Rebels |
| Lochie | Dawson | 27/05/00 | 182 | 81 | GWV Rebels |
| Zane | Barzen | 29/10/00 | 193 | 77 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Mark | Marriott | 14/01/00 | 202 | 89 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Hudson | Garoni | 25/08/00 | 195 | 91 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Finbar | O’Dwyer | 24/07/00 | 188 | 72 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Lachlan | Ash | 21/06/01 | 186 | 77 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Laitham | Vandermeer | 03/02/99 | 180 | 76 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Kyle | Clarke | 31/01/00 | 174 | 72 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Kyle | Dunkley | 20/06/00 | 184 | 81 | Oakleigh Chargers |
U18 CHAMPS | The initial Vic Metro & Vic Country U18 squads for the #NABAFLU18s have been announced. Both sides will take part in two trial games at Ikon Park on Sunday. #AFLDraft pic.twitter.com/OXTLsmPd26
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