AFLW Academy and All-Stars to clash again

AFTER producing a triple-digit win in game one, the AFL Women’s Academy will return to the field as a unit to take on a national All-Stars side on Sunday. The previous All-Stars team featured players from just Victoria, Northern Territory and Tasmania, but now includes players from across the nation including South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland.

The match on Sunday will take place from 11am AEST at RSEA Park, with all players on the All-Stars team aged 21 or under and is comprised of players who received nominations from all AFLW clubs. Bendigo Pioneers’ Jemmika Douglas, who played on the All-Stars team last time, will switch jumpers and represent the AFLW Academy due to several injuries reducing numbers on the side. Douglas is also a member of the 2024 Indigenous Academy.

The quartet of players missing from the match will be Elli Symonds and Poppy Scholz (who also missed the first match), Grace Baba and Tara Harrington. All four will still take part in the AFLW Academy camp at The Hangar on Friday morning, before a captain’s run at ETU Stadium on Saturday.

Among those players featuring in the AFLW Academy members are pick one contenders Ash Centra and Havana Harris, as well as top-end stars Zippy Fish, Molly O’Hehir, India Rasheed, Lucia Painter and Sara Howley.

The national All-Stars squad will see Fish’s East Fremantle teammates in Natasha Entwistle and Taya Chambers helping out in defence alongside Queensland’s Laura Roy. Fellow Sunshine State representatives Heidi Talbot and Zimra Hussain has also made the squad, while South Australian midfielders Violet Patterson – an eligible father-daughter election to Collingwood – and Grace Martin are others to keep an eye on.

From a mature-age perspective, Casey Demons ruck Lauren Jatczak and North Melbourne VFLW’s Nyakoat Dojiok are the two full-time VFLW players in the side. New South Wales also has a representative in talented Giants Academy utility Amelie Prosser-Shaw, while forward Ava Read hails from the Apple Isle.

AFLW ACADEMY vs ALL-STARS
Sunday, June 9, 2024
11:00am AEST
RSEA Park
Free entry

HOW TO WATCH: Sunday’s match between Australia U18 and the All-Stars will be available to watch live and free on the AFLW website.

MARSH AFL NATIONAL ACADEMY GIRLS (AUSTRALIA U18)

#FIRST NAMESURNAMEHTSTATE LEAGUE CLUBCOMMUNITY CLUB
1ZipporahFish160East Fremantle 
2TatyanaPerry171NT AcademyPalmerston
3JasmineEvans166Central DistrictSalisbury
4SierraGrieves163Western JetsYarraville Seddon Eagles
5*TaraHarrington166Gold Coast Suns AcademyBond University
6SaraHowley173Geelong FalconsNewtown & Chilwell
7SophieMcKay168Sandringham DragonsPrahran
8MollyO’Hehir179South FremantleSouth Coogee
9LuciaPainter174Bendigo PioneersWhite Hills
10AshleyPatton170GWS Giants AcademyTuggeranong
11ClaudiaWright179ClaremontClaremont
12*GraceBaba176Eastern RangesMooroolbark
13LillyBaker179Brisbane Lions AcademyMaroochydore
14ZoeBesanko178Dandenong StingraysFrankston Dolphins
15AshCentra174Gippsland PowerSale City
16EmmaJuneja170Sydney Swans AcademyEast Sydney
17MillieLang177GWV RebelsRedan
18EmmaMcDonald179Oakleigh ChargersAshburton
19GeorgiaMcKee161Central DistrictGolden Grove
20CharlotteRiggs181Central DistrictAngle Vale
21*ElliSymonds178Dandenong StingraysFrankston Dolphins
22JemmikaDouglas166Bendigo PioneersBambill
24MackenzieWilliams171Tasmania DevilsNorth Hobart
26HavanaHarris181Gold Coast Suns AcademyBurleigh
27IndiaRasheed174SturtGlenunga
28*PoppyScholz179GlenelgMitcham
29SiennaTallariti168Oakleigh ChargersWhitehorse Pioneers

*Denotes injured and won’t play

ALL-STARS

#FIRST NAMESURNAMEHTSTATE LEAGUE CLUBCOMMUNITY CLUB
1GraceMartin164Woodville-West TorrensSMOSH West Lakes
2NatashaEntwistle170East FremantleCanning Vale
3ZimraHussain160Brisbane Lions AcademyWilston Grange
4VioletPatterson167GlenelgPlympton
5AvaRead176Tasmania DevilsClarence
6JasmineSowden164Gippsland PowerWarragul Industrials
7ZoeHargreaves172Northern KnightsFitzroy
8GraceBelloni174Eastern RangesOlinda Ferny Creek
9AmelieProsser-Shaw175GWS Giants AcademyEast Coast Eagles
10DaisyFlockart179Sandringham DragonsOld Brighton Grammarians
11GeorgieBrisbane175Eastern RangesBlackburn
12Lou-LouField167Western JetsYarraville Seddon Eagles
13MaggieMahony161Oakleigh ChargersOld Scotch
14EvieParker179Eastern RangesVermont
15ScoutHowden174Sandringham DragonsOld Brighton Grammarians
16SarahPoustie170Oakleigh ChargersOld Scotch
17TayaChambers174East FremantleCanning Vale
18LauraRoy172Brisbane Lions AcademyUniversity of Queensland
19NyakoatDojiok175North MelbourneEssendon Doutta Stars
20LaurenJatczak181Casey DemonsBanyule
21HeidiTalbot161Gold Coast Suns AcademyBond University
24AlexisGregor180Bendigo PioneersMoama
25ClaireMahony181GWV RebelsLake Wendouree
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