AFLW Academy faces stacked All Stars side

A WOUNDED National Academy side missing a host of young stars will take on a stacked All Stars side at Whitten Oval on Sunday as a glimpse into the future for the national championships. The National Academy easily won the corresponding fixture back in April at RSEA Park, but will miss a handful more players due to injury while the opposition now features the bulk of top-age draft prospects, making for an intriguing contest.

Missing from last time out and will be unavailable again are top stars Ava Usher and Dekota Baron as well as Alira Fotu, while since then the likes of Jade McLay (shoulder) and Evie Cowcher (back) have joined them, with a couple more players in doubt due to niggles they have sustained over the last couple of weeks.

To make up the minimum 23 players for the game, the National Academy has added Nalu Brothwell – sister of current member Mizuki – as another forward target in the match. Meanwhile her partner in crime inside Dandenong Stingrays’ forwardline Evelyn Connolly is among a number of deserved additions to the All Stars squad.

Other additions to the All Stars are South Australian duo Lucy Waye and Imogen Trengove, as well as Swans Academy trio Alex Neyland, Grace Parsons and Kiera Yerbury. Suns Academy duo Sunny Lappin – father-daughter eligible to Carlton and St Kilda – and Rhianna Ingram have also been rewarded for their form with spots.

West Australian Carys D’Addario, GWV Rebels pair Maggie Johnstone and Jovie Skewes-Clinton, and Eastern Ranges utility Asher Fearn-Wannan were the other fresh faces in the All Stars with the sole over-ager being Oakleigh Chargers and Northern Territory defender Tatyana Perry. Also playing in game one, Perry was among a number of 2006-born hopefuls run through the side. With the AFLW lists completed for now, the focus turns to the 2007 draft crop.

AFLW ACADEMY vs ALL STARS
Sunday, June 8, 2025
11:00am AEST
Mission Whitten Oval
Free entry

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

AFLW ACADEMY

#NAMESTATE LEAGUE CLUBCOMMUNITY CLUB
1Marika CarltonNorthern Territory AcademyPalmerston Magpies
2Mia RussoWest PerthWanneroo
3Jordyn AllenEastern RangesHeathmont
4Chloe Baker-WestCalder CannonsStrathmore
5Mischa BarwinTasmania DevilsLauderdale
6Mizuki BrothwellDandenong StingraysBalnarring
7Georja DaviesGold Coast Suns AcademySouthport
8Eloise MackerethGlenelgPlympton
9Tayla McMillanEastern RangesWantirna South
10Ava Usher*Gold Coast Suns AcademyBurleigh
13Dekota Baron*Gold Coast Suns AcademySouthport
14Lily BaxterSouth AdelaideVictor Harbor
15Monique BessenSturtHahndorf
16Priya BoweringTasmania DevilsLauderdale
17Chloe BownOakleigh ChargersKew Comets
18Olivia CraneSubiacoWanneroo
19Sophie EatonCentral DistrictFreeling
20Alira Fotu*South FremantleSouth Bunbury
21Danika McDonaldNorthern Territory AcademyPioneer Eagles
22Isla WienckeGWS Giants AcademyBelconnen Magpies
24Nalu BrothwellDandenong StingraysBalnarring
27Alicia BlizardEast FremantleWilletton
28Jade McLay*Calder CannonsDiamond Creek Women’s
29Madeleine QuinnSydney Swans AcademyMaroubra Saints
30Ella StoddartGippsland PowerTraralgon
31Alannah WelshGold Coast Suns AcademySouthport
37Evie Cowcher*Peel ThunderPinjarra
38Olivia WolmaransSubiacoMt Hawthorn Cardinals

ALL STARS

#NAMESTATE LEAGUE CLUBCOMMUNITY CLUB
1Tatyana PerryNT Academy
Oakleigh Chargers
Palmerston Magpies
2Imogen TrengoveWoodville-West TorrensGlenunga
3Alex NeylandSydney Swans AcademySingleton Roosters
4Annabelle FoatGold Coast Suns AcademyBond University
5Lucy WayeWest AdelaideGoodwood Saints
6Rhianna IngramGold Coast Suns AcademySouthport Sharks
7Sunny LappinGold Coast Suns AcademySouthport Sharks
8Kiera YerburySydney Swans AcademySt Ives
9Renee MorganSouth FremantleJandakot Jets
10Jovie Skewes-ClintonGWV RebelsBallarat
11Scarlett JohnsonNorthern KnightsEltham
12Chloe ThornOakleigh ChargersBlackburn
13Grace ParsonsSydney Swans AcademySt George Dragons
14Carys D’AddarioSwan DistrictsCaversham
15Maggie JohnstoneGWV RebelsSouth Warrnambool
16Asher Fearn-WannanEastern RangesBlackburn
17Harriet BingleyTasmania DevilsOld Scotch Collegians
18Isobella Hishongwa-GibbNorthern KnightsBrunswick
28Charli HazelhurstNorwoodTea Tree Gully
29Evelyn ConnollyDandenong StingraysNarre North Foxes
31Josephine BamfordEastern RangesBayswater
32Zara NeuwirthOakleigh ChargersKew Comets

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