2025 AFLW U18s All-Australian Team, BnF announced
VIC METRO star Chloe Bown has racked up a stack of accolades across the AFLW Under 18 National Championships with a carnival best and fairest to go with her state MVP and captain of the All-Australian team. In an official announcement that dropped this morning, Bown was one of six Metro players to make it into the All-Australian squad, coached by Queensland mentor Emma Zielke.
Bown won the best and fairest voting (the AFLW Under 18 Championships’ equivalent of the Larke Medal) with 26 votes, three clear of Queensland MVP Sunny Lappin followed by South Australian MVP and bottom-ager Emma Charlton (21). Top-ager Tayla McMillan (12 votes was a distant fourth edging ahead of West Australian MVP Carys D’Addario and Queensland winger Mikayla Nurse.
The six players earned All-Australian honours with Bown, Lappin and Charlton on-ball, while Nurse and Allies’ MVP Priya Bowering on the wings. McMillan found herself at half-forward with a full National Academy line next to Sandgroper tall Olivia Wolmarans and Tasmanian Mischa Barwin.
Bottom-age forwards Majella Day and Bailee Martin were named alongside Queensland goalsneak Alannah Welsh, with the other bottom-age player in the team being West Australian ruck Cara Dziegielewski.
Last year’s Queensland MVP in Georja Davies was named at centre half-back having played three games there, flanked by teammate Rhianna Ingram and Vic Metro’s Scarlett Johnson. Vic Country’s Mizuki Brothwell was one of just two players from her state to earn All-Australian honours and slotted into the back pocket, while Vic Metro defender Zara Neuwirth, and consistent West Australian Maya Louvel-Finn also were bestowed the honour.
Maggie Johnstone was one of five interchange players and the other Vic Country representative, with D’Addario unlucky to be squeezed out of the midfield, while teammate Mia Russo, South Australian skipper Imogen Trengove and Vic Metro ruck Josephine Bamford were the other All-Australian representatives.
BEST AND FAIREST VOTING
1st: Chloe Bown (Victoria Metro) – 26 votes
2nd: Sunny Lappin (Queensland) – 23 votes
3rd: Emma Charlton (South Australia) – 21 votes
4th: Tayla McMillan (Victoria Metro) – 12 votes
5th: Carys D’Addario (Western Australia) and Mikayla Nurse (Queensland) – 11 votes
TEAM MVP AWARDS
The team MVP winners were selected by the coaching staff of each program.
Allies: Priya Bowering (Tasmania Devils/Lauderdale)
Queensland: Sunny Lappin (Gold Coast Suns Academy/Southport)
South Australia: Emma Charlton (South Adelaide/Willunga)
Victoria Country: Georgia Tyrrell (Geelong Falcons/St Josephs)
Victoria Metro: Chloe Bown (Oakleigh Chargers/Kew Comets)
Western Australia: Carys D’Addario (Swan Districts/Caversham)
2025 AFLW UNDER 18 ALL-AUSTRALIAN TEAM:
B: Mizuki Brothwell (Vic Country) – Zara Neuwirth (Vic Metro) – Maya Louvel-Finn (Western Australia)
HB: Scarlett Johnston (Vic Metro) – Georja Davies (Queensland) – Rhianna Ingram (Queensland)
C: Priya Bowering (Allies) – Chloe Bown (Vic Metro – Captain) – Mikayla Nurse (Queensland)
HF: Mischa Barwin (Allies) – Olivia Wolmarans (Western Austrlaia) – Tayla McMillan (Vic Metro)
F: Majella Day (Allies) – Bailee Martin (Vic Metro) – Alannah Welsh (Queensland)
R: Cara Dziegielewski (Western Australia) – Sunny Lappin (Queensland) – Emma Charlton (South Australia)
INT: Josie Bamford (Vic Metro) – Carys D’Addario (Western Australia) – Maggie Johnstone (Vic Country) – Mia Russo (Western Australia) – Imogen Trengove (South Australia)
Coach: Emma Zielke (Queensland)
STANDINGS
| TEAM | PLAYED | WON | LOST | % | PTS |
| Victoria Metro | 4 | 3 | 1 | 138.0 | 12 |
| Queensland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 106.4 | 12 |
| South Australia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 124.8 | 8 |
| Western Australia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 98.2 | 8 |
| Victoria Country | 4 | 1 | 3 | 81.8 | 4 |
| Allies | 4 | 1 | 3 | 72.8 | 4 |
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