VIC COUNTRY has today announced its 31-player squad to take part in the 2023 AFL Under 18 National Championships. The Victorian outfit is set to open its campaign on Sunday morning with a clash against South Australia at IKON Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
>> SCROLL to see the full squad<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dandenong Stingrays has the largest contingency of all six Country regions with eight representatives, while Geelong Falcons is the next best with six – as well as the head coach in Paul Corrigan<\/em><\/strong>. There is also a Metro-based member in Finn O’Sullivan<\/a> (Oakleigh Chargers), who hails from Koroit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n O’Sullivan is one of just four bottom-agers in the squad, along with midfielders Archer Day-Wicks<\/a> and Sam Lalor<\/a>, and tall defender Noah Mraz<\/a>. Meanwhile, Mraz’s fellow backman and Geelong Falcons leader Hamish Pierson<\/a> is the sole over-ager to have earned selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Six AFL Academy stars feature in the squad, namely Gippsland Power pair Zane Duursma<\/a> and Archer Reid<\/a>, top pick fancy Harley Reid<\/a>, Dandenong’s Cooper Simpson<\/a>, national captain George Stevens<\/a> of the GWV Rebels, and classy Murray Bushrangers midfielder-forward Darcy Wilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n