{"id":211285,"date":"2026-04-02T10:35:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=211285"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:35:59","slug":"2026-aflw-u16s-championships-fixtures-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2026\/04\/02\/2026-aflw-u16s-championships-fixtures-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 AFLW U16s Championships fixtures revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THE FUTURE of the AFL Women&#8217;s competition will be on display over the Victorian school holidays with the two-match per side, round-robin tournament kicking off from Tuesday. A total of 10 teams will take part with South Australia looking to make it four straight titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Croweaters take on Western Australia at Thomas Farms Oval next Tuesday, April 7 in a standalone contest, before Thursday sees four games across two states. The All-Victorian clash takes place at Trevor Barker Beach Oval at the same time a triple-header between the Northern Academies and Allies-aligned teams face off at Blacktown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four regions that make up the Allies will remain at Blacktown for their second match on Sunday, April 12. A floating fixture between the two Queensland Northern Academies, South Australia, Western Australia and the Victorian teams will be decided after Thursday with the three matches part of a triple-header at Shepley Oval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the conclusion of the Development Championships, each team will select their MVP, with an overall best and fairest and All-Australian team to be selected by a panel comprising AFL Talent Pathways staff and AFLW club recruiters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All matches will be live streamed via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLTSXDY2Vo24NPLp1ZkOdkFBTPxW0iCOXc\">AFL Play YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The squad lists for each of the 10 teams are available via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/aflw\/draft\/national-champs\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2026 AFLW UNDER 16 DEVELOPMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS FIXTURE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>DATE<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>MATCH<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>LOCATION<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>TIME<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tue, April 7<\/td><td>South Australia vs Western Australia<\/td><td>Thomas Farms Oval<\/td><td>12:30pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thu, April 9<\/td><td>Victoria Metro vs Victoria Country<\/td><td>Trevor Barker Beach Oval<\/td><td>9:30am<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thu, April 9<\/td><td>Sydney Swans vs Brisbane Lions<\/td><td>Blacktown ISP<\/td><td>10:30am<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thu, April 9<\/td><td>Tasmania vs Gold Coast Suns<\/td><td>Blacktown ISP<\/td><td>12:30pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thu, April 9<\/td><td>GWS Giants vs Northern Territory<\/td><td>Blacktown ISP<\/td><td>2:30pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sun, April 12<\/td><td>GWS Giants vs Tasmania<\/td><td>Blacktown ISP<\/td><td>9:30am<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sun, April 12<\/td><td>Sydney Swans vs Northern Territory<\/td><td>Blacktown ISP<\/td><td>11:45am<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thu, April 16<\/td><td>TBC vs TBC*<\/td><td>Shepley Oval<\/td><td>10:00am<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thu, April 16<\/td><td>TBC vs TBC*<\/td><td>Shepley Oval<\/td><td>12:00pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thu, April 16<\/td><td>TBC vs TBC*<\/td><td>Shepley Oval<\/td><td>2:00pm<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>* Triple header featuring Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast Suns, South Australia, Victoria Country, Victoria Metro and Western Australia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dc-block-dc-mention _dc_mention\"><div class=\"section-heading_wrap\"><span class=\"section-heading is-small\">Mentions<\/span><span class=\"hor-border\"><\/span><\/div><ul class=\"js-overflow-list overflow-list\"><li class=\"js-dropdown dropdown overflowed\"><button class=\"btn btn-icon-only\"><span class=\"icon btn-icon\">\n                    <!-- icon - plus circle - 20px-->\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\">\n                        <path d=\"M15,9.28h-4.3V5h0A.72.72,0,1,0,9.28,5h0V9.28H5a.72.72,0,0,0,0,1.43H9.28V15a.72.72,0,0,0,1.43,0h0V10.71H15a.72.72,0,0,0,0-1.43Z\"\/>\n                        <path d=\"M10,0A10,10,0,1,0,20,10,10,10,0,0,0,10,0Zm0,18.57A8.57,8.57,0,0,1,10,1.43h0a8.57,8.57,0,0,1,0,17.14Z\"\/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                <\/span><\/button><div class=\"popover\"><div class=\"popover-content\"><ul class=\"popover-menu\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE FUTURE of the AFL Women&#8217;s competition will be on display over the Victorian school holidays with the two-match per side, round-robin tournament kicking off from Tuesday. 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