Fans have an opportunity to watch some potential future Crows in action at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
South Australia will take on the Northern Territory in Round One of the NAB AFL Women’s Under-18 Championships at 4:35pm on Saturday.
The match will be played as a curtain-raiser to the AFL game between Adelaide and Melbourne, which starts at 7:10pm. A ticket to the AFL game will need to be purchased for entry to both games.
The South Australian squad includes eight players eligible for the 2017 AFL Women’s Draft in October.
Last year, AFLW Rising Star and All Australian Ebony Marinoff enhanced her draft standing with a dominant display, which included kicking the winning goal, for SA in an all-ages game on Adelaide Oval.
The 19-year-old midfielder was selected with the Club’s first pick in the inaugural AFL Women’s Draft.
Marinoff and Crows AFLW premiership teammates Courtney Cramey and Kellie Gibson will be part of the AFL’s commentary team on Saturday. The match will be livestreamed on AFL.com.au.
The AFL Women’s Under-18 Championships has been expanded this year following the success of AFLW.
Running across two weekends, this year’s Championships will see nine teams from across Australia compete in two rounds to showcase the best young talent in the country.
Three games will be held in Adelaide, with South Australia to meet Tasmania on Friday, May 12 from 6pm at the West Adelaide Football Club.
The NT and Tassie teams will then face-off at 10am on Sunday, May 14, also at West Adelaide. Entry to the two games at West Adelaide is free.
At the completion of Round One, the best players from SA, NT and Tasmania will be selected in an Allies side to take on NSW/ACT, Western Australia and Queensland in Round Two of the Championships.
View the full fixture here
The South Australian Under-18 squad is:
Jessica Allan (draft eligible)
Madison Bennett
Esther Boles
Bronwen Bosley
Kyesha Christensen (draft eligible)
Nicola D’Angelo
Carron Daveson
Paxton Davis-Mattner
Grace Duffy
Rachel Dunstan
Rachel Filmore
Madisyn Freeman
Olivia Fuller
Nikki Gore
Shae Hiscock
Amber James
Eloise Jones (draft eligible)
Tareeka Kartinyeri
Tait Mackrill (draft eligible)
Bree Maslen (draft eligible)
Ella McDonald
Montana McKinnon
Amy Millar
Tamika Nash-Hahn
Shae Partington
Samantha Pratt
Candice Prior
Maya Rigter
Katelyn Rosenzweig
Chloe Sheer (draft eligible)
Emma Smith
Jaslynne Smith
Jaimi Tabb
Brianna Walling (draft eligible)
Michaela Wright
The Northern Territory Under-18 squad is:
Tabitha May
Maddie Gault
Calista Boyd
Chiarah Rusca
Keleasa Berto
Tishara Davern
Arthurina Moreen
Danielle Ponter
Shoneeka Abbott
Phyllisia Palipuaminni
Joelle Kantilla
Antoninusia Kantilla
Kathleen Cunningham
Freda Puruntatameri
Shaqelle Swan
Ciara Gaykamangu
Bella Clarke
Kiara White
Felicia Swan
Natasha Dunn-Richards
Azra Cooper
Segora Vigona
Janet Baird
Kyanne Warlapinnin
Mattea Breed
Julieanna Kerinaiua
Jerrica Heenan
Ursula Tipungwuti
Michaelina Mungatopi
Samantha Vanderburg
For more information about the Championships visit afl.com.au/womens/u18s
