2017 AFL Women's Under-18 Championships

The 2017 NAB AFL Women's Under-18 Championships was played between May and July 2017, with six teams competing and with a further three playing in a two-match round-robin series as a de facto Division 2.[1]

AFL Women's Under-18 Championships
2017
Tournament information
SportAustralian rules football
Dates12 May–14 July
Tournament
format(s)
Round-robin
Venue(s)Adelaide Oval
Blacktown International Sportspark
Bond University
Broadbeach Sports Club
Simonds Stadium
West Adelaide
Teams6 (div. 1)
3 (div. 2)
Final positions
ChampionsVic Country (de facto)
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
MVPMadison Prespakis (Vic Metro)
Most goalsEden Zanker (Vic Country)
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An Allies side (made up of players from the division two competition) was introduced as a division one team. This was designed to give the best prospects from those regions the opportunity to play at a national level in the division one carnival. Thus, division one was made up of six teams—Allies, NSW/ACT, Queensland, Vic Country, Vic Metro and Western Australia—playing each other across five rounds.[2]

Vic Country was the only division one team to play four matches that went undefeated, making them the de facto tournament winners. Vic Metro's Madison Prespakis was named the tournament's best player, while Vic Country's Eden Zanker was the competition's leading goalkicker.[3]

Fixture

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Division 1

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Round 1
Friday, 19 May NSW/ACT 3.3 (21) def. by Queensland 3.6 (24) Blacktown International Sportspark Results
Saturday, 20 May Western Australia 15.9 (99) def. NSW/ACT 2.0 (12) Blacktown International Sportspark Results
Sunday, 21 May Queensland 6.8 (44) def. Western Australia 5.4 (34) Blacktown International Sportspark Results
Saturday. 17 June Vic Country 8.6 (54) def. Vic Metro 4.3 (27) Simonds Stadium Results
Round 2
Monday, 10 July Queensland 3.4 (22) def. by Vic Country 4.8 (32) Bond University Results
Monday, 10 July Allies 4.2 (26) def. NSW/ACT 3.5 (23) Bond University Results
Monday, 10 July Vic Metro 3.2 (20) def. by Western Australia 6.11 (47) Bond University Results


Wednesday, 12 July Queensland 3.5 (23) def. by Vic Metro 7.3 (45) Broadbeach Sports Club Results
Wednesday, 12 July Vic Country 6.6 (42) def. NSW/ACT 2.3 (15) Broadbeach Sports Club Results
Wednesday, 12 July Western Australia 3.2 (20) def. by Allies 3.7 (25) Broadbeach Sports Club Results


Friday, 14 July Vic Metro 6.8 (44) def. NSW/ACT 5.7 (37) Broadbeach Sports Club Results
Friday, 14 July Vic Country 8.8 (56) def. Western Australia 5.4 (34) Broadbeach Sports Club Results
Friday, 14 July Allies 5.3 (33) def. Queensland 3.8 (26) Broadbeach Sports Club Results

Division 2

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Round 1
Friday, 12 May Tasmania 1.3 (9) def. by South Australia 9.4 (58) West Adelaide Results
Saturday, 13 May South Australia 15.9 (99) def. Northern Territory 1.3 (9) Adelaide Oval Results
Sunday, 14 May Northern Territory 4.5 (29) def. Tasmania 6.5 (41) West Adelaide Results

All-Australian team

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The 2017 Women's All-Australian team[4]

2017 Under 18 Women's All-Australian team
B: Lucy McEvoy (VC) Rebecca Webster (VC) Bridie Kennedy (VC)
HB: Jordyn Allen (VC) McKenzie Dowrick (WA) Darcy Guttridge (VC)
C: Tarni White (Qld) Madison Prespakis (VM) Georgia Gee (VC)
HF: Kalinda Howarth (Qld) Rosie Deegan (WA) Eloise Jones (SA/All)
F: Tyla Hanks (VC) Eden Zanker (VC) Jordyn Jolliffe (NSW/ACT)
Foll: Jessica Allan (SA/All) Alyce Parker (NSW/ACT) Courtney Hodder (WA)
Int: Olivia Purcell (VC) Arianna Clarke (Qld) Sophie Conway (Qld)
Lauren Bella (Qld)    
Coach: Not named

Initial squad

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References

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  1. ^ "2017 NAB AFL Women's U18s Fixture & Results". AFL Women's. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Women's Under-18 Championships kick off in Adelaide". AFL Media. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. ^ Black, Sarah (14 July 2017). "AFLW U18 wrap: Vic Country, Allies undefeated". AFL Media. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  4. ^ Black, Sarah (4 September 2017). "AFLW: Vic Country dominates U18 All Australian side". AFL Media. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. ^ Black, Sarah (18 July 2017). "AFLW U18 All Australian squad named". Australian Football League. Telstra Media. Retrieved 10 May 2020.