Media Release | The initial U18 training squads for AFL Victoria’s Vic Country and Vic Metro teams have been announced, with the squads to meet this Sunday at IKON Park.
Two trial games will be played at 10.30am and 12.30pm in the first stages of selecting the final squads for the 2018 NAB AFL U18 Championships, which begin on the Queen’s Birthday weekend.
Country will start its 2018 campaign against the Allies on Saturday June 9, while Metro will meet WA on Sunday June 10, with both games interstate.
Oakleigh Chargers (19) and Dandenong Stingrays (17) lead the way for most representatives in the initial squads. Further squad reductions will be released in the lead-up to the Championships.
VIC METRO U18
| FIRST | SURNAME | HT | WT | REGION |
| Curtis | Taylor | 186 | 79 | Calder Cannons |
| Mason | Fletcher | 199 | 77 | Calder Cannons |
| Tye | Browning | 181 | 81 | Calder Cannons |
| Sam | Graham | 185 | 76 | Calder Cannons |
| Lachlan | Sholl | 185 | 77 | Calder Cannons |
| Jack | Evans | 186 | 83 | Calder Cannons |
| Rhylee | West | 180 | 80 | Calder Cannons |
| Jack | Bytel | 187 | 81 | Calder Cannons |
| Cody | Hirst | 180 | 65 | Eastern Ranges |
| Kye | Quirk | 186 | 74 | Eastern Ranges |
| Jamieson | Rossiter | 189 | 77 | Eastern Ranges |
| James | Blanck | 195 | 80 | Eastern Ranges |
| Xavier | Fry | 183 | 68 | Eastern Ranges |
| Thomas | Lockman | 197 | 80 | Eastern Ranges |
| Tom | McKenzie | 184 | 76 | Northern Knights |
| Thomas | Hallebone | 201 | 83 | Northern Knights |
| Braedyn | Gillard | 183 | 77 | Northern Knights |
| Harrison | Grace | 193 | 74 | Northern Knights |
| Justin | McInerny | 187 | 72 | Northern Knights |
| Oscar | White | 180 | 71 | Northern Knights |
| Jospeh | Ayton-Delaney | 180 | 68 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Matthew | Rowell | 180 | 73 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Isaac | Quaynor | 182 | 82 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Dylan | Williams | 188 | 82 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Noah | Anderson | 190 | 83 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Matthew | Warren | 190 | 85 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Bailey | Griffiths | 202 | 100 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Noah | Answerth | 182 | 82 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Atu | Bosenavualagi | 179 | 79 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Riley | Collier-Dawkins | 193 | 88 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Will | Golds | 181 | 68 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Will | Kelly | 193 | 83 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Xavier | O’Neill | 183 | 78 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Jay | Robertson | 187 | 79 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Jack | Ross | 186 | 85 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Ben | Silvagni | 194 | 84 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Bailey | Wraith | 191 | 84 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Rowbottom | James | 185 | 78 | Oakleigh Chargers |
| Jack | Mahony | 176 | 68 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Bailey | Smith | 185 | 82 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Joel | Crocker | 189 | 70 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Fischer | McAsey | 195 | 86 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Ethan | Casey | 202 | 102 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Ben | King | 202 | 85 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Max | King | 203 | 86 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Joe | Griffiths | 203 | 90 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Samuel | Forbes | 186 | 73 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Angus | Hanrahan | 182 | 68 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Will | Kennedy | 198 | 86 | Sandringham Dragons |
| James | Rendell | 198 | 90 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Alastair | Richards | 187 | 78 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Liam | Stocker | 183 | 83 | Sandringham Dragons |
| Buku | Khamis | 190 | 81 | Western Jets |
| Daly | Andrews | 183 | 76 | Western Jets |
| Aaron | Clarke | 194 | 83 | Western Jets |
| Hamish | Murphy | 188 | 86 | Western Jets |
| Zak | Butters | 181 | 70 | Western Jets |
| Xavier | O’Halloran | 187 | 83 | Western Jets |
| Stefan | Radovanovic | 192 | 85 | Western Jets |
| Emerson | Jeka | 198 | 88 | Western Jets |
VIC COUNTRY U18
| Jacob | Atley | 191 | 74 | Bendigo Pioneers |
| Jye | Caldwell | 184 | 78 | Bendigo Pioneers |
| Brodie | Kemp | 193 | 76 | Bendigo Pioneers |
| James | Schischka | 190 | 79 | Bendigo Pioneers |
| Zane | Keighran | 182 | 79 | Bendigo Pioneers |
| Riley | Bowman | 198 | 82 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Bailey | Williams | 198 | 95 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Sam | Fletcher | 187 | 79 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Jai | Nanscawen | 184 | 73 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Bailey | Schmidt | 199 | 97 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Sam | De Koning | 194 | 78 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Jai | Taylor | 187 | 71 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Jake | Frawley | 187 | 81 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Mitchell | Riordan | 186 | 79 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Hayden | Young | 186 | 79 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| William | Hamill | 185 | 70 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Campbell | Hustwaite | 184 | 74 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Jamie | Plumridge | 183 | 75 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Zac | Foot | 180 | 71 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Finlay | Bayne | 177 | 68 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Toby | Bedford | 176 | 65 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Angus | Paterson | 198 | 88 | Dandenong Stingrays |
| Samuel | Walsh | 183 | 74 | Geelong Falcons |
| Edward | McHenry | 176 | 71 | Geelong Falcons |
| Sam | Conway | 202 | 89 | Geelong Falcons |
| Dane | Hollenkamp | 200 | 83 | Geelong Falcons |
| Blake | Schlensog | 198 | 90 | Geelong Falcons |
| Connor | Idun | 190 | 89 | Geelong Falcons |
| Charlie | Sprague | 187 | 79 | Geelong Falcons |
| Cooper | Stephens | 187 | 70 | Geelong Falcons |
| Oscar | Brownless | 186 | 76 | Geelong Falcons |
| Brayden | Ham | 181 | 69 | Geelong Falcons |
| Rylan | Henkel | 200 | 96 | Gippsland Power |
| Noah | Gown | 193 | 91 | Gippsland Power |
| Kyle | Reid | 193 | 85 | Gippsland Power |
| Brock | Smith | 188 | 78 | Gippsland Power |
| Xavier | Duursma | 185 | 71 | Gippsland Power |
| Sam | Flanders | 183 | 81 | Gippsland Power |
| Caleb | Serong | 178 | 82 | Gippsland Power |
| Boadie | Motton | 178 | 73 | Gippsland Power |
| Irving | Mosquito | 175 | 69 | Gippsland Power |
| Matthew | McGannon | 184 | 73 | Gippsland Power |
| Matty | Lloyd | 185 | 77 | GWV Rebels |
| Tylar | Watts | 198 | 83 | GWV Rebels |
| Josh | Chatfield | 186 | 84 | GWV Rebels |
| Harris | Jennings | 186 | 78 | GWV Rebels |
| Thomas | Berry | 185 | 76 | GWV Rebels |
| Jed | Hill | 179 | 68 | GWV Rebels |
| Scott | Carlin | 185 | 78 | GWV Rebels |
| Lochie | Dawson | 182 | 81 | GWV Rebels |
| Zane | Barzen | 193 | 77 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Mark | Marriott | 201.5 | 89 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Hudson | Garoni | 195 | 91 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Finbar | O’Dwyer | 188 | 72 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Lachlan | Ash | 186 | 77 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Laitham | Vandermeer | 179.5 | 76 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Kyle | Clarke | 174 | 72 | Murray Bushrangers |
| Kyle | Dunkley | 184 | 81 | Oakleigh Chargers |
