2016 AFL Youth Girls National Championships

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AFL Youth Girls National Championships
2016
Tournament information
Sport Australian rules football
Location Melbourne
Dates2 May–6 May
Tournament
format(s)
 Round-robin
Venue(s) MCG
Olympic Park Oval
Punt Road Oval
Shepley Oval
Trevor Barker Oval
Teams4 (pool A)
5 (pool B)
Final positions
ChampionsVic Metro (pool A)
NSW/ACT (pool B)
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
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The 2016 edition of the AFL Youth Girls National Championships was held from 2 May to 6 May in Melbourne, Victoria. Nine teams competed in the round-robin tournament, divided into pool A: Queensland, Western Australia, Vic Country and Vic Metro; and pool B: the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, a combined New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory side (NSW/ACT) and the Indigenous Australian Woomeras. [1]

Contents

A professional women's Australian rules football competition (AFL Women's (AFLW)) was to be inaugurated in 2017, creating a new incentive for performance in the championships. [2] Several clubs who had received AFLW licences used the competition to scout potential players. [3]

Vic Metro won pool A, completing an unbeaten tournament by holding Western Australia scoreless in the final played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. [4] NSW/ACT prevailed in pool B and was also undefeated in their group. [5] Commenting on the pool A final, Herald Sun reporter Sam Edmund said "This is football as we remember it. No flooding, no pressing and players holding position. As good as the AFL has been this year, this was refreshing." [6]

Fixtures

Pool A [1]
Monday, 2 May 10:30amVic Metro 10.10 (70)def.Queensland 3.2 (20) Olympic Park Oval Report
Monday, 2 May 1:50pmWestern Australia 6.6 (42)def.Vic Country 5.3 (33) Olympic Park Oval Report
Tuesday, 3 May 10:40amWestern Australia 3.5 (23)def. byVic Metro 10.7 (67) Trevor Barker Oval Report
Tuesday, 3 May 2:00pmQueensland 5.4 (34)def. byVic Country 6.7 (43) Trevor Barker Oval Report
Thursday, 5 May 10:40amQueensland 7.6 (48)def. byWestern Australia 7.7 (49) Shepley Oval Report
Thursday, 5 May 12:20pmVic Country 2.4 (16)def. byVic Metro 6.9 (45) Shepley Oval Report
Friday, 6 May 12:10pmVic Country 6.6 (42)def.Queensland 5.4 (34) Punt Road Oval Report
Friday, 6 May 5:20pmVic Metro 14.11 (95)def.Western Australia 0.0 (0) Melbourne Cricket Ground Report
Pool B [1]
Monday, 2 May 12:10pmSouth Australia 7.4 (46)def.Tasmania 2.4 (16) Olympic Park Oval Report
Monday, 2 May 3:30pmWoomeras 0.0 (0)def. byNSW/ACT 17.5 (107) Olympic Park Oval Report
Tuesday, 3 May 9:00amTasmania 3.7 (25)def. byNorthern Territory 3.11 (29) Trevor Barker Oval Report
Tuesday, 3 May 12:20pmWoomeras 3.7 (25)def. bySouth Australia 8.6 (54) Trevor Barker Oval Report
Thursday, 5 May 9:00amWoomeras 1.2 (8)def. byTasmania 7.10 (52) Shepley Oval Report
Thursday, 5 May 2:00pmNSW/ACT 8.12 (60)def.Northern Territory 0.6 (6) Shepley Oval Report
Friday, 6 May 10.30amWoomeras 2.5 (17)def. byNorthern Territory 9.10 (64) Punt Road Oval Report
Friday, 6 May 1:50pmSouth Australia 1.1 (7)def. byNSW/ACT 10.12 (72) Punt Road Oval Report

All-Australian team

An initial All-Australian squad was named in May. Most of the squad appeared in an all-star game in September that acted as a curtain-raiser for the Western Bulldogs–Melbourne Hampson-Hardeman Cup match. The final team was announced after the match. The selectors were Darren Flanigan, AFL Victoria female football manager and the chairman of the panel; Julia Price, former AFL Queensland female development manager; and footballers Lauren Arnell, Alicia Eva, Aasta O'Connor and Daisy Pearce. [7]

2016 AFL Youth Girls' All-Australian team
B: Rachel Ashley (WA) Anne Hatchard (SA) Arianna Clarke (Qld)
HB: Georgia Walker (VC) Tahlia Randall (Qld) Ruby Blair (Qld)
C: Lizzie Stokely (Tas) Lily Mithen (VC) Alyce Parker (NSW/ACT)
HF: Jasmin Stewart (WA) Isabel Huntington (VM) Deanna Berry (VM)
F: Brooke Struylaart (VM) Isabella Ayre (VC) Kate Bartlett (WA)
Foll: Erin McKinnon (NSW/ACT) Madison Prespakis (VM) Courtney Hodder (WA)
Int: Reni Hicks (VC) Sabreena Duffy (WA) Charis Ulu Peniata (VM)
Shaleise Law (Qld)  
Coach:Not named

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  2. ↑ Lusted, Peter (3 May 2016). "Professional AFL contracts up for grabs at Youth Girls National Championships". ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Gastin, Sam (2 May 2016). "Youth Girls champs a scouting opportunity". collingwoodfc.com.au. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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