2019 Simply Energy State Academy intake

The initial intake of players for the 2019 Simply Energy WA State Academy has been announced ahead of the AFL National 16s and 18s Championships in June and July this year.

This first intake includes 36 players in the 16s age group and 40 in the 18s age group. Both squads can be added to from the WAFL Futures and Simply Energy Colts competitions, while Train On players may also be elevated to the main squad.

WA State Talent Manager Adam Jones congratulated all of the players on their selection and said he was looking forward to working with Western Australia’s most talented young players throughout the program.

“We are committed to delivering an academy program that provides each athlete with both football and personal development opportunities to realise their full potential and become leaders of the future,” he said.

“The Academy has a strong commitment to developing players both on and off the field, with a focus on conducting leadership, nutrition and education sessions in addition to football skills to enhance their overall development.”

The State 18s schedule includes trial games against East Perth and Swan Districts Football Club, while the State 16s will face South Fremantle and Swan Districts Colts ahead of their National Carnival.

Peter Sumich will lead the 18s for a third-consecutive year, with Ben Dyer taking the reins of the 16s for the first time.

AFL NATIONAL 18s CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday, June 8, 10.00am – WA v Vic Metro (Lathlain Park, Perth)
Saturday June 15, 11.00am – WA v SA (Optus Stadium, Perth)
Saturday June 22, 10.45am – WA v Allies (Alberton Oval, Adelaide)
Wednesday, July 3, 2.10pm – WA v Vic Country (Marvel Stadium, Melbourne)

State 18s Staff:
Head Coach: Peter Sumich
Assistant Coaches: Garry Moss, Mark Seaby, Jacob Brennan, Craig Ottto, Ash McGrath

State 18s Squad

No.

Name

Surmane

DOB

Height

Weight

Club

2

Joel

WESTERN

12/10/02

171

69

Claremont

3

Tyrone

THORNE

18/6/01

167

60

Peel Thunder

4

Riley

GARCIA

30/1/01

175

68

Swan Districts

5

Liam

HENRY

28/8/01

179

67

Claremont/Christ Church Grammar

6

Cameron

ANDERSON

25/9/01

175

62

Claremont/Wesley College

7

Nathan

O’DRISCOLL

17/5/02

182

75

Perth

8

Brandon

WALKER

17/10/02

182

69

East Fremantle

9

Tristan

HOBLEY

30/6/00

182

74

Subiaco

10

Deven

ROBERTSON

30/6/01

182

80

Perth/Aquinas College

11

Jarvis

PINA

30/10/00

176

71

Peel Thunder

12

Regan

CLARKE

15/6/01

176

67

Perth/Aquinas College

13

Ben

JOHNSON

6/3/01

180

65

West Perth

14

Chad

WARNER

19/5/01

181

80

East Fremantle/Aquinas College

15

Zane

TREW

26/4/02

184

81

Swan Districts

16

Ty

SEARS

22/1/02

184

74

Swan Districts

17

Jeremy

SHARP

13/08/01

187

79

East Fremantle/Aquinas College

18

Jai

JACKSON

25/4/01

185

80

East Fremantle

19

Elijah

TAYLOR

1/5/01

185

75

Perth

20

Jaxon

PRIOR

4/6/01

188

79

West Perth

21

Jake

PASINI

6/2/01

192

81

Swan Districts

22

Max

MURPHY

24/3/00

189

78

East Fremantle

23

Nicholas

MARTIN

3/4/01

188

81

Subiaco/Trinity College

24

Ronin

O’CONNOR

1/2/01

191

85

Claremont

25

Logan

MCDONALD

4/4/02

192

84

Perth/Aquinas College

26

Trey

RUSCOE

3/11/01

190

90

East Fremantle/Aquinas College

27

Jack

BULLER

16/5/01

198

92

Claremont/Christ Church Grammar

28

Ryan

HUDSON

16/1/01

189

96

West Perth/Scotch College

29

Nathan

IRELAND

27/2/00

195

80

Swan Districts

30

Reuben

MCGUIRE

27/5/01

195

85

East Fremantle/Wesley College

32

Luke

JACKSON

29/9/01

198

94

East Fremantle

36

Denver

GRAINGER-BARRAS

17/4/02

192

77

Swan Districts

37

Callum

JAMIESON

31/7/00

200

81

Claremont

39

Trent

RIVERS

30/7/01

192

85

East Fremantle

40

Zak

PATTERSON

5/7/00

202

85

West Perth

41

Owen

DANN (TO)

3/8/02

175

66

East Fremantle

42

John

GARLETT (TO)

25/10/00

188

69

East Fremantle

46

Jermarl

DALY (TO)

5/5/01

185

80

Swan Districts

48

Mitchell

GEORGIADES (TO)

28/9/01

190

82

Subiaco/Hale

49

Heath

CHAPMAN (TO)

31/1/01

193

75

West Perth

56

Michael

MALLARD (TO)

15/1/02

197

97

West Perth

AFL NATIONAL 16s CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sunday, June 16, Time TBC – WA v SA (Ground TBC, Perth)
Monday July 8, 2.30pm – WA v Vic Country (Ground TBC, Southport)
Friday July 12, 10.15am – WA v Vic Metro (The Gabba, Brisbane)

State 16s Staff:
Head Coach: Ben Dyer
Assistant Coaches: Clayton Lasscock, Bevan O’Farrell, Paul Saylor and Adam Guglielmana

State 16s Squad

No.

Name

Surmane

DOB

Height

Weight

Club

1

Graham

Sandy

3/7/03

171

62

East Fremantle

2

Jesse

Motlop

23/11/03

172

62

South Fremantle/Aquinas College

3

Scott

Tuia

7/8/03

172

68

Peel Thunder

4

Richard

Farmer

16/7/03

174

60

Subiaco/Hale School

5

Zach

Fliener

29/11/03

177

70

West Perth

6

Lawson

Humphries

24/4/03

177

76

Swan Districts/Hale School

7

Judd

McVee

7/8/03

178

65

East Fremantle

8

Lochlan

Paton

18/11/03

178

70

West Perth

9

Max

Chipper

9/9/03

180

63

Swan Districts

10

Mitchell

Brown

24/2/03

180

65

South Fremantle

11

Noah

Hannan

10/4/03

180

73

Swan Districts

12

Jake

Littleton

10/1/03

182

69

East Perth

13

Isaac

DeMarte

25/3/03

182

77

West Perth

14

Xavier

Wright

29/1/03

183

70

East Fremantle

15

Antonio

Dadaliaris

24/1/03

183

75

Swan Districts

16

Trent

Giles

31/1/03

184

71

East Fremantle/Aquinas College

17

Bailey

O’Driscoll (TO)

1/6/03

179

68

Perth

18

Kade

Dittmar (TO)

14/1/03

185

78

East Perth

20

Kai

Holmes

17/2/03

185

80

South Fremantle

21

Jermaine

Pickett

30/5/03

186

66

South Fremantle

22

Richard

Bartlett

8/2/03

186

71

East Fremantle

23

Oscar

Armstrong

10/4/03

186

75

South Fremantle

24

Jayden

Crane

29/7/03

186

78

Subiaco

25

Jaxon

Hayden

2/4/03

187

64

Claremont/Scotch College

26

Ethan

Regan

9/4/03

187

66

East Perth/Trinity College

27

Matthew

Johnson

16/3/03

187

65

Subiaco

28

Campbell

Henderson

20/8/03

189

74

Subiaco

29

Toby

Henry

16/2/03

188

82

Perth

30

Rhett

Bazzo (TO)

17/10/03

191

68

Swan Districts/Guildford Grammar

31

Luke

Taylor

11/11/03

191

76

Swan Districts

32

Jacob

van Rooyen

16/4/03

191

82

Claremont

35

Lochlan

Bloomer

8/9/03

187

69

South Fremantle

36

Tristan

Jacques

25/1/03

194

92

East Fremantle

37

Kaedyn

McPartlan

20/3/03

197

82

Swan Districts

39

Luke

Polson

10/4/03

194

83

Peel Thunder

40

Bryce

McDonald*

19/8/02

198

77

Subiaco/Hale School