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WA Players Headline Futures Match on AFL Grand Final DayThursday, September 26, 2024 - 11:48 AM
The AFL has announced the teams for the 2024 Marsh AFL National Futures Boys match which will be played at the MCG on Saturday ahead of the 2024 Toyota AFL Grand Final.
Seven WA players have been selected to feature in the Futures match which have been named after recently retired AFL stars Dyson Heppell and Rory Sloane.
Charlie Banfield, Wes Walley, Fred Rodriguez, Cody Curtin, Toby Whan, Koby Evans, Blake Kelly will arrive in Melbourne today and will train at the NEC Hangar.
The Marsh AFL National Futures Boys match will feature a host of the country’s most talent under-17 boys footballers. All selected players are born in 2007 and will be eligible to be drafted following the 2025 season.
The Futures program will see 46 players from across Australia come together in a high-performance environment as they prepare to enter their Draft year.
Players were nominated to be part of the Futures squad by state talent programs, national selectors and AFL club recruiters. Many of the players involved in this weekend’s Futures program will go on to feature in the 2025 Marsh AFL National Academy Boys program.
The Futures squad features 19 players who were named in the 2023 Marsh AFL National Development Championships U16 All Australian team.
HOW TO WATCH
The 2024 Marsh AFL National Futures Boys match will be broadcast live and free on the AFL website and AFL Live Official App.
TEAMS
Continue below for the selected teams to compete in the 2024 Marsh AFL National Futures Boys match.
TEAM HEPPELL
|
# |
NAME |
STATE |
STATE LEAGUE CLUB |
|
1 |
Thomas Burton |
VIC M |
Western Jets |
|
2 |
Charlie Banfield |
WA |
Claremont |
|
3 |
Harley Barker |
SA |
Sturt |
|
4 |
Luke Candy |
SA |
Glenelg |
|
5 |
Lachlan Carmichael |
NSW/ACT |
Sydney Swans Academy |
|
6 |
Samuel Cumming |
SA |
North Adelaide |
|
7 |
Willem Duursma |
VIC C |
Gippsland Power |
|
8 |
Bailey-Dean Latanis |
NSW/ACT |
GWS Giants Academy |
|
9 |
Josh Lindsay |
VIC C |
Geelong Falcons |
|
10 |
Thomas McGuane |
VIC M |
Western Jets |
|
11 |
Dylan Patterson |
QLD |
Gold Coast Suns Academy |
|
12 |
Kalen Russell |
NT |
NT Academy/Sturt |
|
13 |
Wes Walley |
WA |
Subiaco |
|
14 |
Daniel Annable |
QLD |
Brisbane Lions Academy |
|
15 |
Noah Chamberlain |
NSW/ACT |
Sydney Swans Academy |
|
16 |
Louis Emmett |
VIC M |
Oakleigh Chargers |
|
17 |
Oliver Greeves |
VIC M |
Eastern Ranges |
|
18 |
Matthew LeRay |
SA |
Central District |
|
19 |
Archie Ludowyke |
VIC M |
Sandringham Dragons |
|
20 |
Fred Rodriguez |
WA |
South Fremantle |
|
21 |
Aidan Schubert |
SA |
Central District |
|
27 |
Cody Curtin |
WA |
Claremont |
|
28 |
Jasper Hay |
TAS |
Tasmania Devils |
TEAM SLOANE
|
# |
NAME |
STATE |
STATE LEAGUE CLUB |
|
1 |
Zeke Uwland |
QLD |
Gold Coast Suns |
|
2 |
Jai Murray |
QLD |
Gold Coast Suns |
|
3 |
Beau Addinsall |
QLD |
Gold Coast Suns |
|
4 |
Jack Dalton |
VIC M |
Sandringham Dragons |
|
5 |
Raphael Geesu |
QLD |
Brisbane Lions Academy |
|
6 |
Samuel Grlj |
VIC M |
Oakleigh Chargers |
|
7 |
Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves |
VIC C |
Dandenong Stingrays |
|
8 |
Jack Ison |
VIC M |
Oakleigh Chargers |
|
9 |
Joshua Reichelt |
SA |
Central District |
|
10 |
Dyson Sharp |
SA |
Central District |
|
11 |
Toby Whan |
WA |
South Fremantle |
|
12 |
Harrison Wilson |
NSW/ACT |
Murray Bushrangers |
|
13 |
Lucas Wootton |
TAS |
Tasmania Devils |
|
14 |
Felix Kneipp |
VIC M |
Calder Cannons |
|
15 |
Koby Evans |
WA |
Perth |
|
16 |
Blake Kelly |
WA |
Swan Districts |
|
17 |
Taj Murray |
NT |
NT Academy |
|
18 |
Riley Onley |
VIC C |
Murray Bushrangers |
|
19 |
Ben Rongdit |
VIC C |
Geelong Falcons |
|
27 |
Cooper Duff-Tytler |
VIC M |
Calder Cannons |
|
28 |
Liam Hetherton |
NSW/ACT |
Murray Bushrangers |
|
29 |
Kalani White |
QLD |
Gold Coast Suns Academy |
|
30 |
Tairon Ah-Mu |
VIC C |
Dandenong Stingrays |