WA Opens 2025 U18 Boys National Championships At Home

Western Australian opens its campaign in the 2025 Marsh AFL National Championships – U18 Boys with a home match against Victoria Country.

The Championships begin this weekend with The Allies and South Australia playing the opening game of the carnival at Blacktown International Sports Park on Sunday, June 1.

The 2025 Marsh AFL National Championships – U18 Boys will be played from Sunday, June 1 to Sunday, July 20.

WA, The Allies, South Australia, Victoria Country and Victoria Metro will each play each other once in the round-robin series.

The Allies will again comprise players from the ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania.

The team that finishes atop the standings at the conclusion of the carnival will be crowned title winner.

If two teams finish equal on points atop the ladder, the title will be awarded to the team that won the round-robin match between those teams.

If more than two teams finish equal on points atop the ladder, the title will be awarded to the team with the highest percentage.

Victoria Metro is the reigning title holder after producing an undefeated campaign last year.

WA finished third on the table.

The Larke Medal for the competition best and fairest and the All Australian team will be selected by a panel comprising AFL Talent Pathways staff and AFL club recruiters at the conclusion of the 2025 Marsh AFL National Championships – U18 Boys.

Victoria Country skipper Harvey Langford and Allies midfielder Leo Lombard claimed the Larke Medal in 2024.

Previous winners of the award include Christian Petracca, Sam Walsh, Will Ashcroft, Ryley Sanders and Lachie Whitfield.

HOW TO WATCH
All matches in the 2025 Marsh AFL National Championships – U18 Boys will be live streamed on AFL.com.au and the AFL Live Official App.

MATCH CENTRE
The 2025 Marsh AFL National Championships – U18 Boys match centre is available here. Live streams and stats will be available via the match centre.

SQUAD LISTS
Click here to access squad lists. Note: The squads for the Allies and Victoria Country are for their opening games.

More players will be added to both squads throughout the Championships.

MATCH SCHEDULE

DATE

MATCH

LOCATION

TIME

Sun, June 1

Allies v South Australia

Blacktown ISP

12:00pm

Sat, June 7

Western Australia v Victoria Country

Mineral Resources Park

10:00am

Sun, June 8

South Australia v Victoria Metro

Alberton Oval

11:15am

Sun, June 15

South Australia v Western Australia

Alberton Oval

12:00pm

Sun, June 29

Victoria Country v South Australia

TBC (Victoria)

10:30am

Sun, June 29

Allies vs Western Australia

TBC (Victoria)

1:00pm

Sat, July 5

Allies vs Victoria Country

IKON Park

12:15pm

Sun, July 6

Western Australia v Victoria Metro

TBC (Western Australia)

12:00pm

Sun, July 13

Allies v Victoria Metro

Brighton Homes Arena

10:30am

Sun, July 20

Victoria Country v Victoria Metro

RSEA Park

11:00am

*All times are local. Match details are subject to change.

ABOUT THE MARSH AFL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Marsh AFL National Championships and Marsh AFL National Development Championships are the highest standard of representative state and territory football for aspiring talented footballers.

The competitions will feature the most talented under 18 and under 16 footballers from across Australia who are the next generation of stars in the game.

The 2025 Marsh AFL National Development Championships – U16 Boys will feature 10 teams playing in two pools and will commence with a double-header in Melbourne on Monday, June 9.

The first round of fixtures will see matches played across four states and territories.

All matches in the final two rounds will be played on the Gold Coast from July 14 to 18.

The 2025 Marsh AFL National Championships – U18 Girls will be played from Saturday, June 22 to Sunday, August 10.

The Marsh AFL National Championships – U18 Girls will again feature six teams, who will each play four matches.