WA Players Headline Futures Match on AFL Grand Final Day

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
Academy

2

Jai Murray

QLD

Gold Coast Suns
Academy

3

Beau Addinsall

QLD

Gold Coast Suns
Academy

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
North Adelaide

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