2016 AFL Youth Girls National Championships

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]

AFL Youth Girls National Championships
2016
Tournament information
SportAustralian rules football
LocationMelbourne
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

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 10:30am Vic Metro 10.10 (70) def. Queensland 3.2 (20) Olympic Park Oval Report
Monday, 2 May 1:50pm Western Australia 6.6 (42) def. Vic Country 5.3 (33) Olympic Park Oval Report
Tuesday, 3 May 10:40am Western Australia 3.5 (23) def. by Vic Metro 10.7 (67) Trevor Barker Oval Report
Tuesday, 3 May 2:00pm Queensland 5.4 (34) def. by Vic Country 6.7 (43) Trevor Barker Oval Report
Thursday, 5 May 10:40am Queensland 7.6 (48) def. by Western Australia 7.7 (49) Shepley Oval Report
Thursday, 5 May 12:20pm Vic Country 2.4 (16) def. by Vic Metro 6.9 (45) Shepley Oval Report
Friday, 6 May 12:10pm Vic Country 6.6 (42) def. Queensland 5.4 (34) Punt Road Oval Report
Friday, 6 May 5:20pm Vic Metro 14.11 (95) def. Western Australia 0.0 (0) Melbourne Cricket Ground Report
Pool B[1]
Monday, 2 May 12:10pm South Australia 7.4 (46) def. Tasmania 2.4 (16) Olympic Park Oval Report
Monday, 2 May 3:30pm Woomeras 0.0 (0) def. by NSW/ACT 17.5 (107) Olympic Park Oval Report
Tuesday, 3 May 9:00am Tasmania 3.7 (25) def. by Northern Territory 3.11 (29) Trevor Barker Oval Report
Tuesday, 3 May 12:20pm Woomeras 3.7 (25) def. by South Australia 8.6 (54) Trevor Barker Oval Report
Thursday, 5 May 9:00am Woomeras 1.2 (8) def. by Tasmania 7.10 (52) Shepley Oval Report
Thursday, 5 May 2:00pm NSW/ACT 8.12 (60) def. Northern Territory 0.6 (6) Shepley Oval Report
Friday, 6 May 10.30am Woomeras 2.5 (17) def. by Northern Territory 9.10 (64) Punt Road Oval Report
Friday, 6 May 1:50pm South Australia 1.1 (7) def. by NSW/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)
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References
  1. "2016 YGNC fixture". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  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. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  4. Black, Sarah (6 May 2016). "Vic Metro dominate WA in Grand Final". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  5. "NSW/ACT wins girls' pool B title". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  6. Edmund, Sam (6 May 2016). "Vic Metro defeats Western Australia in youth girls national championships final at the MCG". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  7. "Youth girls' All Australian team announced". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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