Josh Smillie and Sam Lalor. Pictures: AFL Photos

THE 2024 Marsh AFL Under-18 Boys National Championships will conclude on Sunday with when Vic Metro and Vic Country face off under the roof at Marvel Stadium from 10.35am AEST.  

A host of first-round prospects for the 2024 Telstra Draft will be on show as the two strongest teams in this year's carnival do battle. 

Vic Metro will roll out a stacked midfield, including stars Josh Smillie, Jagga Smith, Murphy Reid, Levi Ashcroft and Christian Moraes. Key defender Luke Trainor is another to watch as a potential early selection, while small forward Isaac Kako has enjoyed a strong championships to date and is tied to Essendon as a Next Generation Academy prospect.

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Vic Country isn't short on talent either, with gun midfielder Sam Lalor fresh from a three-goal performance in Country's two-point win over the Allies last weekend, and No.1 pick contender Finn O'Sullivan playing his second game of the carnival after recovering from injury.

Tall prospects Jack and Matt Whitlock are also potential first-round chances, while big forward Jonty Faull has been strong since coming into the team in the second half of the championships. 

LIVE from 10.35am AEST

U18s: Vic Metro v Vic Country

The championships have been played through May, June and July between Vic Metro, Vic Country, South Australia, Western Australia and the Allies (comprised of players from the ACT, NSW, Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania). 

All five teams will play each other once across the course of the U18 tournament, and the team with the best record from the round-robin tournament will be crowned the winner. The Allies are the reigning titleholder, having won the tournament last year for the first time. 

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All matches in the 2024 Marsh AFL Under-18 Boys National Championships can be streamed LIVE on AFL.com.au and AFL Live Official App, with full match scores and stats available in our match centre.

VIC METRO

No

Name

1

Isaac Kako

3

Jesse Dattoli

4

Joshua Dolan

5

Damon Hollow

7

Harrison Oliver

8

Murphy Reid

9

Jagga Smith

10

Levi Ashcroft

11

Christian Moraes

14

Nash King

15

Tom Gross

16

Lucca Grego

17

Zak Johnson

18

Patrick Retschko

21

Lennox Hofmann

22

Harry Armstrong

24

Josh Smillie

26

Luke Trainor

31

Keighton Matofai-Forbes

32

Adrian Cole

33

Louis Emmett

35

Thomas Sims

37

Lucas Impey

VIC COUNTRY

No

Player

1

Jasper Alger

2

Archer Day-Wicks

3

Xavier Lindsay

4

Oliver Warburton

5

Finn O’Sullivan

9

Joe Berry

10

Rhys Unwin

12

Harry Charleson

13

Tobie Travaglia (c)

14

Sam Lalor (c)

15

Xavier Ivisic

16

Lachie Jaques

20

Jack Whitlock

22

Harvey Langford

23

Willem Duursma

24

Matt Whitlock

25

Riley Onley

26

Jack Ough

28

James Barrat

30

Cooper Hynes

31

Alixander Tauru

37

Floyd Burmeister

38

Jonty Faull

6

River Stevens (emg)

19

Mitchell Lloyd (emg)

21

Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves (emg)

 

Jordan Doherty (emg)