The AFL has today announced the squads to feature in the 2025 Marsh AFL National Futures program in September.
The boys and girls Futures squads each feature up to 48 of the most promising under-17 boys and girls footballers from across Australia.
All players selected in the 2025 Marsh AFL National Futures squads are born in 2008 and will be eligible for selection in the 2026 Telstra AFL Draft and 2026 Telstra AFLW Draft.
The Marsh AFL National Futures program brings talented players from across the country together in a high-performance environment as they prepare to enter their Draft year.
Many of the players selected in the Futures squads will go on to feature in the 2026 Marsh AFL National Academy.
Players were nominated for the Futures program by state talent programs, national selectors and AFL and AFLW club recruiters.
MARSH AFL NATIONAL FUTURES GIRLS
The 2025 Marsh AFL National Futures Girls match will be played at IKON Park on Sunday, September 14 prior to the NAB AFLW Round 5 match between Richmond and Geelong.
Players will arrive in camp on Friday, September 12 for a three-day camp, which will conclude with the showcase game on Sunday.
The Marsh AFL National Futures Girls squad features four members of the 2025 Marsh AFL National Championships U18 All Australian Team, of which Emma Charlton, Majella Day, Cara Dziegielewski and Bailee Martin were selected as bottom-age players.
Continue below for the list of players selected in the 2025 Marsh AFL National Futures Girls squad.
|
NAME |
STATE |
STATE LEAGUE CLUB |
COMMUNITY CLUB |
|
Stephanie Aguinaldo |
QLD |
Gold Coast Suns Academy |
Broadbeach |
|
Brylee Anderson |
VIC M |
Eastern Ranges |
Healesville |
|
Rose Bell |
NSW/ACT |
GWS Giants Academy |
Lavington |
|
Ava Bilyk |
VIC C |
Geelong Falcons |
St Marys |
|
Evie Bingham |
TAS |
Tasmania Devils |
North Hobart |
|
India Bonadeo |
WA |
Claremont |
West Coast |
|
Kiara Boyd |
VIC M |
Western Jets |
Aberfeldie |
|
Summer Browning |
QLD |
Gold Coast Suns Academy |
Tweed Coast |
|
Mia Carlshausen |
WA |
Perth |
Manning Rippers |
|
Emma Charlton |
SA |
South Adelaide |
Willunga |
|
Alice Cunnington |
VIC C |
Dandenong Stingrays |
Mt Eliza |
|
Zoe Curry |
NSW/ACT |
GWS GIANTS Academy |
Turvey Park |
|
Jorja Davey |
NT |
NT Academy |
Palmerston |
|
Majella Day |
NSW/ACT |
GWS Giants Academy |
Lavington |
|
Grace Dillow |
VIC C |
Gippsland Power |
Woodside |
|
Cara Dziegielewski |
WA |
West Perth |
Yanchep District |
|
Miyu Endersby |
SA |
Central District |
Angaston |
|
Molly Ferguson |
QLD |
Brisbane Lions Academy |
Maroochydore |
|
Georgie Fielder |
SA |
Glenelg |
Henley |
|
Mia Geere |
QLD |
Brisbane Lions Academy |
Wilston Grange |
|
Ruby Geurts |
VIC C |
Dandenong Stingrays |
Red Hill |
|
Sophia Green |
VIC C |
Murray Bushrangers |
North Albury |
|
Lakhyah Hill |
NT |
NT Academy |
St Marys |
|
Heidi Ireland |
WA |
Peel Thunder |
Collie |
|
Leni Lockyer |
VIC M |
Oakleigh Chargers |
Kew Comets |
|
Ruby Lynch |
SA |
Woodville-West Torrens |
Henley |
|
Emily Mableson |
SA |
West Adelaide |
Unley |
|
Bailee Martin |
VIC M |
Oakleigh Chargers |
East Malvern |
|
Taya Maxwell |
SA |
South Adelaide |
Reynella |
|
Harlee McIlwain |
QLD |
Brisbane Lions Academy |
Morningside |
|
Greea McKeegan |
VIC C |
Geelong Falcons |
Torquay |
|
Maddison Meagher |
VIC M |
Northern Knights |
Diamond Creek Women's |
|
Lucy Moore |
SA |
Woodville-West Torrens |
Henley |
|
Avuya Nomlatyu |
WA |
East Fremantle |
Willetton |
|
Marie Polimeno |
WA |
South Fremantle |
Fremantle City Dockers |
|
Aiyana Pritchard |
QLD |
Brisbane Lions Academy |
University of Queensland |
|
Darcie Prosser-Shaw |
NSW/ACT |
GWS Giants Academy |
Baulkham Hills |
|
Scout Semple |
VIC M |
Eastern Ranges |
Wantirna South |
|
Milly Shortal |
VIC C |
GWV Rebels |
North Ballarat |
|
Morgan Stevens |
NSW/ACT |
GWS GIANTS Academy |
Tuggeranong Valley |
|
Lexi Strachan |
WA |
West Perth |
Ocean Ridge |
|
Hope Taylor |
SA |
South Adelaide |
Happy Valley |
|
Charlotte Tidemann |
NSW/ACT |
Sydney Swans Academy |
Willoughby |
|
Grace Tracey |
NSW/ACT |
Sydney Swans Academy |
East Coast Eagles |
|
Polly Turner |
SA |
North Adelaide |
Hectorville |
|
Frances Walsh |
NSW/ACT |
Sydney Swans Academy |
Glebe |
|
Evie Ward |
TAS |
Tasmania Devils |
Lauderdale |
|
Sophie White |
VIC C |
Dandenong Stingrays |
Mt Eliza |
MARSH AFL NATIONAL FUTURES BOYS
The 2025 Marsh AFL National Futures Boys match will again be played at the MCG as a curtain-raiser to the Toyota AFL Grand Final on Saturday, September 27.
The squad will come together in Melbourne for a three-day camp from Friday, September 26.
The 2025 Marsh AFL National Futures Boys squad features 16 players who were last year selected in the 2024 Marsh AFL National Development Championships U16 All Australian Team.
That includes Dougie Cochrane and Matthew Owen who were respectively awarded the Kevin Sheehan Medal and Alan McLean Medal as the Pool A and Pool B best and fairest.
Continue below for the list of players selected in the 2025 Marsh AFL National Futures Boys squad.
|
NAME |
STATE |
STATE LEAGUE CLUB |
COMMUNITY CLUB |
|
Tanner Armstrong |
VIC C |
Murray Bushrangers |
Shepparton United |
|
Charlie Bovill |
TAS |
Tasmania Devils |
North Hobart |
|
Tyson Bradley |
VIC M |
Sandringham Dragons |
Highett |
|
Arki Butler |
VIC M |
Sandringham Dragons |
Beaumaris |
|
Harrison Chapman |
VIC M |
Eastern Ranges |
Boronia |
|
Dougie Cochrane |
SA |
Central District |
Port District |
|
Kodah Edwards |
SA |
South Adelaide |
Willunga |
|
George Gale |
WA |
Claremont |
Swanbourne |
|
Jack Gordon |
SA |
Central District |
Port District |
|
Ethan Herbert |
SA |
North Adelaide |
Walkerville |
|
Lachlan Hicks |
VIC M |
Western Jets |
Altona |
|
Archie Hill |
QLD |
Gold Coast Suns Academy |
Broadbeach |
|
Cooper Hodge |
QLD |
Brisbane Lions Academy |
Morningside |
|
Tate Hodgson |
VIC M |
Northern Knights |
Park Orchards |
|
Lewis Houndsome |
VIC M |
Northern Knights |
Yarrambat |
|
Guy Jenkin |
NSW/ACT |
Sydney Swans Academy |
Manly Warringah Wolves |
|
William Jenkin |
NSW/ACT |
Sydney Swans Academy |
Manly Warringah Wolves |
|
Blake Justice |
VIC M |
Calder Cannons |
Greenvale |
|
Garrison Kenh |
WA |
East Perth |
Ellenbrook |
|
Gus Kennedy |
VIC C |
Dandenong Stingrays |
Seaford |
|
Xavier Ladbrook |
VIC C |
Gippsland Power |
Nar Nar Goon |
|
Koby LeCras |
WA |
West Perth |
Cervantes |
|
Wil Malady |
VIC C |
Gippsland Power |
Bairnsdale |
|
Ethan Matthews |
NSW/ACT |
GWS GIANTS Academy |
South West Sydney |
|
Kale Matthews-Hampton |
SA |
Sturt |
Strathalbyn |
|
Hugh McCallum |
TAS |
Tasmania Devils |
Clarence |
|
Aidan McCartney |
NSW/ACT |
Sydney Swans Academy |
Willoughby |
|
Heath Mellody |
WA |
Claremont |
Wembley Downs |
|
Caylen Murray |
QLD |
Brisbane Lions Academy |
Maroochydore |
|
Marlon Neocleous |
VIC C |
Gippsland Power |
Traralgon |
|
Matthew Owen |
QLD |
Brisbane Lions Academy |
Redland-Victoria Point |
|
Gabriel Patterson |
SA |
Glenelg |
Plympton |
|
Jack Pickett |
VIC C |
Geelong Falcons |
Torquay |
|
Lucas Robinson |
WA |
South Fremantle |
Wembley Downs |
|
Sonny Smiler |
NT |
NT Academy |
Kalkarindji Eagles |
|
Clancy Snell |
VIC C |
Gippsland Power |
Mirboo North |
|
Harvey Spawton-Guy |
WA |
West Perth |
Ocean Ridge |
|
Mitch Stirling |
WA |
Peel Thunder |
Baldivis |
|
Darcy Szerszyn |
VIC C |
Dandenong Stingrays |
Seaford |
|
Cody Templeton |
VIC C |
Gippsland Power |
Warragul Industrials |
|
Archie Van Dyk |
SA |
South Adelaide |
Port Noarlunga |
|
Harry Van Hattum |
VIC M |
Northern Knights |
St Marys |
|
Benji van Rooyen |
WA |
Claremont |
Wembley Downs |
|
Cody Walker |
VIC C |
Bendigo Pioneers |
Echuca |
|
Angus White |
SA |
South Adelaide |
Willunga |
|
Noah Willliams |
VIC C |
Geelong Falcons |
St Josephs |
Final teams and team names will be announced prior to each game.
HOW TO WATCH: The 2025 Marsh AFL National Futures matches will be broadcast live and free on the AFL website and AFL Live Official App.
