THE POTENTIAL No.1 pick at the 2023 AFL Draft, Harley Reid, will play his first game of this year's Under-18 Boys Championships when Vic Country takes on South Australia at Ikon Park from 10.30am on Sunday. 

Reid is set to be the headline act in Sunday's game after a blistering start to the NAB League season with the Bendigo Pioneers. The Tongala product was named All-Australian at last year's U18 Championships after a sensational campaign as a 17-year-old with Vic Country and will be looking for back-to-back honours. 

Other key players to watch in the Country team on Sunday include Zane Duursma, a lively forward/mid who is the brother of Port Adelaide pair Xavier and Yasmin, and ruck prospect Archer Reid. 

SA stars Ashton Moir and Jack Delean will turn out for their third games of the championships, while Sid Draper will be looking to back up his 27-disposal performance against Vic Metro last weekend. 

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The championships will be played throughout 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. 

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Vic Metro is the reigning titleholder, having won the tournament last year for the first time since 2017.  

Vic Country v South Australia squads 

VIC COUNTRY

2 Lachlan Charleson
3 Cooper Simpson
4 Darcy Wilson
5 Harley Reid
6 Luamon Lual
7 Joel Freijah
8 Thomas Anastasopoulos
9 Zane Duursma
10 Kade De La Rue
11 Billy Wilson
12 Oskar Smartt
13 Coby James
14 Kobe Shipp
15 Oscar Ryan
16 Harry Demattia
19 Angus Hastie
22 Archer Reid
23 George Stevens
25 Michael Rudd
33 Hamish Pierson
34 Thomas Peirce
35 Wil Dawson
39 Joe Pike
40 Lachlan Smith (emg)
21 Jacob Grant (emg)
17 Archer Day-Wicks (emg)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

2 Sid Draper
3 Callum Fairall
5 Kade Herbert
6 Sebastian Wauer
8 Ashton Moir (vc)
9 Bodie Ryan
10 Louie Montgomery
11 Logan Evans
12 Jack Delean
13 Luca Slade
14 Alex Holt (vc)
16 Loch Rawlinson
17 William Patton (c)
22 William McCabe
25 Benjamin Ridgway
26 Kane McAuliffe (dvc)
27 Jed Dignan
28 Tom Wheaton
29 Phoenix Hargrave
36 Tom Luck
38 Taylor Goad
41 Patrick Weckert (dvc)
42 Tyler Welsh
4 Patrick Toole (emg)
15 Declan Gladigau (emg)
23 Charlie Nicholls (emg)