The AFL has today announced the 2025 Marsh AFL National Championships U18 Girls All Australian Team.

The Championships concluded on Sunday, with Victoria Metro securing back-to-back title wins after finishing atop the standings with a 3-1 record. Queensland also produced a 3-1 record, with the title decided on percentage.

Six members of Victoria Metro’s title-winning squad were selected in the All Australian Team, including Chloe Bown, who was appointed All Australian captain and named as the best and fairest player of the Championships.

The classy midfielder averaged 27.5 disposals, 5.8 clearances and 5.5 tackles across the Championships to win the best and fairest award on 26 votes.

Queensland’s Sunny Lappin was runner-up on 23 votes, with South Australia’s Emma Charlton third on 21 votes. Lappin is the daughter of former Carlton and St Kilda forward Matthew, who played 251 AFL games for the Blues and Saints.

Four bottom-age players were selected in the All Australian Team, with Bailee Martin and Majella Day selected at full forward and in the forward pocket respectively, while Cara Dziegielewski was named in the ruck and Emma Charlton as rover.

The All Australian Team and best and fairest voting panel comprised Kevin Sheehan (AFL Talent Ambassador – Chair), Paul Hamilton (AFL National Talent Development & Competitions Manager), Jess Smith (AFL Talent Pathways Operations Manager), Tarkyn Lockyer (AFL National Academy Manager) and AFL club representatives Trent Moseby (Richmond), Phoebe Carter (Sydney Swans), Jordan Loxley (West Coast Eagles) and Dan Fisher (Western Bulldogs).

Continue below to view the 2025 Marsh AFL National Championships U18 Girls All Australian Team. Please click here to read profiles on each player, compiled by Kevin Sheehan.

BEST AND FAIREST

1st: Chloe Bown (Victoria Metro) – 26 votes
2nd: Sunny Lappin (Queensland) – 23 votes
3rd: Emma Charlton (South Australia) – 21 votes
4th: Tayla McMillan (Victoria Metro) – 12 votes
5th: Carys D’Addario (Western Australia) and Mikayla Nurse (Queensland) – 11 votes

TEAM MVP AWARDS

The team MVP winners were selected by the coaching staff of each program.

Allies: Priya Bowering (Tasmania Devils/Lauderdale)
Queensland: Sunny Lappin (Gold Coast Suns Academy/Southport)
South Australia: Emma Charlton (South Adelaide/Willunga)
Victoria Country: Georgia Tyrrell (Geelong Falcons/St Josephs)
Victoria Metro: Chloe Bown (Oakleigh Chargers/Kew Comets)
Western Australia: Carys D’Addario (Swan Districts/Caversham)

STANDINGS

RESULTS

Victoria Country 10.6 (66) def Allies 2.8 (20)
Victoria Country
Best: Maggie Johnstone, Jovie Skewes-Clinton, Ella Stoddart, Mizuki Brothwell, Nalu Brothwell, Stella Huxtable
Goals: Jovie Skewes-Clinton 3, Nikhita Spiteri, Abby Hobson 2, Nalu Brothwell, Maggie Johnstone, Chelsea Sutton
Allies
Best: Isla Wiencke, Mischa Barwin, Mia Anderson, Madeleine Quinn, Alex Neyland, Priya Bowering
Goals: Zoe Curry, Majella Day
Details: Sunday, June 22 at Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval

Western Australia 8.8 (56) def by Queensland 9.5 (59)
Western Australia
Best: Carys Daddario, Mia Russo, Layla Quinn-Schofield, Ava Stewart, Juliet Kelly, Renee Morgan
Goals: Olivia Wolmarans 2, Alicia Blizard, Carys D’Addario, Juliet Kelly, Lexi Strachan, Layla Quinn-Schofield, Avuya Nomlatyu
Queensland
Best: Sunny Lappin, Georja Davies, Mia Geere, Edie Fraser, Annabelle Foat, Rhianna Ingram
Goals: Edie Fraser 3, Sienna Burnham, Georja Davies, Mia Geere, Harlee McIlwain, Aiyana Pritchard, Alannah Welsh
Details: Sunday, June 22 at Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval

Victoria Metro 4.11 (35) def South Australia 4.7 (31)
Victoria Metro
Best: Chloe Bown, Tayla McMillan, Alexandra McBride-Loane, Scarlett Johnson, Brylee Anderson, Zara Neuwirth
Goals: Zoe Vozzo 3, Olivia Jesser
South Australia
Best: Emma Charlton, Lucy Waye, Miky Endersby, Emily Mableson, Tessa Davis, Imogen Trengove
Goals: Imogen Trengove 2, Eloise Mackereth, Lucy Moore
Details: Sunday, June 22 at Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval

Queensland 6.4 (40) def Victoria Country 3.10 (28)
Queensland
Best: Mikayla Nurse, Rhianna Ingram, Georja Davies, Annabelle Foat, Aiyana Pritchard, Aleah Stringer
Goals: Aiyana Pritchard 3, Edie Fraser, Mia Geere, Mikayla Nurse
Victoria Country
Best: Georgia Tyrrell, Maya Crestani, Ella Jeffrey, Alice Cunnington, Chelsea Sutton, Stella Huxtable
Goals: Abby Hobson, Maggie Johnstone, Chelsea Sutton
Details: Saturday, June 28 at Brighton Homes Arena

Western Australia 4.6 (30) def by South Australia 8.2 (50)
Western Australia
Best: Juliet Kelly, Carys D’Addario, Lexi Strachan, Maya Louvel-Finn, Cara Dziegielewski, Sunni-Quay Peters
Goals: Alira Fotu, Melanie Grage, Lucy Greenwood, Avuya Nomlatyu
South Australia
Best: Imogen Trengove, Emma Charlton, Miyu Endersby, Julia Faulkner, Tessa Davis, Eloise Mackereth
Goals: Eloise Mackereth 2, Monique Bessen, Julia Faulkner, Ruby Lynch, Hope Taylor, Chloe Tonkin, Imogen Trengove
Details: Sunday, June 29 at Revo Fitness Stadium

Western Australia 4.4 (28) def Victoria Metro 3.6 (24)
Western Australia
Best: Mia Russo, Cara Dziegielewski, Juliet Kelly, Alicia Blizard, Sienna Timmermans, Heidi Ireland
Goals: Mia Russo 2, Cara Dziegieleswski, Lexi Strachan
Victoria Metro
Best: Tayla McMillan, Chloe Bown, Marlo Graham, Zara Neuwirth, Chloe Thorn, Olivia Gorman
Goals: Josephine Bamford, Olivia Jesser, Bailee Martin
Details: Sunday, July 6 at The Good Grocer Park

Allies 7.6 (48) def by Victoria Metro 7.8 (50)
Allies
Best: Mischa Barwin, Mia Anderson, Alex Neyland, Majella Day, Kiera Yerbury, Priya Bowering
Goals: Majella Day 3, Mia Anderson, Zoe Curry, Shakaila Gardiner-Dunn, Kiera Yerbury
Victoria Metro
Best: Scarlett Johnson, Chloe Bown, Josephine Bamford, Olivia Jesser, Zoe Vozzo, Zara Neuwirth
Goals: Zoe Vozzo 2, Josephine Bamford, Phoebe Hargreaves, Olivia Jesser, Teagan Murtic, Zoe Wilkinson
Details: Sunday, July 13 at Brighton Homes Arena

Allies 3.12 (30) def by Western Australia 7.4 (46)
Allies
Best: Priya Bowering, Kiera Yerbury, Frances Walsh, Madeleine Quinn, Morgan Stevens, Molly Thomas
Goals: Jessica Owen, Frances Walsh, Kiera Yerbury
Western Australia
Best: Maya Louvel-Finn, Olivia Wolmarans, Carys D’Addario, Renee Morgan, Lucy Greenwood, Juliet Kelly
Goals: Olivia Wolmarans 4, Alicia Blizard, Alira Fotu, Lucy Greenwood
Details: Saturday, July 19 at Blacktown International Sports Park

Victoria Country 4.6 (30) def by Victoria Metro 12.8 (80)
Victoria Country
Best: Rain Dodd, Ella Jeffrey, Mizuki Brothwell, Charlotte Gilmore, Alice Cunnington, Georgia Tyrrell
Goals: Alice Cunnington, Jovie Skewes-Clinton 2
Victoria Metro
Best: Chloe Bown, Tayla McMillan, Bailee Martin, Scarlett Johnson, Josephine Bamford, Marlo Graham
Goals: Bailee Martin 7, Brylee Anderson 2, Chloe Bown, Olivia Jesser, Zoe Vozzo
Details: Sunday, July 20 at RSEA Park

Queensland 6.15 (51) def by Allies 8.9 (57)
Queensland
Best: Sunny Lappin, Alannah Welsh, Mikayla Nurse, Mia Geere, Sienna Burnham, Stephanie Aguinaldo
Goals: Aiyana Pritchard, Alannah Welsh 2, Harlee McIlwain, Freya Ross
Allies
Best: Zoe Curry, Priya Bowering, Mischa Barwin, Isla Wiencke, Harriet Bingley, Morgan Stevens
Goals: Majella Day 3, Harriet Bingley 2, Mia Anderson, Mischa Barwin, Frances Walsh
Details: Sunday, July 27 at Brighton Homes Arena

South Australia 4.8 (32) def by Queensland 5.4 (34)
South Australia
Best: Emily Mableson, Polly Turner, Emma Charlton, Miya Endersby, Imogen Trengove, Sophie Thredgold
Goals: Eloise Mackereth, Hope Taylor
Queensland
Best: Sunny Lappin, Alannah Welsh, Kaiya Hides, Rhianna Ingram, Zoe Petrides, Georja Davies
Goals: Dekota Baron, Alannah Welsh 2, Annabelle Foat
Details: Sunday, August 3 at Prospect Oval

South Australia 8.10 (58) def Victoria Country 5.8 (38)
South Australia
Best: Emma Charlton, Monique Bessen, Lucy Waye, Charli Hazelhurst, Eloise Mackereth, Lily Baxter
Goals: Eloise Mackereth 2, Monique Bessen, Emma Charlton, Summer Ross, Hope Taylor, Polly Turner, Lucy Waye
Victoria Country
Best: Mizuki Brothwell, Georgia Tyrrell, Maya Crestani, Alice Cunnington, Maggie Johnstone, Ava Bibby
Goals: Ava Bibby 2, Nalu Brothwell, Stella Huxtable, Nikhita Spiteri
Details: Sunday, August 10 at Thomas Farms Oval

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