The 2021 NAB AFL Women's Under-19 Championships is the eleventh national under-18/19 girls

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competition. The tournament, which was previously held in 2019 and not in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was played in April and May and featured eight teams. Due to the pandemic, no winner was declared; instead, a series of challenge matches were played.

Age eligibility

The tournament is usually an under-18s competition; however, due to no championships being staged in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 edition was increased to an under-19 level.

Format and teams

Eight teams competed in the championships:

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(representing the Northern Territory, Tasmania, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory), the ''Woomeras'' (an Indigenous under-17 representative program), and the ''Medleys'' (a multicultural under-17 representative program). The tournament was originally scheduled to begin in March, and two matches were played; however, due to travel restrictions imposed as a result of a spike of COVID-19 cases in Brisbane, these matches were regarded as "challenge" matches and did not contribute to the overall rankings of the championships. When only the official matches are included, each team only played two matches against randomly scheduled opponents.

Fixtures

All-Australian team

The 2021 Women's Under-19 All-Australian team was selected by a panel of experts, including AFL chair

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(AFL national talent head coach),

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(Gold Coast), Trent Moseby (Richmond), Todd Patterson (Melbourne) and Jess Smith (AFL National Female Talent Manager).

Team MVPs

At the conclusion of the tournament each competing team named their best player for the tournament. The winner of these 'most valuable player' awards are as follows:

References

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