The 2018 NAB

AFL Women's Under-18 Championships The NAB AFL Women's Under-18 Championships are the annual national Australian rules football championships for women players aged 18 years or younger. The competition is seen as one of the main pathways towards being drafted into a team in the p ...

was played between May and July 2018, with six teams competing in the main 'Series 2' round robin tournament and with a further four playing in a two-match on-on-one exhibition as the competition's initial 'Series 1'.

Format

The competition was opened with 'Series 1', a set of closed competitions between four pairs of teams representing the country's eight largest states and territories. In 'Series 2' teams representing Vic Country, Vic Metro, Queensland and Western Australia were joined by Central and Eastern Allies teams representing teams of the combined regions of Northern Territory and South Australia (Central) as well as New South Wales, ACT and Tasmania (Eastern). Each team played a total of three matches in that series. Vic Country finished the round-robin 'Series 2' as the only team undefeated in that series, making them the de facto tournament winners. The competition's best player award was jointly won by Vic Country's

Nina Morrison Nina Morrison (born 13 December 2000) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). A midfielder who won multiple accolades at junior level and played in the VFL Women's (VFLW) as a teenager ...

and by the previous year's outright winner,

Madison Prespakis Madison Prespakis (born 2 November 2000) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Carlton Football Club from 2019 to season 6. A midfielder who won multipl ...

of Vic Metro.

Fixture

Series 1

Series 2

All-Australian team

The 2018 Women's All-Australian team was decided following an all-star exhibition match between members of the 48-player squad. 13 of the players named were 'top-aged' and draft eligible that year, while the remaining nine were 'bottom-aged'.

Initial squad

* NSW/ACT: Brianna McFarlane, Alexia Hamilton,

Alyce Parker Alyce Parker (born 15 August 2000) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Early life and junior football Parker was born and raised in Holbrook, New South Wales A ...

* Northern Territory: Janet Baird * Queensland: Lauren Bella,

Belle Dawes Isabel Paige Dawes (born 11 May 2001) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Raised in Frankston, Victoria Dawes competed in the boys competition due to a lack of opportunities for girls i ...

, Kitara Farrar,

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, Tori Groves-Little, Charlotte Hammans, Dee Heslop, Lily Postlethwaite, Serene Watson, Jacqui Yorston * South Australia: Nikki Gore,

Montana McKinnon Montana McKinnon (born 14 July 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Richmond in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has previously played for Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most p ...

, Katelyn Rosenzweig * Tasmania: Mia King * Victoria Country: Jordyn Allen,

Rene Caris Rene Caris (born 18 March 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She has previously played for and . Caris is from Horsham, Victoria and attended Ballarat Grammar School. She played with Greater Wes ...

, Georgia Clarke, Lucinda Cripps,

Tyla Hanks Tyla Hanks (born 15 February 2000) is an Australian rules footballer playing for in the AFL Women's (AFLW). An inside midfielder, she played junior football in the TAC Cup Girls and VFL Women's, and competed at four AFL Women's Under 18 Champio ...

, Courtney Jones, Lucy McEvoy,

Olivia Purcell Olivia Purcell (born 5 September 2000) is an Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Football Club#AFL Women's team, Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Early life Purcell was born in Geelong, Victoria and is the second-y ...

Denby Taylor Denby Taylor (born 19 February 2000) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played with the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Taylor grew up in Geelong, Victoria with her parents, Pete and Pauline, and three older sisters, ...

Sophie Van De Heuvel Sophie Van De Heuvel (born 10 December 2000) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club#AFL Women's team, Essendon Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). A cricketer as well as a footballer, she competed in both s ...

, Rebecca Webster * Victoria Metro: Daisy Bateman, Eleanor Brown, Mikala Cann, Isabella Grant, Katie Lynch, Hannah McLaren,

Abbie McKay Abbie McKay is an Australian rules footballer playing for Carlton in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She was selected by Carlton with the 16th pick in the 2018 draft as the first woman selected under the father–daughter rule. Her father ...

, Georgia MacPherson, Gabby Newton, Georgia Patrikios,

, Emerson Woods * Western Australia: Kate Bartlett, Mikayla Bowen, McKenzie Dowrick,

Sabreena Duffy Sabreena McKinnon ( Duffy, born 26 March 2000) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Fremantle Football Club#AFL Women's team, Fremantle and Melbourne Football Club#AFL Women's team, Melbourne in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She was known ...

, Rikki Ryan-Carling, Matilda Sergeant

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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