2017 AFL Women's Under-18 Championships
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox tournament
| name = AFL Women's Under-18 Championships
| sport = Australian rules football
| year = 2017
| start_date = 12 May
| end_date = 14 July
| tournament_format = Round-robin
| venues = Adelaide Oval
Blacktown International Sportspark
Bond University
Broadbeach Sports Club
Simonds Stadium
West Adelaide
| teams = 6 (div. 1)
3 (div. 2)
| champions = Vic Country (de facto)
| matches = 16
| mvp = Madison Prespakis (Vic Metro)
| stat1_label = Most goals
| stat1 = Eden Zanker (Vic Country)
| previous = 2016
| next = 2018
}}
The 2017 NAB AFL Women's Under-18 Championships was played between May and July 2017, with six teams competing and with a further three playing in a two-match round-robin series as a de facto Division 2.{{cite web|title=2017 NAB AFL Women's U18s Fixture & Results|publisher=AFL Women's|accessdate=18 October 2017|url=http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s|archivedate=18 October 2017}}
An Allies side (made up of players from the division two competition) was introduced as a division one team. This was designed to give the best prospects from those regions the opportunity to play at a national level in the division one carnival. Thus, division one was made up of six teams—Allies, NSW/ACT, Queensland, Vic Country, Vic Metro and Western Australia—playing each other across five rounds.{{cite news|title=Women's Under-18 Championships kick off in Adelaide|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-05-12/womens-under18-championships-kick-off-in-adelaide|accessdate=18 October 2017|publisher=AFL Media|date=12 May 2017}}
Vic Country was the only division one team to play four matches that went undefeated, making them the de facto tournament winners. Vic Metro's Madison Prespakis was named the tournament's best player, while Vic Country's Eden Zanker was the competition's leading goalkicker.{{cite news|last1=Black|first1=Sarah|title=AFLW U18 wrap: Vic Country, Allies undefeated|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-07-14/aflw-u18-wrap-vic-country-allies-undefeated|accessdate=18 October 2017|publisher=AFL Media |date=14 July 2017}}
Fixture
=Division 1=
{{AFLGameHeader|title= Round 1}}
{{AFLGame|Friday, 19 May|NSW/ACT|3.3 (21)|A|Queensland|3.6 (24)|Blacktown International Sportspark||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 20 May|Western Australia|15.9 (99)|H|NSW/ACT|2.0 (12)|Blacktown International Sportspark||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGame|Sunday, 21 May|Queensland|6.8 (44)|H|Western Australia|5.4 (34)|Blacktown International Sportspark||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday. 17 June|Vic Country|8.6 (54)|H|Vic Metro|4.3 (27)|Simonds Stadium||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes=}}
{{AFLGameHeader|title= Round 2}}
{{AFLGame|Monday, 10 July|Queensland|3.4 (22)|A|Vic Country|4.8 (32)|Bond University||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGame|Monday, 10 July|Allies|4.2 (26)|H|NSW/ACT|3.5 (23)|Bond University||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGame|Monday, 10 July|Vic Metro|3.2 (20)|A|Western Australia|6.11 (47)|Bond University||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGame|Wednesday, 12 July|Queensland|3.5 (23)|A|Vic Metro|7.3 (45)|Broadbeach Sports Club||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGame|Wednesday, 12 July|Vic Country|6.6 (42)|H|NSW/ACT|2.3 (15)|Broadbeach Sports Club||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGame|Wednesday, 12 July|Western Australia|3.2 (20)|A|Allies|3.7 (25)|Broadbeach Sports Club||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGame|Friday, 14 July|Vic Metro|6.8 (44)|H|NSW/ACT|5.7 (37)|Broadbeach Sports Club||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGame|Friday, 14 July|Vic Country|8.8 (56)|H|Western Australia|5.4 (34)|Broadbeach Sports Club||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGame|Friday, 14 July|Allies|5.3 (33)|H|Queensland|3.8 (26)|Broadbeach Sports Club||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes=}}
=Division 2=
{{AFLGameHeader|title= Round 1}}
{{AFLGame|Friday, 12 May|Tasmania|1.3 (9)|A|South Australia|9.4 (58)|West Adelaide||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 13 May|South Australia|15.9 (99)|H|Northern Territory|1.3 (9)|Adelaide Oval||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGame|Sunday, 14 May|Northern Territory|4.5 (29)|H|Tasmania|6.5 (41)|West Adelaide||[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018085307/http://www.afl.com.au/womens/matches/u18s Results]}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes=}}
All-Australian team
The 2017 Women's All-Australian team{{cite news|last1=Black|first1=Sarah|title=AFLW: Vic Country dominates U18 All Australian side|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-09-04/aflw-vic-country-dominates-u18-all-australian-side|accessdate=18 October 2017|publisher=AFL Media |date=4 September 2017}}
{{Aussie rules team | title = 2017 Under 18 Women's All-Australian team
| backpocket1 = Lucy McEvoy (VC)
| fullback = Rebecca Webster (VC)
| backpocket2 = Bridie Kennedy (VC)
| halfbackflank1 = Jordyn Allen (VC)
| centrehalfback = McKenzie Dowrick (WA)
| halfbackflank2 = Darcy Guttridge (VC)
| wing1 = Tarni White (Qld)
| centre = Madison Prespakis (VM)
| wing2 = Georgia Gee (VC)
| halfforwardflank1 = Kalinda Howarth (Qld)
| centrehalfforward = Rosie Deegan (WA)
| halfforwardflank2 = Eloise Jones (SA/All)
| forwardpocket1 = Tyla Hanks (VC)
| fullforward = Eden Zanker (VC)
| forwardpocket2 = Jordyn Jolliffe (NSW/ACT)
| ruck = Jessica Allan (SA/All)
| ruckrover = Alyce Parker (NSW/ACT)
| rover = Courtney Hodder (WA)
| interchange1 = Olivia Purcell (VC)
| interchange2 = Arianna Clarke (Qld)
| interchange3 = Sophie Conway (Qld)
| interchange4 = Lauren Bella (Qld)
| interchange5 =
| interchange6 =
| coach = Not named
}}
=Initial squad=
{{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/145381/aflw-u18-all-australian-squad-named|title=AFLW U18 All Australian squad named|first=Sarah|last=Black|publisher=Telstra Media|work=Australian Football League|date=18 July 2017|accessdate=10 May 2020}}
- NSW/ACT: Alyce Parker, Georgia Breward, Haneen Zreika, Ellie Delgano-Fixture, Jordyn Jolliffe
- Northern Territory: Danielle Ponter
- Queensland: Kitara Farrar, Ruby Blair, Arianna Clarke, Courtney Bromage, Gabby Collingwood, Tarni White, Lauren Bella, Sophie Conway, Kalinda Howarth, Jemma Abott
- South Australia: Nikki Gore, Eloise Jones, Chloe Scheer, Jess Allen
- Tasmania: Mia King, Daria Bannister
- Vic Country: Rebecca Webster, Courtney Jones, Iilish Ross, Bridie Kennedy, Lucy McEvoy, Georgia Clarke, Darcy Guttridge, Tyla Hanks, Jordyn Allen, Aisling Tupper, Olivia Purcell, Georgia Gee, Rene Caris, Denby Taylor, Eden Zanker
- Vic Metro: Olivia Vesley, Georgia Ricardo, Georgia McPherson, Molly Warburton, Madison Prespakis, Maddy Guerin, Olivia Flanagan, Georgia Patrikios, Emerson Woods
- Western Australia: Sabreena Duffy, McKenzie Dowrick, Courtney Hodder, Sonia Dorizzi, Tayla McAuliffe, Emily McGuire, Kate Bartlett, Rosie Deegan
References
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{{AFL Women's Under 18 Championships}}
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