Ok lets get it started,,,,You usually get the first pick and many more of the first rounders from the National Academy side.
They include Zeke Uwland who was the sole bottom-age player named in the 2024 Marsh AFL National Championships All Australian squad following a dominant campaign for the Allies.
Uwland is the younger brother of Gold Coast Suns defender Bodhi Uwland, who finished second in the Suns’ best and fairest this year.
Willem Duursma will be striving to become the fourth sibling in his family to be drafted, with his three older siblings Xavier (Essendon), Zane (North Melbourne) and Yasmin (Carlton) all on AFL/AFLW lists.
Duursma was this year’s AFL Life Members Education Assistance Award recipient with Georja Davies, joining an illustrious list of winners that includes Harley Reid, Joel Selwood, Luke Hodge and Nic Naitanui.
The 2025 Marsh AFL National Academy Boys squad also features Cody Curtin, the younger brother of Adelaide Crows young gun Daniel, and Kalani White, the son of former Melbourne and Fremantle ruck Jeff.
Josh Lindsay and Beau Addinsall have both been selected after respectively claiming the Team Heppell and Team Sloane best player medals in the 2024 Marsh AFL Futures match, which was played on the MCG as a curtain-raiser to the 2024 Toyota AFL Grand Final.
North Adelaide ball magnet and SANFL U18 MVP Sam Cumming and Calder Cannons ruck Cooper Duff-Tytler, who was part of the Australia U16 basketball team which claimed gold at the 2023 FIBA Asia Cup, have also been included.
2025 MARSH AFL NATIONAL ACADEMY BOYS
The 2025 AFL National Academy Boys squad includes several young stars who will be looking to follow in the footsteps of family members in the AFL system.They include Zeke Uwland who was the sole bottom-age player named in the 2024 Marsh AFL National Championships All Australian squad following a dominant campaign for the Allies.
Uwland is the younger brother of Gold Coast Suns defender Bodhi Uwland, who finished second in the Suns’ best and fairest this year.
Willem Duursma will be striving to become the fourth sibling in his family to be drafted, with his three older siblings Xavier (Essendon), Zane (North Melbourne) and Yasmin (Carlton) all on AFL/AFLW lists.
Duursma was this year’s AFL Life Members Education Assistance Award recipient with Georja Davies, joining an illustrious list of winners that includes Harley Reid, Joel Selwood, Luke Hodge and Nic Naitanui.
The 2025 Marsh AFL National Academy Boys squad also features Cody Curtin, the younger brother of Adelaide Crows young gun Daniel, and Kalani White, the son of former Melbourne and Fremantle ruck Jeff.
Josh Lindsay and Beau Addinsall have both been selected after respectively claiming the Team Heppell and Team Sloane best player medals in the 2024 Marsh AFL Futures match, which was played on the MCG as a curtain-raiser to the 2024 Toyota AFL Grand Final.
North Adelaide ball magnet and SANFL U18 MVP Sam Cumming and Calder Cannons ruck Cooper Duff-Tytler, who was part of the Australia U16 basketball team which claimed gold at the 2023 FIBA Asia Cup, have also been included.
NAME | STATE | STATE LEAGUE CLUB | COMMUNITY CLUB |
Beau Addinsall | QLD | Gold Coast Suns Academy | Burleigh |
Daniel Annable | QLD | Brisbane Lions Academy | Redland-Victoria Point |
Harley Barker | SA | Sturt | Mt Barker |
Thomas Burton | VIC M | Western Jets | Point Cook |
Lachlan Carmichael | NSW/ACT | Sydney Swans Academy | Mosman |
Noah Chamberlain | NSW/ACT | Sydney Swans Academy | East Sydney |
Samuel Cumming | SA | North Adelaide | Wentworth District |
Cody Curtin | WA | Claremont | West Coast |
Cooper Duff-Tytler | VIC M | Calder Cannons | Woodend-Hesket |
Willem Duursma | VIC C | Gippsland Power | Foster |
Louis Emmett | VIC M | Oakleigh Chargers | Glen Iris |
Koby Evans | WA | Perth | Federals |
Oliver Greeves | VIC M | Eastern Ranges | Vermont |
Jasper Hay | TAS | Tasmania Devils | Clarence |
Liam Hetherton | NSW/ACT | Murray Bushrangers | North Albury |
Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves | VIC C | Dandenong Stingrays | Mornington |
Matthew LeRay | SA | Central District | Golden Grove |
Josh Lindsay | VIC C | Geelong Falcons | Newtown & Chilwell |
Archie Ludowyke | VIC M | Sandringham Dragons | East Sandringham |
Taj Murray | NT | Northern Territory Academy North Adelaide | Nightcliff |
Riley Onley | VIC C | Murray Bushrangers | Shepparton United |
Dylan Patterson | QLD | Gold Coast Suns Academy | Palm Beach Currumbin |
Fred Rodriguez | WA | South Fremantle | Fremantle City Dockers |
Ben Rongdit | VIC C | Geelong Falcons | Colac |
Dyson Sharp | SA | Central District | Barossa District |
Zeke Uwland | QLD | Gold Coast Suns Academy | Burleigh |
Wes Walley | WA | Subiaco | Warwick Greenwood |
Kalani White | QLD | Gold Coast Suns Academy | Broadbeach |