Northern Territory to feature in 2024 Marsh AFL National Development Championships - U16 Girls

The 2024 Marsh AFL National Development Championships – U16 Girls will commence this weekend.
 
The Championships will feature 10 teams competing across two pools, with matches to be played across four states in a nine-day period from Sunday, April 7 to Monday, April 15.

POOL A (six teams)
Brisbane Lions Academy, Gold Coast Suns Academy, South Australia, Victoria Country, Victoria Metro and Western Australia.
 
POOL B (four teams)
GWS Giants Academy, Northern Territory, Sydney Swans Academy and Tasmania.

The 2024 Marsh AFL National Development Championships – U16 Girls commence on Sunday, April 7 with South Australia hosting Victoria Metro at Adelaide’s Prospect Oval as part of the AFL’s Gather Round festivities.
 
Two matches will also be played in Melbourne on the same day, with Trevor Barker Beach Oval hosting a double-header which will begin with a clash between Victoria Country and the Brisbane Lions Academy. That match will be followed by the Gold Coast Suns Academy taking on Western Australia.
 
All teams will play two matches during the 2024 Marsh AFL National Development Championships – U16 Girls.
 
The teams that finish top of the standings for each pool will be crowned title winners.
 
If two teams finish equal on points atop a ladder, the title will be awarded to the team that won the round-robin match between those two teams. If those two sides have not played against each other, or if more than two teams finish equal on points atop a ladder, the title will be awarded to the team with the highest percentage.
 
At the conclusion of the Championships each team will select their MVP, with an overall MVP and All Australian team to also be selected by a panel comprising AFL Talent Pathways staff and AFLW recruiters.
 
STREAMING AND SQUADS: All matches will be live streamed on the AFL Play YouTube channel. Please click here to access the live streams and to view squad lists.
 
SCHEDULE: Please continue below for match details for the 2024 Marsh AFL National Development Championships – U16 Girls. All times are local.
 

The Marsh AFL National Championships and Marsh AFL National Development Championships are the highest standard of representative state and territory football for aspiring talented footballers.
 
The competitions will feature the most talented under 18 and under 16 footballers from across Australia who are the next generation of stars in the game.
 
The 2024 Marsh AFL National Development Championships – U16 Boys will begin on Saturday, June 8 during the King’s Birthday weekend. The first round of fixtures will see matches played across four states, with all matches in the final two rounds to be played on the Gold Coast from July 8-12.
 
The 2024 Marsh AFL National Championships – U18 Boys will be played from Sunday, May 26 to Sunday, July 14. All five teams will again play each other once in the round-robin series, with nine of the 10 matches at this year’s Championships scheduled to be played on a Sunday.
 
The 2024 Marsh AFL National Championships – U18 Girls will be played from Saturday, June 29 to Saturday, August 24. The Championships will again feature six teams, including Queensland, South Australia, Victoria Country, Victoria Metro and Western Australia and the Allies, who will each play three matches.