AFL Under 18 Championships

NAB AFL Under 18 Championships
Sport Australian rules football
Organiser Australian Football League
Former names Teal Cup (1953–1995)
First held 1953
Last winner (D1) South Australia
Most wins (D1) Vic Metro (17)
(D2) Tasmania (8)
Teams Eight
Sponsor(s) National Australia Bank
Broadcast Fox Footy (Div. 1 games)

The NAB AFL Under 18 Championships are the annual national Australian rules football championships for players aged 18 years or younger. The competition is seen as one of the main pathways towards being drafted into a team in the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). Originally known as the Teal Cup, the competition began in 1953 between Queensland and New South Wales, but now features teams from each Australian state and mainland territory. Since 2017, the division 2 competition has been replaced by the Under 18 Academy Series, with teams from the 4 Queensland and NSW AFL clubs' academies in addition to Northern Territory and Tasmania state teams. The best players from the academy competition then combine to form an 'Allies' team in conjunction with South Australia, Western Australia and two Victoria teams, Metro (Melbourne Metropolitan Area) and Country to contest the division 1 tournament. The tournament is currently sponsored by the National Australia Bank, having previously been sponsored by Caltex and the Commonwealth Bank.[1] The winner of the 2018 division 1 tournament was South Australia.

Awards

The Larke Medal is awarded to the best player in Division 1 of the competition. It is named in honour of a junior footballer, Michael Larke, who was killed in a bus crash while attending a trial match for New South Wales. The Hunter Harrison Medal is awarded to the best player in Division 2 and is named in honour of the former president and life member of the Northern Territory Football League, Hunter Harrison, who played a major role in the development of the AFL youth championships.[2]

Past winners

YearDivision 1 PremiersLarke MedalDivision 2 PremiersHunter Harrison Medal
1953Queensland Queensland
1963Queensland Queensland
1971Queensland Queensland
1972Queensland Queensland
1973Queensland Queensland
1974New South Wales New South Wales
1975New South Wales New South Wales
1976Victoria (Australia) VictoriaMick Woods (Vic)
1977Victoria (Australia) VictoriaRodney Watts (Vic)
1978South Australia South AustraliaMark Weideman (SA)
1979South Australia South AustraliaGrant Campbell (WA)
1980South Australia South AustraliaDarryl Murphy (ACT)
1981Victoria (Australia) VictoriaPaul Salmon (Vic)
1982Victoria (Australia) VictoriaMichael Phyland (NSW)
1983Victoria (Australia) VictoriaGreg Anderson (SA)
1984Victoria (Australia) VictoriaDavid Condon (NSW)
1985Western Australia Western AustraliaJason Kerr (NSW)
1986Victoria (Australia) VictoriaStephen Lawrence (Qld)
1987Victoria (Australia) VictoriaSteven Kolyniuk (Vic)
1988Victoria (Australia) VictoriaRobbie Wright (NSW)
1989Victoria (Australia) Vic CountryRay Windsor (Qld)
1990Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroPaul Williams (Tas)
1991South Australia South AustraliaRobert Neill (ACT)
1992Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroDaniel Southern (WA)Victoria (Australia) Vic CountryMichael Voss (Qld)
1993Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroShaun McManus (WA)New South Wales New South WalesMark Ryan (NT)
1994Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroDaniel Harford (Vic Metro)Victoria (Australia) Vic CountryMichael Martin (Tas)
1995South Australia South AustraliaLuke Godden (Vic Metro)
Ben Setchell (Vic Country)		Western Australia Western AustraliaSteven Koops (NT)
1996Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroPat Steinfort (Vic Metro)Tasmania TasmaniaMatthew Bernes (Tas)
1997Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroTim Finocchiaro (Vic Metro)Queensland QueenslandFred Campbell (NT)
1998Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroGarth Taylor (WA)New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory NSW/ACTShane Young (Qld)
Derek Murray (NSW/ACT)
1999Western Australia Western AustraliaPaul Hasleby (WA)Queensland QueenslandBrad Green (Tas)
2000Victoria (Australia) Vic CountryKayne Pettifer (Vic Country)New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory NSW/ACTIan Callinan (Tas)
2001Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroSam Power (Vic Metro)
Steven Armstrong (WA)		Tasmania TasmaniaTom Davidson (Tas)
2002Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroByron Schammer (SA)New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory NSW/ACTAnthony Corrie (NT)
2003Victoria (Australia) Vic CountryKepler Bradley (WA)New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory NSW/ACTJake Furfaro (Qld)
2004Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroJesse Smith (Vic Metro)Northern Territory Northern TerritoryRichard Tambling (NT)
2005Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroMarc Murphy (Vic Metro)Tasmania TasmaniaGrant Birchall (Tas)
2006Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroTom Hawkins (Vic Metro)Queensland QueenslandRicky Petterd (Qld)
2007Western Australia Western AustraliaCale Morton (WA)New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory NSW/ACTCraig Bird (NSW/ACT)
2008Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroJack Watts (Vic Metro)Tasmania TasmaniaMitch Robinson (Tas)
2009Western Australia Western AustraliaDavid Swallow (WA)
Andrew Hooper (Vic Country)		New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory NSW/ACTDylan McNeil (NSW/ACT)
2010Victoria (Australia) Vic CountryHarley Bennell (WA)Tasmania TasmaniaSam Darley (Tas)
2011Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroStephen Coniglio (WA)Tasmania TasmaniaJohn McKenzie (Tas)
2012Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroLachie Whitfield (Vic Country)Northern Territory Northern TerritoryJake Neade (NT)
2013South Australia South AustraliaDom Sheed (WA)Tasmania TasmaniaLiam Dawson (Qld)
Kade Kolodjashnij (Tas)
Toby Nankervis (Tas)
2014South Australia South AustraliaChristian Petracca (Vic Metro)New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory NSW/ACTIsaac Heeney (NSW/ACT)
2015Victoria (Australia) Vic CountryJosh Schache (Vic Country)Queensland QueenslandBen Keays (Qld)
2016Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroJack Graham (South Australia)New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory NSW/ACTJack Bowes (Qld)
2017Victoria (Australia) Vic MetroOscar Allen (Western Australia)Nick Blakey (Sydney)
2018South Australia South AustraliaSam Walsh (Vic Country)Tasmania TasmaniaTarryn Thomas (Tasmania)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Taylor, Kevin. The Story of the Teal Cup and AFL National Under 18 Championships – Full Points Footy. Retrieved 4 July 2013, from the Pandora Archive.
  2. ↑ Barfoot, Michael (December 1995). History of NTFL. p. 107.

References

  • Lovett, Michael, ed. (2005). AFL Record Guide to Season 2005. p. 764. ISBN 0-9580300-6-5.
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