The GIANTS Academy Under-16 Girls will proudly take part in the 2023 AFL U16 National Championships with two matches against the Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans Academies.
With the support of Joss Group and Never Alone Solutions, the players will head to the Gold Coast to take on the Lions this Tuesday, April 11 at Bond University with the Swans awaiting at Blacktown in Sydney on Friday, April 14.
Female Academy Head Coach Georgia Walker is bullish about the assembled squad.
“It’s a great opportunity for our talented young girls from our Academy region to compete at such a high level and test their abilities against the best in the country. We are thrilled with our squad who are demonstrating a great desire to learn and develop with some exciting high end talent in this age group.”
Head of Academies, Jason Saddington, knows the importance of these fixtures.
“The bigger our pathway becomes for young footballers, there becomes a greater thirst for high end opportunities with our girls. We are delighted the AFL has fixtured these Championships in 2023 with opportunities for our girls to travel and play interstate.
"Further to that to have the support of Never Alone Solutions for this match program, as well as our ongoing support of Joss Group across the entire Academy, we are confident we can further grow the number of young girls transitioning into the AFLW system from our Academy region.”
The U16 National Championships will be live streamed through ClutchTV.
Fixtures:
GIANTS Academy v Brisbane Lions Academy
Tuesday, April 11 at 12pm at Bond University
GIANTS Academy v Sydney Swans Academy
Friday, April 14 at 12pm at Blacktown International Sports Park
The full U16 GIANTS Girls Academy Squad can be viewed here
