SA U18 Girls v SA U23 Women’s Teams

By ZAC MILBANK

South Australia’s best female footballers aged under 23 will take centre stage for an exhibition match at Thebarton Oval on Sunday.

The SA U18 Girls team, preparing for its second game of the AFL National Championships, will test itself against a mature-age SA U23 line-up from 11am.

Coming off a convincing 35-point win against Western Australia in Game 1, the SA U18 Girls side features a host of top-end talent from the Hostplus SANFLW League.

Captain Piper Window, fresh from being crowned SANFLW’s fairest and most brilliant player in 2023, heads the list, together with West Adelaide star Lauren Young, Eagle Shineah Goody and Central District premiership players Elaine Grigg, Jasmine Evans, Sophie Eaton and Charlotte Riggs.

To be coached by Woodville-West Torrens mentor Narelle Smith, the SA U23 team includes  members of the 2023 The Advertiser SANFLW Team of the Year such as Tahlita Buethke, Caitlin Wendland, Zoe Venning, Isobel Kuiper and Lana Schwerdt.

After Sunday’s contest, the SA U18 Girls team will face Victoria Metro on Sunday July 9 at Avalon Airport Oval in Melbourne before finishing with a match against Queensland on Saturday July 15 at Adelaide Oval, a curtain-raiser to the Adelaide v GWS AFL game.

Sunday June 25
Thebarton Oval – 11am

SA U18 Girls
1 – Elaine Grigg
2 – Coby Morgan
3 – Violet Patterson
4 – Laela Ebert
5 – Monique Bessen
6 – India Rasheed
7 – Asha Dufour
8 – Ruby Ballard
9 – Shineah Goody
10 – Jasmine Evans
11 – Sophie Eaton
12 – Poppy Scholz
13 – Piper Window
14 – Molly Brooksby
15 – Jacinda Schunselaar
16 – Melissa Anderson
17 – Esther Schirmer
18 – Holly Ifould
19 – Alissa Brook
20 – Zara Walsh
21 – Marlie Fiegert
22 – Grace Martin
27 – Brooke Boileau
28 – Lily Whitcombe
29 – Emma Kilpatrick
30 – Lucy Boyd
31 – Lauren Young
32 – Jemma Charity
33 – Chloe Charity
39 – Charlotte Riggs

SA U23 Women
1 – Laitiah Huynh
2 – Madisyn Freeman
3 – Tahlita Buethke
4 – Maddy Lane
5 – Caitlin Wendland
6 – Marie Martino
7 – Lauren Breguet
8 – Aprille Crooks
9 – Zoe Venning
10 – Audrey Holt
11 – Lana Schwerdt
12 – Julia Clark
13 – Alana Lishmund
14 – Tesharna Maher
15 – Georgia Swan
16 – Alysha Healy
17 – Georgie Pater
18 – Isobel Kuiper
19 – Senna Gulden
20 – Jaslynne Smith
22 – Brooklyn Kraft
24 – Sophie Zuill
27 – Caitlin Radbone
28 – Jorja Hooper