AFL North Coast\u2019s top junior players have been selected into Sydney Swans Academy squads for 2026.<\/p>\n
A record number of 52 players from the region were selected to the squads, bettering the 45 players chosen in 2024.<\/p>\n
The QBE Sydney Swans Academy exists to increase the number of players in NSW who have expert AFL knowledge and high-level skills.<\/p>\n
Established in 2010, the Academy has nurtured and developed a number of elite AFL-level players, but also made a significant contribution to the growth and strength of the code in NSW.<\/p>\n
The Academy provides a professional, age-appropriate development program for males and females aged 11 to 19, and each year the Academy trains up to 700 players.<\/p>\n
AFL North Coast juniors selected to the Sydney Swans Academy for 2026.<\/p>\n
Boys<\/p>\n
Under 11s: Zeke Boulet (Port Macquarie Magpies), Arlo Burkinshaw (Nambucca Valley Lions), Aubrey Dixon (Northern Beaches Blues), Ace MacGregor (Lower Clarence Suns).<\/p>\n
Under 12s: Edward Epis (Lower Clarence Suns), Eli Fernie (Sawtell\/Toormina Saints), George Lake (Coffs Harbour Breakers), Xavier Upston (Port Macquarie Magpies).<\/p>\n
Under 13s: Chase Allen (Northern Beaches Blues), Beau Lill (Port Macquarie Magpies), Alby Lindsay (Sawtell\/Toormina Saints), Ashton Miller (Lower Clarence Suns), Matthew Welsh (Coffs Harbour Breakers).<\/p>\n
Under 14s: Oscar Churton (Lower Clarence Suns), Noah Bates (Port Macquarie Magpies), Mason Embling (Port Macquarie Magpies), Henry Fryer (Port Macquarie Magpies), Deziah Marsters-Nootai (Macleay Valley Eagles\/Nambucca Valley Lions), Jack Morris (Port Macquarie Magpies), Blair Sibarani (Port Macquarie Magpies)<\/p>\n
Under 15s: Sam Dicker (Port Macquarie Magpies), Sonny Dusting (Northern Beaches Blues), Jackson Sierakowski (Northern Beaches Blues), Clancy Tune (Sawtell\/Toormina Saints), Xavier Mat (Port Macquarie Magpies), Taj Upston (Port Macquarie Magpies)<\/p>\n
Under 16s: Finlay Campbell (Nambucca Valley Lions), Zane Guthrie (Coffs Harbour Breakers)<\/p>\n
Under 17s: Thomas Epis (Northern Beaches Blues), Duke Marshall-Orr (Coffs Harbour Breakers\/Northern Beaches Blues), Edward Redfern (Port Macquarie Magpies)<\/p>\n
Under 18s: Isaac Luke (Port Macquarie Magpies)<\/p>\n
Girls<\/p>\n
Under 12s: Jane Marsters-Nootai (Macleay Valley Eagles\/Nambucca Valley Lions), Violet Trevail (Port Macquarie Magpies)<\/p>\n
Under 13s: Valla Parsons (Northern Beaches Blues), Emily Carson (Port Macquarie Magpies), Ella Cronin (South West Rocks Dockers).<\/p>\n
Under 14s: Lexi Findlay (Northern Beaches Blues), Mireille Marshall (South West Rocks Dockers), Willow Matthews (Sawtell\/Toormina Saints), Eliette Munn-Power (North Coffs Kangaroos)<\/p>\n
Under 15s: Reese Legend (Nambucca Valley Lions), Harpa Skinner (Sawtell\/Toormina Saints), Josephine Tait (Nambucca Valley Lions), Zoe Tarlinton (Coffs Harbour Breakers), Hayley Woods (Sawtell\/Toormina Saints)<\/p>\n
Under 16s: Chloe Murphy (Sawtell\/Toormina Saints), Gia Hudson (Port Macquarie Magpies), Ruby Luke (Port Macquarie Magpies), Grace Morris (Port Macquarie Magpies)<\/p>\n
Under 17s: Annalise Crawley (Coffs Harbour Breakers)<\/p>\n
Under 19s: Amaia Wain (Bellingen Bulldogs\/ Sawtell\/Toormina Saints)<\/p>\n
By Aiden BURGESS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AFL North Coast\u2019s top junior players have been selected into Sydney Swans Academy squads for 2026. A record…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-381377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}