New AAMI WA Football State 16s Girls coach Kate Orme was proud of her team\u2019s \u201cnever say die\u201d attitude after finishing the AFLW National Under-16s Championship with a stunning comeback win over Brisbane Lions Academy in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
WA finished the carnival with a 1-1 record, falling just short of a come-from-behind victory over South Australia in Adelaide in their opener before a four-goals-to-none final term against the Lions resulted in a spirited 11-point win.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur coaching group was thrilled with the determination of our players,\u201d Orme reflected.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter our clash with SA, it was clear this team has a \u2018never say die\u2019 attitude.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were impressed with their resolve in game two but not surprised.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt was wonderful for the players to share the joy of a National Champs win together and with so much support from family across our interstate games, it was made even sweeter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Orme was particularly impressed with the team\u2019s hunger, work ethic and footy IQ which stood out throughout the campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe group has been so hungry to work hard,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir strong footy IQ meant we were able to on-board them with several technical elements of the game throughout the program.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur players played multiple roles and often new positions and we were impressed by their openness to learn and contribute to the team\u2019s goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
West Perth young gun Arybella Nelson, who made her ATCO WAFLW debut earlier this season at just 15 years of age, was named WA\u2019s MVP after a strong carnival down back where she averaged 26 disposals including 29 in the final match.<\/p>\n
Fellow leader and West Perth product Vienna Matera and Subiaco\u2019s Caitlin Boss were also among the standouts for the Black Swans.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had strong drive from our leaders, Bella Nelson and Vienna Matera across the program,\u201d Orme said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCaitlin Boss was outstanding throughout the Champs, giving us drive and grit through the midfield.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, it is difficult to understate the impact Bella Nelson had on both games, with her skills, toughness and decision-making.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New AAMI WA Football State 16s Girls coach Kate Orme was proud of her team\u2019s \u201cnever say die\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-618590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618590","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=618590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}