The AAMI WA Football State 18s Girls enjoyed a comfortable victory in their first trial game against Swan Districts at Steel Blue Oval on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s who caught the eye as preparations ramp up for the AFLW National Under-18s Championship which kicks off next month:<\/p>\n
Lexi Strachan (West Perth): Took up where she left off with a dominant midfield performance which included a goal.<\/p>\n
Rikisha Nannup (West Perth): Took several running bounces and used the ball with polish on the wing.<\/p>\n
Charlie Fletcher (Peel Thunder): Returned to her inside midfield role with strong stoppage craft and inside to outside work rate for four quarters.<\/p>\n
Cara Dziegelewski (West Perth): The 2025 AFLW Under-18s Championship All-Australian ruck played forward for the entire game to build her versatility. Brought work rate and defensive pressure all day.<\/p>\n
Avuya Nomlatyu (East Fremantle): Had the opportunitity to lead the ruck brigade with Dziegelewski playing forward. Made the most of her chance and dominated the ruck, providing first-use for the midfield.<\/p>\n
Shaya Yarran (Swan Districts): Was dangerous at forward stoppages and connected the midfield to the forward line with her pace and poise.<\/p>\n
The State 18s Girls are back in action against South Fremantle at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The AAMI WA Football State 18s Girls enjoyed a comfortable victory in their first trial game against Swan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-686507","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\/686507","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=686507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}