The AAMI WA Football State 18s Boys won their final trial game against a fast-finishing Claremont Reserves at Revo Fitness Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Black Swans made it five wins from six trial games ahead of Saturday\u2019s AFL National Under-18s Championship opener against South Australia at Mineral Resources Park, prevailing by just one point.<\/p>\n
South Fremantle midfielder Lucas Robinson tuned up for the carnival in style, racking up 16 disposals, six clearances and five inside 50s in the first half before being put on ice.<\/p>\n
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East Fremantle and Fremantle Next Generation Academy speedster Finlay Yeo impressed in his return from an ankle injury, booting two goals to go with three score assists from his 12 disposals across the first three quarters.<\/p>\n
Claremont midfielder and West Coast father-son prospect Harper Banfield was prominent in his half of footy, racking up 18 disposals, four clearances and four inside 50s.<\/p>\n
East Fremantle forward Oscar Richardson also only played the first half but still managed to kick a game-high three majors in an eye-catching display.<\/p>\n
Bottom-aged Shark and last year\u2019s State 16s MVP James Artemis, the cousin of recent No.1 AFL Mid-Season Draft selection Jaxon Artemis, was the leading ball winner for WA, finishing with 20 disposals, six clearances and six tackles.<\/p>\n
Claremont defender Elijah Dennis was another major contributor with 16 disposals, six marks and four intercept possessions down back.<\/p>\n
Co-captains \u2013 Swan Districts midfielder Leo Steed (rested) and Claremont on-baller George Gale (PSA duties) \u2013 both didn\u2019t play but are set to feature in game one, while East Perth and West Coast NGA talent Garrison Kenh played Colts for the Royals over the weekend where he impressed across half-back.<\/p>\n
WA\u2019s carnival opener kicks off at 10.30am on Saturday and can be watched live and free on AFL.com.au and the AFL App.<\/p>\n
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AAMI WA Football State 18s squad<\/p>\n
Claremont:\u00a0Benji van Rooyen, George Gale, Heath Mellody, Robby Farmer, Elijah Dennis, Harper Banfield, Elijah Williams, Jacob Kee, Tom Brown, Noah Braun<\/p>\n
East Fremantle: Cooper Ramsay, Finlay Yeo, James Artemis, Oscar Richardson, Marcus Motton, Ben Wood<\/p>\n
East Perth: Garrison Kenh, Axel Walsh, Lachlan McGlade, Ethan Turner<\/p>\n
Peel Thunder: Mitch Stirling<\/p>\n
Perth: Jayden Clarke, Fynn Tomasini, Cody Lee<\/p>\n
South Fremantle: Heath Wilson, Byron Foster, Lucas Robinson, Cam Maynard, Conor Bushe-Jones, Hudson Graham<\/p>\n
Subiaco: Kyan Perera, Frazer Rickson, Sam O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n
Swan Districts: Taj Allan, Leo Steed, Sheldon Pickett<\/p>\n
West Perth: Koby LeCras, Harvey Spawton-Guy, Rafe Williamson, Maxim Collins, Campbell Creyk<\/p>\n
Train-on players: Lachlan Sheldrick (Claremont), Damien Newry (Claremont), Noah Hannaford (East Fremantle), Hunter Hearn (East Fremantle)<\/p>\n
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WA\u2019s AFL National Under-18s Championship fixtures<\/p>\n
Saturday, June 13: v South Australia at Mineral Resources Park (10.30am)<\/p>\n
Saturday, June 20: v Vic Metro at Cockburn ARC (11am)<\/p>\n
Friday, July 3: v Vic Country in Melbourne (Marvel Stadium, time TBC)<\/p>\n
Wednesday, July 8: v Allies in Melbourne (venue and time TBC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The AAMI WA Football State 18s Boys won their final trial game against a fast-finishing Claremont Reserves at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-724630","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\/724630","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=724630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}