By ZAC MILBANK<\/p>\n
The AAMI SA U16 Team will begin its Marsh AFL National Championships campaign when it hosts Western Australia in Game 1 at Alberton Oval on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Coached by SANFL Coach and Player Developer Heath Younie, the Croweaters will be captained by in-form Glenelg midfielder Zane Rooney with Sturt\u2019s Jacob Westley and West\u2019s Samuel DePalma acting as joint vice-captains for the three-game tournament.<\/p>\n
Glenelg\u2019s Jack Gallagher, the son of Adelaide and Norwood wingman James Gallagher, and Central District pair Levi Dudley and Harrison Schubert are among the familiar surnames to watch for SA.<\/p>\n
Dudley, who is a Crows NGA prospect, is the younger brother of Fremantle Docker Isaiah Dudley while Schubert is the younger brother of Hawthorn key forward Aidan Schubert.<\/p>\n
Championship-winning SA U16 coach Julian Farkas returns as one of Younie\u2019s assistant mentors, together with SANFL\u2019s Academy Coaches Chris Trapp (Adelaide) and Mark Clayton (Port Adelaide).<\/p>\n
Current AFL players Brayden Cook (Adelaide) and Logan Evans (Port Adelaide) will also be a part of the coaching team, together with former Crow Lachie Murphy.<\/p>\n
After hosting the Sandgropers on Saturday, the AAMI SA U16 Team will head to Queensland for clashes against Victoria Country on Tuesday July 14 in Game 2 and Victoria Metro on Friday July 17 in Game 3.<\/p>\n
2026 Marsh AFL U16 National Championships \u2013 Game 1
Saturday June 27 at Alberton Oval from 11:30am (ACST)
South Australia v Western Australia\u00a0<\/p>\n
SOUTH AUSTRALIA<\/p>\n
F: Zephyr Thompson (Norwood), Harrison Schubert (Central), Ryder Lindner (Glenelg)<\/p>\n
HF: Jack Gallagher (Glenelg), Fergus Vogt (South), Kalani Fraser (Norwood)<\/p>\n
C: Levi Dudley (Central), Zane Rooney (Glenelg), Josh Allan (Glenelg)<\/p>\n
HB: Tyson Schultz (Central), Jacob Westley (Sturt), Charlie Doan (Sturt)<\/p>\n
B: Josh Salievic (Glenelg), Liam Cooper (West), Jack Brooks (Sturt)<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
R: Cooper Jolly (North), Samuel DePalma (West), Logan Treverton (Central)<\/p>\n
INT: Josh Munday (Central), Damien Wanganeen (Eagles), Tyler Hitch (Norwood), Liam Bell (South), Will Pike (Sturt)<\/p>\n
EMERG: Harry Hobby (North)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By ZAC MILBANK The AAMI SA U16 Team will begin its Marsh AFL National Championships campaign when it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-761786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761786","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=761786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}