{"id":805774,"date":"2026-07-17T09:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/805774\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T09:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:03:17","slug":"warner-wins-kevin-sheehan-medal-in-12-year-first-for-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/805774\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner wins Kevin Sheehan Medal in 12-year first for WA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hard-working midfielder Troy Warner became the first West Aussie in a dozen years to win the Kevin Sheehan Medal as the best player in the AFL National Under-16s Championships.<\/p>\n<p>WA co-captain and East Fremantle product Warner led the Black Swans to their first National Under-16s title in nine years with a dominant carnival in the midfield.<\/p>\n<p>The younger brother of Sydney Swans pair Chad and Corey finished with 22 disposals in Friday\u2019s title-clinching victory over Vic Country on the Gold Coast after 25 against South Australia and 27 against Vic Metro.<\/p>\n<p>MATCH REPORT<\/p>\n<p>Warner not only became the first WA player to win the carnival MVP award since former West Coast and Carlton player Samo Petrevski-Seton back in 2014, he always won the WA State 16s MVP Award.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WA co-captain Troy Warner wins the Kevin Sheehan Medal as the best player in the AFL National Under-16s Championships to go with WA\u2019s State 16s MVP award. What a carnival he had in the midfield! \ud83c\udfc5 \ud83c\udfc5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cYw5ipmU8P\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/cYw5ipmU8P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jordan McArdle (@jordan_mc12) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jordan_mc12\/status\/2077983707852607904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After impressing as a bottom-ager in last year\u2019s 16s carnival, the youngest Warner took another massive step forward to put his name in lights as a top AFL Draft prospect for his draft year in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>He joins the likes of Dockers great Michael Walters, Brownlow medallist Tom Mitchell and Brisbane Lions premiership hero Des Headland to win the Kevin Sheehan Medal from WA.<\/p>\n<p>AAMI WA Football State 16s coach Michael Glassborow described Warner as a \u201ccomplete player\u201d and highlighted his \u201cunbelievable\u201d growth from his bottom-aged 16s campaign last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe played with us last year a bottom-ager last year it was a great experience,\u201d Glassborow said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis development as a person over the last 12 months has been unbelievable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a really good teammate and leader. He led really well after his experiences as a bottom-ager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got a good balance between hunting and tacking doing the little things and showcasing his running and power. He\u2019s a complete player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hard-working midfielder Troy Warner became the first West Aussie in a dozen years to win the Kevin Sheehan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-805774","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\/805774","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=805774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}