The 2014 Under 15 National KickStart Championships and inaugural Australia Post All Nations Cup grand finals were played today, Wednesday April 16 in Coffs Harbour at the Coffs Harbour International Sports Park.
In the National KickStart Championships grand final, Western Australian, coached by Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls defeated Northern Territory.
Victoria/Tasmania, coached by David Rodan defeated Western Australia to win the Australia Post All Nations Cup.
National KickStart Championships Results:
WA: 14. 14. 98
NT: 4. 6. 30
Goals
WA: Pickett (3), Garlett (2), Jones (2), McGuire (2), Hayden, Polard, Rhods, Dann, Johns
NT: McLennan, Greenoff, Shadforth
Best
WA: Rhods, Hayden, Dann, Yarran, Pickett
NT: Grant, Maroney, Baird, McLennan, Shadforth
Australia Post All Nations Cup grand final results:
VIC/TAS 6. 9. 45
WA 4. 9 33
Goals:
VIC/TAS: Atem (4), Jaith, Szydlik
WA: Bayok, Gare, Nani
Best
VIC/TAS: Atem, Jiath, Brown, Szydlik, McLaren
WA: Bayok, Maguang, Sabir, Nani, Bility
Supported by the Coles AFL Indigenous Program, the KickStart Championships provides players with an opportunity to test themselves against the best emerging Indigenous players from around the country at Under 15 level. The best performing players will be selected for the national Indigenous Flying Boomerangs squad by head coach Eugene Warrior.
The inaugural Australia Post All Nations Cup is a feature event of the year for the Australia Post AFL Multicultural program and all six teams competing feature players from multicultural backgrounds, with each state represented. To be eligible for the All Nations Cup Squad, players must have been born overseas and come from a non-english speaking background. The junior multicultural stars form the basis of selection for the Australian players in the World Team which will compete in the NAB AFL Under 16 Championships, to be coached by Anthony Koutoufides.