The next generation of female footballers will be on show during the AFL under-16 National Development Championships.
The championships, which started last week involve 10 teams from across the country, each playing two games each.
The sides have been split into two different pools, and the teams who finish atop their pool’s ladder will be named title winners.
Both Victoria Metro and Victoria Country were in pool A along with South Australia and Western Australia.
Western Jets coach Hayley Gossow is the coach the Victoria Metro team.
Two of her Jets players Jazmine Dalli and Caitlyn Volpe have been named in the squad as well.
Chloe Baker-West, Lara Churchill, Taylah Gilchrist and Jade McLay from the Calder Cannons have been named in the team, with Matt O’Connor part of the coaching team.
Five Northern Knights players have also been named in the squad.
Marlo Graham, Phoebe Hargreaves, Olivia Jesser, Scarlett Johnson and Teresia Koliavu are part of the squad.
The teams meet at Shepparton’s Deakin Reserve on Thursday, with the first bounce scheduled for 12:00pm.
The two Victorian teams played each other on Thursday, with Vic Country winning by four points.
They will each play their second match at Arden Street Oval on Sunday, April 23, with Victoria Country to take on Western Australia at 10.45am, before Victoria Metro plays South Australia at 12.45pm.
For the first time, the championsships is being played as an interstate carnival, with matches scheduled across four states.
