North West rep teams announced
WITH representative football just around the corner, the players who will represent the AFL North West Blue Heelers have been selected.
Teams have been picked for the Blue Heelers mens, womens and Under 13 teams.
MEN’S REPRESENTATIVE TEAM
| GUNNEDAH | INVERELL | NEW ENGLAND NOMADS | TAMWORTH KANGAROOS | TAMWORTH SWANS |
| Darcy Hill | Seb Blair | Aidan Barry | Nick Buckland | Lachie Bennetts-Inkster |
| Mason Louis | Angus Croft | Hunter Greene | Matthew Hall (Captain) | Zac Collier |
| Liam Naismith | Ryan Lewis | Gus Russell | Nick Fisher | |
| Malcolm Roberts | Ben Myler | James Walter | Rex Quail | |
| Andrew Osmond (Emergency) | Blake Newman | Carl Frazier (Emergency) | Mitch Small | |
| Riley Sandral | Rob Stainforth | |||
| Jordan Sue-Fong | ||||
| Nash Tome | ||||
| Coach: Dick Gleeson |
WOMEN’S REPRESENTATIVE TEAM
| GUNNEDAH | INVERELL | NEW ENGLAND NOMADS | TAMWORTH KANGAROOS | TAMWORTH SWANS |
| Amy Clark | Sophie Kastelein | Alice Bennett | Hayley Beck | Genevieve Coote |
| Laura Ewington | Clare McCosker | Paige Brown | Jordan Donnelly | Anna George |
| Chelsea Palmer | Jaimie Pay | Phoebe Hewetson | Grace Edgecock | Josette Humble |
| Zoe Palmer | Chloe Taveira | Melanie Young | Charlotte Pearce | |
| Abbey Ruttley | ||||
| Alexa Walker | ||||
| Beccy Wilson | ||||
| Coach: Jakob Vearing |
UNDER 13s REPRESENTATIVE TEAM
| GLEN INNES CELTS | GUNNEDAH BULLDOGS | INVERELL SAINTS | NEW ENGLAND NOMADS | TAMWORTH ROOSTERS |
| Kyle Berg | Toby Barrow | Beau Alexander | Angus Dalgleish | Hayden Skaines |
| Jack Gill | Tom Smallwood | Cooper Blair | Oliver Dalgleish | Bailey Thomas |
| Tom Gill | Josh Spinks | Evan Cullen | Harrison Faint | |
| Ariki Woller | Luke Martin | Mack Oxley | ||
| Cooper Robinson | Sullivan Pine | |||
| Mitchell Robinson | ||||
| Co-Coach: Alan Martin | Co-Coach: Matthew Pine |
The mens and womens teams will be playing at Gunnedah on Saturday, June 28. The men will be playing against the AFL North Coast in the representative team’s first match since 2018.
The womens team will play earlier that day at Wolseley Oval in a tri-series against the AFL North Coast and AFL Central West.
The Under 13s team will take part in a three-day long carnival being held in Coffs Harbour from July 8-10.
While in Coffs, the young AFL North West boys will play matches against the AFL North Coast, AFL South Coast, Hunter Metro, Hunter Country and Central Coast.
