North West’s finest in Teams of the Year
THE finest players in the region have been recognised with the naming of the AFL North West’s 2025 Teams of the Year.
The teams were announced on social media on Friday and all players named in the two very strong line-ups were announced again during the post-match presentations on Grand Final Day at Varley Oval.
> > > Scroll down to see who was named in the two Teams of the Year
The Teams of the Year were dominated by the clubs that reached the grand finals.
The women’s team had nine players from Inverell and a further five from Gunnedah. In the men’s team seven players from the Tamworth Swans were included while Inverell had five.
The basic eligibility criteria for players to be selected is an initial squad is formed from the players who finish in the Top-12 of Best & fairest, Top-20 in the Coaches Award and Top-5 on the goalkickers list. Any players found guilty of any reportable offences through the season would be removed from the initial squad.
Competition Manager Brad Greenshields said the number of very good footballers in both the Men’s and Women’s competition meant there were some players who can genuinely consider themselves unlucky not to be named.
“The quality of a team like this isn’t measured so much by how good the players that are in the team are but by how good the players who missed out are,” Greenshields said.
“The players who were unlucky to miss out on selection this year are high quality footballers.”
MEN’S 2025 TEAM OF THE YEAR
B: Nick Buckland (Kangaroos), Dylan Beasley (Swans), Darcy Hill (Gunn)
HB: Hayden Chappel (Inv), Carl Frazier (Kangaroos), Josh Angove (Swans)
C: Lachlan Hunt (Swans), Charlie Keiller (N.Eng Nomads), Ryan Lewis (Inv)
HF: Matthew Hall (Kangaroos), Zach Collier (Swans), Angus Croft (Inv)
F: James Walters (N.Eng Nomads), Lachlan Bennetts-Inkster (Swans), Jakob Vearing (Gunn)
Foll: Nash Tome (Inv), Hunter Greene (N.Eng Nomads), Nick Fisher (Swans)
I/C: Aidan Barry (N.Eng Nomads), Seb Blair (Inv), Ned Hagon (Kangaroos), Rob Stainforth (Swans)
WOMEN’S 2025 TEAM OF THE YEAR
B: Jaimie Pay (Inv), Genevieve Coote (Swans)
HB: Nakeisha Burgess (Kangaroos), Alexa Walker (Gunn), Elizabeth King (Inv)
C: Zoe Palmer (Gunn), Mackenzie Berkley (Inv), Sarah Drew (Inv)
HF: Katrina Doak (Inv), Kayla Sims (Inv), Laura Ewington (Gunn)
F: Clare McCosker (Inv), Jessica Pallot (Swans)
Foll: Arlie Torrens (Gunn), Melanie Young (Kangaroos), Anna George (Swans)
I/C: Phoebe Hewetson (Nomads), Macey Carlyon (Gunn), Hayley Beck (Kangaroos), Allison Sims (Inv), Josette Humble (Swans), Lisa Digby (Inv)
