2017 AFL Women's Under-18 Championships
The 2017 NAB AFL Women's Under-18 Championships was played between May and July 2017, with six teams competing and with a further three playing in a two-match round-robin series as a de facto Division 2.
An Allies side was introduced as a division one team. This was designed to give the best prospects from those regions the opportunity to play at a national level in the division one carnival. Thus, division one was made up of six teams—Allies, NSW/ACT, Queensland, Vic Country, Vic Metro and Western Australia—playing each other across five rounds.
Vic Country was the only division one team to play four matches that went undefeated, making them the de facto tournament winners. Vic Metro's Maddy Prespakis was named the tournament's best player, while Vic Country's Eden Zanker was the competition's leading goalkicker.
The 2017 Women's All-Australian team
Initial squad
NSW/ACT: Alyce Parker, Georgia Breward, Haneen Zreika, Ellie Delgano-Fixture, Jordyn JolliffeNorthern Territory: Danielle PonterQueensland: Kitara Farrar, Ruby Blair, Arianna Clarke, Courtney Bromage, Gabby Collingwood, Tarni White, Lauren Bella, Sophie Conway, Kalinda Howarth, Jemma AbottSouth Australia: Nikki Gore, Eloise Jones, Chloe Scheer, Jess AllenTasmania: Mia King, Daria BannisterVic Country: Rebecca Webster, Courtney Jones, Iilish Ross, Bridie Kennedy, Lucy McEvoy, Georgia Clarke, Darcy Guttridge, Tyla Hanks, Jordyn Allen, Aisling Tupper, Olivia Purcell, Georgia Gee, Rene Caris, Denby Taylor, Eden ZankerVic Metro: Olivia Vesley, Georgia Ricardo, Georgia McPherson, Molly Warburton, Maddy Prespakis, Maddy Guerin, Olivia Flanagan, Georgia Patrikios, Emerson WoodsWestern Australia: Sabreena Duffy, McKenzie Dowrick, Courtney Hodder, Sonia Dorizzi, Tayla McAuliffe, Emily McGuire, Kate Bartlett, Rosie Deegan