Multicultural and Indigenous boys talent to shine

Many of the most promising 16-and-under boys with Indigenous and multicultural backgrounds from across Victoria will be on show in AFL Victoria’s annual All Nations and Kickstart development program match, to be played on Thursday, July 6 at Ford Park in Bellfield.

The match, commencing at 10:30am, will be live streamed free via aflvic.tv/afl/comps/KickstartvAllNations/2023. Users need to create a free account to access the stream. 

The All Nations (multicultural) and Kickstart (Indigenous) development program provides emerging players from culturally diverse backgrounds with the opportunity to progress on their football pathway and prepare for trialling with Coates Talent League teams in coming years. Players are linked to Next Generation Academy (NGA) programs at AFL clubs. 

The program in Victoria has seen a number of AFL players come through such as Jamarra Ugle-Hagan and Buku Khamis (Western Bulldogs) and Changkuoth Jiath (Hawthorn). 

Last week, the girls were on show with All Nations defeating Kickstart, 8.11 (59) to 5.5 (35). Match report and link to replay here: https://www.aflvic.com.au/news/all-nations-triumph-in-culturally-diverse-girls-talent-showcase-510960

ALL NATIONS SQUAD

Jumper number, name, AFL NGA program

3. Ahmad Abdallah (Carlton)

4. Taiyo Mcencroe (Geelong)

5. Keyon Mertens (Hawthorn)

6. Ethan Kung (Melbourne)

7. Thomas Pye (Western Bulldogs)

11. Adam El Haouli (Carlton)

12. Ahmed Taleb (Carlton)

13. Blake Justice (Essendon)

14. Wichay Paul (Geelong)

15. Russell Parry (Hawthorn)

16. Yonal Gunawardena (Hawthorn)

17. Hukam Karir (Melbourne)

18. Marcus Prasad (Melbourne)

19. Erik Hennequin (St Kilda)

20. Luke Mahimarajan (St Kilda)

21. Aidan Tremsal (St Kilda)

22. Thomas Sufi-Ismail (Western Bulldogs)

23. Mali Lual (Western Bulldogs)

24. Jai Saxena. Collingwood

25. Seb Wolff. Collingwood

29. Divjot Singh (Essendon)

30. Jesse Mellor (Geelong)

31. Lachlan Everetts (Hawthorn)

32. Joe Kirirua-Gill (Richmond)

33. Alefosioa Ale (Richmond)

34. Kyle Harrison (St Kilda)

35. Khaled El Souki (Western Bulldogs)

36. Luke Shea (Western Bulldogs)

37. Damien Steyne (Western Bulldogs)

41. James Orton (Collingwood) 

KICKSTART SQUAD

Jumper number, name, AFL NGA program

3. Ryan Farr (Geelong)

4. Michael Galway (Melbourne)

5. Cody Walker (Richmond)

6. Tanner Armstrong (Richmond)

11. Xavier Cook (Hawthorn)

12. Thomas Steinman (Hawthorn)

13. Keenan Boi (Hawthorn)

14. Zaine McGinness (Richmond)

15. Shaun Kirby (Richmond)

16. Kaian Ritchie (Hawthorn)

17. Munyari Johnson (Richmond

18. Jacob Bayley (Western Bulldogs)

19. Josh Serra (Western Bulldogs)

20. Kobe Williams (Western Bulldogs)

25. Malik Keegan (Carlton)

26. John Tattersall (Geelong)

27. Will Papas (Hawthorn)

28. Lachlan Waite-Pullan (Hawthorn)

29. Russell Clark (Richmond)

30. Clint Edwards Jnr (Richmond)

31. Archer Francis (St Kilda)

32. Steven Polgase (Richmond)

33. Thomas Higgins (Richmond)

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