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2015 AFL Under 18 Championships

youth Australian rules football competition

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ19880153 ↗
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The 2015 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships was the 20th edition of the AFL Under 18 Championships. Eight teams competed in the championships: Victoria Metro, Victoria Country, South Australia and Western Australia in division one, and New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory (NSW/ACT), Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania competed in division two. The competition was played over six rounds across two divisions.

Victoria Country won the division one title, and Queensland were the champions of division two. Both teams finished the championships undefeated.

Fixture

Division 1

Division 2

All-Australian team

The All-Australian team was selected by Kevin Sheehan (AFL national and international talent manager), Brenton Sanderson (AFL Academy head coach), Michael Ablett (AFL talent football manager), Lenny Hayes (football projects officer), Michael Agresta (recruiting manager, Sydney), Merv Keane (recruiting manager, Essendon), Dom Milesi (recruiting manager, Collingwood), Chris Drain (recruiting manager, Port Adelaide), and Simon Dalrymple (recruiting manager, Western Bulldogs).

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The public source identifies “2015 AFL Under 18 Championships” as youth Australian rules football competition. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Championships, youth and Australian.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2015—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Championships, youth and Australian providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “2015 AFL Under 18 Championships” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.