Exciting times loom large on the horizon for AFL South East’s most promising junior footballers after the Dandenong Southern Stingrays recently announced a 30-strong squad for the AFL Vic Country Under-16 Challenge.
In what is sure to be an exciting challenge for the Stingrays, the club has picked some serious talent, and some that will be sure to attract interest in a few years when they are eligible to be taken in the AFL National Draft.
Boys from the Mornington Peninsula, Frankston and Districts, and South East will join forces with a handful of new teammates from the Bayside suburbs to represent the Stingrays in a three-game series that is sure to attract plenty of attention from AFL recruiters.
This year’s games have the added focus of being played alongside the Under-18 Boys competition, the newly-branded NAB League, which will kick off for the boys, which will kick off on Saturday 23 March, with the Stingrays to take on GWV Rebels on the day.
The Stingrays begin their AFL Vic Country Under-16 Challenge against the GWV Rebels at Mars Stadium, Ballarat, on Saturday 23 March, in what is set to be a bumper crowd.
Full Stingrays squad:
Mac Andrew
Xavier Apela
Miller Bergman
Benjamin Brown
Kayden Buselli
Jim Cahill
Judson Clarke
Justin Davies
Daniel Didomenicantonio
Xavier Donazzan
Harrison Duff
Tavian Escudero
Harrison Forbes
Patrick Gerdan
Rhys Gillard
Zakkary Gunn
Mitchell Harvey
Ryan Jacobs
Lachlan Kimpton
Curtis Livens
Connor Macdonald
Callum McNair
Colby Nayna
Zeb Quick
Coen Raymond
Lachlan Robinson
Dante Schmutter
Max Sullivan
Brodie Sweetnam
Ethan Wright
Dandenong Stingrays fixture – AFL Victoria County Under-16 Challenge
Round 1- GWV Rebels at Mars Stadium (Saturday 23 March)
Round 2 – Gippsland Power at Morwell (Saturday 30 March)
Round 3 – Geelong Falcons at QEO Oval Bendigo (Monday 9 April)
