Brianna named All Australian

Brianna McFarlane from Yamba has been named in the 2018 AFL Women’s Under 18 All Australian squad following her outstanding performances for the Eastern Allies at the National Championships.

Bree only returned to footy earlier this season after a six year break, but her speed and athleticism quickly marked her as a player to watch.

After receiving a belated call to trial for the state team Bree made the long haul journey to Canberra where she impressed the selectors to be named in the NSW/ACT Under 18 team that played a two match series against Tasmania in early June. On the strength of her performances across the series Bree was rewarded with selection in the Eastern Allies team, a combination of NSW/ACT and Tasmania, to compete at the 2018 NAB AFLW Under 18 National Championships on the Gold Coast two weeks ago.

Bree stood out again at the Championships in the three matches against the Central Allies (South Australia and Northern territory), Western Australia, and Queensland to be one of only four Eastern Allies players named in the All Australian squad.

The All Australian squad will be split into two sides that will play each other in a curtain-raiser to the EJ Whitten Legends match in Adelaide on Friday 31 August.

A 22-player All-Australian team will be named after that game.