Record numbers picked in Swans Academy Top End Program
Port Macquarie's Reeve Simmons competes in a ruck contest in the 2023 AFL National Development Championships – U16 Boys played on the Gold Coast. Photo: Salty Fox Fotography
A TOTAL of eight talented AFL North Coast players have been selected to be part of the QBE Sydney Swans Academy’s Top End program.
This is the most AFL North Coast players ever selected to be a part of the Academy’s elite program.
“This is a tremendous result for the AFL North Coast, easily the most players selected to be part of the Top End program,” Community Football and Competition Manager Brad Greenshields said.
“If you also take into account the fact that there are an additional 37 AFL North Coast junior players who have been picked in the Academy’s Youth Programs for players aged from Under 11 to Under 15, it shows that the number of very talented juniors in the region is growing.”
The players selected in the Top End Program for 2024 are:
Girls
Under 17 – Amaia Wain (Bellingen / Sawtell/Toormina)
Boys
Under 16 – Ned Lucas (Nambucca Valley), Isaac Luke (Port Macquarie)
Under 17 – Wilson Baade (Nambucca Valley), Reeve Simmons (Port Macquarie)
Under 18 – Jai Bowd (Bellingen / Sawtell/Toormina), Charlie Martin (Sawtell/Toormina), Tom Ryan (Port Macquarie)
