Swans Academy select Coast’s finest for 2026 squads
THE number of talented juniors from the AFL North Coast selected in a QBE Sydney Swans Academy program continues to grow.
A total of 52 players from the North Coast region have been selected to be a part of the Academy Squads for 2026.
This is a record number of players from the region eclipsing the 45 players chosen for the 2024 programs and the 39 talented juniors who were part of the program this year.
This crop features 32 boys and a record 20 girls with players selected from clubs stretching from Yamba in the north to Port Macquarie in the south.
The list of Academy members for 2026 is:
BOYS
Under 11 – Zeke Boulet (Port Macquarie), Arlo Burkinshaw (Nambucca Valley), Aubrey Dixon (Northern Beaches), Ace MacGregor (Lower Clarence Suns).
Under 12 – Edward Epis (Lower Clarence Suns), Eli Fernie (Sawtell/Toormina), George Lake (Coffs Breakers), Xavier Upston (Port Macquarie).
Under 13 – Chase Allen (Northern Beaches Blues), Beau Lill (Port Macquarie), Alby Lindsay (Sawtell/Toormina), Ashton Miller (Lower Clarence Suns), Matthew Welsh (Coffs Breakers).
Under 14 – Oscar Churton (Lower Clarence Suns), Noah Bates (Port Macquarie), Mason Embling (Port Macquarie), Henry Fryer (Port Macquarie), Deziah Marsters-Nootai (Macleay Valley/Nambucca Valley), Jack Morris (Port Macquarie), Blair Sibarani (Port Macquarie)
Under 15 – Sam Dicker (Port Macquarie), Sonny Dusting (Northern Beaches), Jackson Sierakowski (Northern Beaches), Clancy Tune (Sawtell/Toormina), Xavier Mat (Port Macquarie), Taj Upston (Port Macquarie)
Under 16 – Finlay Campbell (Nambucca Valley), Zane Guthrie (Coffs Breakers)
Under 17 – Thomas Epis (Northern Beaches), Duke Marshall-Orr (Coffs Breakers/Northern Beaches), Edward Redfern (Port Macquarie)
Under 18 – Isaac Luke (Port Macquarie)
GIRLS
Under 12 – Jane Marsters-Nootai (Macleay Valley/Nambucca Valley), Violet Trevail (Port Macquarie)
Under 13 – Valla Parsons (Northern Beaches Blues), Emily Carson (Port Macquarie), Ella Cronin (SWR Dockers).
Under 14 – Lexi Findlay (Northern Beaches), Mireille Marshall (SWR Dockers), Willow Matthews (Sawtell/Toormina), Eliette Munn-Power (North Coffs)
Under 15 – Reese Legend (Nambucca Valley), Harpa Skinner (Sawtell/Toormina), Josephine Tait (Nambucca Valley), Zoe Tarlinton (Coffs Breakers), Hayley Woods (Sawtell/Toormina)
Under 16 – Chloe Murphy (Sawtell/Toormina), Gia Hudson (Port Macquarie), Ruby Luke (Port Macquarie), Grace Morris (Port Macquarie)
Under 17 – Annalise Crawley (Coffs Breakers)
Under 19 – Amaia Wain (Bellingen / Sawtell/Toormina)
