Victorian talent named in National Futures Boys squad
The AFL has announced a squad of 46 players who will take part in the 2024 Marsh AFL National Futures Boys program later this month.
The squad comprises a selection of the most promising under-17 boys footballers from across Australia, with every state and territory represented, including 16 boys from Victoria.
All players selected in the 2024 Marsh AFL National Futures Boys program are born in 2007 and will be eligible to be drafted following the 2025 season.
The Marsh AFL National Futures Boys program provides an opportunity for a host of the most talented young footballers in the country to come together in a high-performance environment as they prepare to enter their Draft year.
Players were nominated by state talent programs, national selectors and AFL club recruiters.
Many of the program’s members will go on to be part of the 2025 Marsh AFL National Academy Boys program.
The 2024 Marsh AFL National Futures Boys squad will come together in Melbourne for a three-day camp during AFL Grand Final week.
The highlight of the program will be the annual Marsh AFL National Futures Boys match, which will again be played as a curtain-raiser to the 2024 Toyota AFL Grand Final at the MCG on Saturday, September 28.
The AFL has confirmed the two teams to compete in the 2024 Marsh AFL National Futures Match will be named after retiring AFL stars Dyson Heppell and Rory Sloane.
Heppell played 253 AFL games for Essendon and captained the Bombers for six seasons from 2017 to 2022. He was awarded the AFL’s Rising Star award in 2011 and was selected in the 2014 All Australian team in a season he also won Essendon’s best and fairest, the Crichton Medal.
Sloane played 255 games for the Adelaide Crows over 16 seasons. A two-time club best and fairest winner, Sloane captained the Crows from 2019 to 2022 and was named vice-captain of the All Australian team in 2016.
More information on the 2024 Marsh AFL National Futures Boys match, including final teams, will be announced shortly.
The 2024 Marsh AFL National Futures Girls match was played as a curtain-raiser to the NAB AFLW Week 1 match between the Geelong Cats and Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium last month.
Continue below for the 16 Victorian players selected for the 2024 Marsh AFL National Futures Boys program. Full 46 player squad
Tairon Ah-Mu - Dandenong Stingrays/Berwick/Wantirna South
Xavier Bamert - Sandringham Dragons/ East Malvern Knights
Thomas Burton - Western Jets/Point Cook
Jack Dalton - Sandringham Dragons/East Malvern Knights
Cooper Duff-Tytler - Calder Cannons/Woodend-Hesket
Willem Duursma - Gippsland Power/Foster
Louis Emmett - Oakleigh Chargers/Glen Iris
Oliver Greeves - Eastern Ranges/Vermont
Samuel Grlj - Oakleigh Chargers/Old Camberwell/Canterbury Cobras
Noah Hibbins- Hargreaves - Dandenong Stingrays/Mornington
Jack Ison - Oakleigh Chargers/Parkside
Josh Lindsay - Geelong Falcons/Newtown & Chilwell
Archie Ludowyke - Sandringham Dragons/East Sandringham
Thomas McGuane - Western Jets/Keilor
Riley Onley - Murray Bushrangers/Shepparton United
Ben Rongdit - Geelong Falcons/Colac
