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AFL National Championships
FormerlyTeal Cup (1953–1995)
SportAustralian rules football
First season1953
AdministratorAustralian Football League
No. of teams8
Most recent
champion(s)		Allies
(2023)
Most titles(D1) Vic Metro (18)
(D2) Tasmania (8)
TV partner(s)Fox Footy
Sponsor(s)National Australia Bank
Related
competitions		AFL Women's Under 18 Championships

The AFL National Championships is an annual Australian national underage representative Australian rules football tournament. It is seen as one of the main pathways towards being drafted into a team in the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL).

The competition was born out of the Teal Cup, which began in 1953 as a regular exhibition match between under-17 representative sides from Queensland and New South Wales. Interstate teams were first invited to compete from 1973 onwards, and by 1976 the tournament was co-branded as the Australian Football National Championships.

The tournament shifted to an entirely divisional format from 1992; teams last competed for the Teal Cup itself in 1995. Following an age limit extension to under-18 to align with the nascent TAC Cup, the tournament continued in its dual-division setup for the next two decades, expanding to host games all around the nation concurrently.

From 2017, the competition has been contested as a hybrid representative format. South Australia, Western Australia and two Victorian teams – Metro and Country – compete in a single-division round-robin tournament alongside the Allies, a composite team made up of the top players from the AFL Academy Series.

History[edit]

Under-18 All-Australian and WA's Most Valuable Player award winner Anthony Morabito from the 2009 championship.

Originally known as the Teal Cup, it began in 1953 as a junior representative competition between the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales. It was an annual match between the two states, the winners would possess a trophy donated by the Teale family of Queensland. The Australian Capital Territory was the first other side to enter in 1973. With the addition of teams from each Australian state and mainland territory in 1976, the tournament was rebranded as the National Championships and rotated between host cities. The championships were split into two divisions with the strongest states including Victoria (later split into two sides: Vic Metro and Vic Country) comprising Division 1. Papua New Guinea was the only international team to field a side, entering in 1979.

The tournament continued to grow in stature in the 1980s, with Victoria unsurprisingly dominating the competition. By 1987, the Teal Cup was described by ACT team manager Des Bird as "the most prestigious junior football cup in Australia".[1] Western Australia was forced to withdraw from the 1990 edition due to rising costs, citing a $55,000 figure to send its representative squad to Brisbane for the week-long carnival.[2] Talent scouts had long visited the Teal Cup each year, and by 1992 one journalist penned the competition as "the best chance for those coming of age to make a case for selection [in the AFL]".[3]

The competition received its first sponsorship when it was branded as the Commonwealth Bank Cup in 1993. By the following year, seasoned AFL recruiters would describe the week of Teal Cup competition the most important in their calendar.[4]

Teams[edit]

Current teams[edit]

Team Years in competition Titles won
First Total Div. 1[a] Div. 2 Most recent
Allies 2016 6 1 — 2023
South Australia 1977
Victoria Country 1989
Victoria Metro 1989
Western Australia 1978

Former teams[edit]

Team Years in competition Titles won
First Last Total Div. 1[a] Div. 2 Most recent
Australian Capital Territory 1973
New South Wales 1953
Northern Territory
NSW/ACT
Papua New Guinea
Queensland 1953
Tasmania 1977
Victoria 1975 1988

Premiers[edit]

Dual-state play-off (1953; 1958; 1963–1972)[edit]

Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Ref.
1953 Queensland New South Wales 15.4 (104) d 7.6 (46) Trumper Park Saturday 8 August [5]
1958 Queensland New South Wales [data missing] Perry Park [data missing] [5]
1963 Queensland New South Wales 10.10 (70) d. 7.4 (46) Trumper Park [data missing] [5]
1964 Queensland New South Wales
1965 Queensland New South Wales
1966 Queensland New South Wales
1967 Queensland New South Wales
1968 Queensland New South Wales
1969 Queensland New South Wales 19.21 (135) d. 5.2 (32) Trumper Park Sunday 17 August [6][7]
1970 Queensland New South Wales
1971 Queensland New South Wales 2-point margin [5]
1972 Queensland New South Wales Brisbane Sunday 11 June [8]

National expansion (1973–1991)[edit]

Year Premiers Runners-up Location Dates Ref.
1973 Queensland Australian Capital Territory Sydney Saturday 9 June – Monday 11 June [9][10]
1974 New South Wales Queensland Canberra Saturday 15 June – Monday 17 June [11][12][13][14]
1975 New South Wales Victoria Brisbane Saturday 14 June – Monday 16 June [15][16]
1976 Victoria New South Wales Wagga Wagga Saturday 12 June – Monday 14 June [17][18][19]
1977 Victoria South Australia Melbourne Saturday 11 June – Monday 13 June [20][21]
1978 South Australia Western Australia Adelaide Saturday 3 June – Monday 5 June [22]
1979 South Australia Western Australia Hobart Saturday 16 June – Monday 18 June [23][24]
1980 South Australia Western Australia Perth Thursday 12 June – Monday 16 June [25][26]
1981 Victoria South Australia Melbourne Friday 5 June – Monday 8 June [27][28][29]
1982 Victoria South Australia Brisbane Friday 11 June – Monday 14 June [30][31]
1983 Victoria Western Australia Darwin Friday 10 June – Monday 13 June [32][33]
1984 Victoria Western Australia Sydney Friday 8 June – Monday 11 June [34][35][36]
1985 Western Australia Victoria Perth Thursday 6 June – Sunday 9 June [37][38]
1986 Victoria Western Australia Adelaide Thursday 5 June – Monday 9 June [39][40][41]
1987 Victoria South Australia Hobart Tuesday 7 July – Saturday 11 July [42][43][44]
1988 Victoria Western Australia Canberra Tuesday 5 July – Sunday 10 July [45][46][47]
1989 Victoria Country South Australia Melbourne Saturday 1 July – Friday 7 July [48][49]
1990 Victoria Metro South Australia Brisbane Sunday 8 July – Monday 16 July [50][51][52]
1991 South Australia Victoria Metro Darwin Saturday 6 July – Saturday 13 July [53][54]

Divisional format (1992–2016)[edit]

Year Division 1 Division 2 Location Dates Ref.
Premiers Runners-up Premiers Runners-up
1992 Victoria Metro South Australia Victoria Country New South Wales Victoria Sunday 5 July – Saturday 11 July [55][56]
1993 Victoria Metro South Australia New South Wales Queenland Adelaide Saturday 3 July – Sunday 11 July [57][58][59]
1994 Victoria Metro New South Wales Victoria Country Tasmania Perth Saturday 2 July – Sunday 10 July [4][60][61]
1995 South Australia Victoria Metro Western Australia Northern Territory Riverina Saturday 8 July – Sunday 16 July [62][63]
1996 Victoria Metro Tasmania
1997 Victoria Metro Queensland
1998 Victoria Metro NSW/ACT
1999 Western Australia Queensland
2000 Victoria Country NSW/ACT
2001 Victoria Metro Tasmania
2002 Victoria Metro NSW/ACT
2003 Victoria Country NSW/ACT
2004 Victoria Metro Northern Territory
2005 Victoria Metro Tasmania
2006 Victoria Metro Queensland
2007 Western Australia NSW/ACT
2008 Victoria Metro Tasmania
2009 Western Australia NSW/ACT
2010 Victoria Country Tasmania
2011 Victoria Metro Tasmania
2012 Victoria Metro Northern Territory
2013 South Australia Tasmania
2014 South Australia NSW/ACT
2015 Victoria Country Queensland
2016 Victoria Metro NSW/ACT

Hybrid representative format (2017–present)[edit]

Year Premiers Runners-up Location Dates Ref.
2017 Victoria Metro
2018 South Australia
2019 Western Australia
2020 No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Victoria Metro
2023 Allies

Awards[edit]

Larke Medal[edit]

The Michael Larke Memorial Medal, commonly known as the Larke Medal, is awarded to the best player in Division 1 of the competition. It is named in honour of a junior footballer, Michael Larke, who was killed in a bus crash while attending a trial match for New South Wales.

Year Winner Team Ref.
1976 Mick Woods Victoria
1977 Rodney Watts Victoria
1978 Mark Weideman South Australia
1979 Grant Campbell Western Australia
1980 Darryl Murphy Australian Capital Territory
1981 Paul Salmon Victoria
1982 Michael Phyland New South Wales
1983 Greg Anderson South Australia
1984 David Condon New South Wales
1985 Jason Kerr New South Wales
1986 Stephen Lawrence Queensland
1987 Steven Kolyniuk Victoria
1988 Robbie Wright New South Wales
1989 Ray Windsor Queensland
1990 Paul Williams Tasmania
1991 Robert Neill Australian Capital Territory
1992 Daniel Southern Western Australia
1993 Shaun McManus Western Australia
1994 Daniel Harford Victoria Metro
1995 Luke Godden Victoria Metro
Ben Setchell Victoria Country
1996 Pat Steinfort Victoria Metro
1997 Tim Finocchiaro Victoria Metro
1998 Garth Taylor Western Australia
1999 Paul Hasleby Western Australia
2000 Kayne Pettifer Victoria Country
2001 Sam Power Victoria Metro
Steven Armstrong Western Australia
2002 Byron Schammer South Australia
2003 Kepler Bradley Western Australia
2004 Jesse Smith Victoria Metro
2005 Marc Murphy Victoria Metro
2006 Tom Hawkins Victoria Metro
2007 Cale Morton Western Australia
2008 Jack Watts Victoria Metro
2009 David Swallow Western Australia
Andrew Hooper Victoria Country
2010 Harley Bennell Western Australia
2011 Stephen Coniglio Western Australia
2012 Lachie Whitfield Victoria Country
2013 Dom Sheed Western Australia
2014 Christian Petracca Victoria Metro
2015 Josh Schache Victoria Country
2016 Jack Graham South Australia
2017 Oscar Allen Western Australia
2018 Sam Walsh Victoria Country
2019 Deven Robertson Western Australia
2020 No award presented
2021 No award presented
2022 Will Ashcroft Victoria Metro
2023 Ryley Sanders Allies

Hunter Harrison Medal[edit]

The Hunter Harrison Medal is awarded to the best player in Division 2 and is named in honour of a former president and life member of the Northern Territory Football League, Hunter Harrison, who played a major role in the development of the AFL Youth Championships.[64] Each tournament, an underage All-Australian team is named; an MVP is also named for each team.

Year Winner Team Ref.
1992 Michael Voss Queensland
1993 Mark Ryan Northern Territory
1994 Michael Martin Tasmania
1995 Steven Koops Northern Territory
1996 Matthew Bernes Tasmania
1997 Fred Campbell Northern Territory
1998 Shane Young Queensland
Derek Murray NSW/ACT
1999 Brad Green Tasmania
2000 Ian Callinan Tasmania
2001 Tom Davidson Tasmania
2002 Anthony Corrie Northern Territory
2003 Jake Furfaro Queensland
2004 Richard Tambling Northern Territory
2005 Grant Birchall Tasmania
2006 Ricky Petterd Queensland
2007 Craig Bird NSW/ACT
2008 Mitch Robinson Tasmania
2009 Dylan McNeil NSW/ACT
2010 Sam Darley Tasmania
2011 John McKenzie Tasmania
2012 Jake Neade Northern Territory
2013 Liam Dawson Queensland
Kade Kolodjashnij Tasmania
Toby Nankervis Tasmania
2014 Isaac Heeney NSW/ACT
2015 Ben Keays Queensland
2016 Jack Bowes Queensland
2017 Nick Blakey Sydney academy
2018 Tarryn Thomas Tasmania
2019 Connor Budarick Gold Coast academy
2020 No award presented
2021 No award presented
2022 Jaspa Fletcher Brisbane Lions academy
2023 Ethan Read Gold Coast academy

Statistics[edit]

Total premierships[edit]

Sponsors[edit]

The tournament is currently sponsored by the National Australia Bank, having previously been sponsored by Caltex and the Commonwealth Bank.[65]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Singlediv

References[edit]

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  3. ^ Hinds, Richard (12 July 1992). "Search for a star". The Age. p. 45. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b Happell, Charles (1 July 1994). "Kick-starting the career's of tomorrow's footy heroes". The Age. p. 33. Retrieved 20 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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