Our future guns: Gold Coast’s 22 best Aussie rules juniors

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WHO are the best young Australian Rules prospects moulding their games on the Gold coast and NSW Northern Rivers? We reveal some of the best upcoming talents here.

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AMY FULTON

Club: Tweed Coast Tigers

Age: 15

Team: under 15.5.

Comment: Excellent around a contest and a major ball winner. Fulton has the ability to always find herself in space and has a great set of hands. She was best and fairest for the team last year and played in the Northern Rivers representative side.

BOHDI LAWES

Club: Coomera Magpies

Team: Under-16 Community Cup. Captain.

Comment: Lawes is a great running player who is hard at the footy and always gives 100 per cent. He started at Coomera in under-8s and has been a loyal player for the club. Lawes is very well respected by his teammates and coaching team while his enthusiasm and commitment is commended. One who is expected to lead for the team when footy resumes.

Coomera Magpies player Bohdi Lawes.

ZOE WARBUTON

Club: Coomera Magpies

Team: Under-13 girls.

Comment: Warbuton has demonstrated the ability to inspire her teammates by leading by example with determination and a desire to step up to the challenge. Her enthusiasm at training shows her dedication to learning the game.

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Zoe Warburton is front row holding the red rootball.

Warbuton is a very determined person who shows her peers hard work and commitment are essential to improvement and success. Warbuton highlighted this in the team’s only game of the year so far when she never took a backward step against a far more experienced opponent.

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Warbuton constantly put pressure on the ball carrier and ran down and tackled opposition players numerous times. Her pace allows her to shut down opposition forwards. Warbuton isn’t the biggest player but she has a fierce ability to compete.

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ASHTON WOHLSEN

Club: Coomera Magpies

Team: Under-10.

Comment: A valued member of the Magpies under-10s team. Wohlsen has played at the club for four years at the club. His passion for football and commitment to training and games doesn’t go unnoticed. Wohlsen always produces his best on the field, with his ability to focus and think ahead shows on the field. He represented his district earlier this year and is always one to show great sportsmanship and inclusiveness.

Coomera Magpies player Ashton Wohlsen.

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JORDAN LOCK

Club: Mudgeeraba Spartans

Age: 9

Team: Under-9s.

Comment: Every football team needs a robust player in the middle commanding the engine room. For the Spartans under-9 side, that player is Lock. The bullocking long-term Spartan, has a very healthy appetite for getting the hardball and sending the ball into the forward line with his booming right boot. Lock has repeatedly showed supporters his skill and endurance in not just his team’s two scheduled under-9.5 games but by backing up to play a further two for the under-10.5s.

Mudgeeraba Spartans player Jordan Lock.

TOBY ROBBIE

Club: Mudgeeraba Spartans.

Age: 9

Team: Under-9s.

Comment: You know when a ruckman is enjoying his footy when he brushes off defenders, bounces the ball and has a scamper down the wing. Robbie loves nothing more than being in a contest. Robbie made the most of contesting every football in his vicinity at a football

carnival at Coomera Magpies earlier this year in games for both the under-9.5s and under-10.5s.

Mudgeeraba Spartans coach Toby Robbie.

Cutting his teeth in the AusKick program, Robbie was eager to continue his love for the game with his local team, the Mudgeeraba Spartans.

“I like getting to the ball first and tapping it down to my mates,” Robbie, a loyal Suns supporter, said.

“My favourite player is definitely Dustin Martin.”

JACOB WALTON

Club: Mudgeeraba Spartans.

Age: 9

Team: Under-9s.

Comment: Walton is a student of the game and uses his knowledge of Australian rules to good effect when he dons the Mudgeeraba Spartans jersey. Dangerous in any zone, Walton applies his deft kicking to promote the ball to under-9.5 teammates.

Mudgeeraba Spartans player Jacob Walton.

Always refining his skills, Walton is often the last Spartan to leave training. His parents are happy to see Walton dribbling a kick through goal in fading light knowing just how passionate he is about playing footy for his beloved club. When asked what his favourite part of playing football was, Walton kept it short and sweet, “I like getting the footy a lot and kicking it.”

NATE WHITE

Club: Mudgeeraba Spartans

Age: 8

Team: Under-8s.

Comment: He has played one game but this passionate Geelong Cats fan has got the footy bug. White played his first Australian rules game for the Spartans at Coomera on March 15 and absolutely loved it. In fact, he went on to play four games back-to-back. Lured to the Spartans by a good friend, White has already demonstrated he has a bright future ahead of him with the Sherrin in hand.

Mudgeeraba Spartans player Nate White.

In his first game for under-8.5 Spartans Blue against

Coomera Magpies, White showed pace, skill, teamwork and awareness.

“The best thing about playing footy was playing with Jack and Cooper, kicking my first goal and playing for a real team,” White said.

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JACK FOGGO

Club: Tweed Coolangatta Junior Australian football Club

T eam: Under-14.5s.

Comment: Foggo is a tall, fit and athletic main ingredient of the club’s under-14.5s group. Foggo’s development has been hard and fast, with his older brother Jed a key role model.

Foggo is part of the team’s leadership group and commenced his Australian rules journey with the Murwillumbah Vulcans where he learnt the values of workrate, focus and sportsmanship.

MT St Patrick’s College ruckman Jack Foggo playing at the AFLQ Schools Cup Northern Rivers Gala Day. Picture: Supplied.

Foggo has been a highly valued participant in the Northern Rivers Development Program since under-12s and has been selected in multiple Northern Rivers representative squads.

His skills, attitude and discipline have taken him into the Gold Coast Suns Junior Academy, where he is performing at a high standard.

MIA SALISBURY

Club: Tweed Coolangatta Junior Australian football Club

Team: Under-15 girls.

Comment: Salisbury is simply an outstanding, no-nonsense, low maintenance player who has assisted the club’s female players to understand what the game is all about. Salisbury commenced playing footy at the age of seven, mixing it with the boys. She was a foundation

member at Cooly, when the first ‘Girls play Too’ kicked off four years ago. Growing up in a

household with three footy-mad boys, two brothers and a dad, she quickly developed a refreshing and fast moving ball transition skill, that baffled the rest. Her toughness, discipline and leadership skills helped propel her team to last season’s premiership. Salisbury has participated in Northern Rivers Development programs over the last few seasons

and has been selected in The Northern Rivers Girls representative team in the Queensland Junior Championships. Salisbury’s super fitness and skill has enabled her to perform at a high level in Palm Beach Currumbin High School’s AFL Centre for Excellence. She is also a highly valued member of the Gold Coast Suns Junior Female Academy.

MARLIN CORBETT

Club: Tweed Coolangatta Junior Australian football Club

Team: Under-16.5.

Comment: A player dubbed a ‘natural’ of the game. Since played for Byron Bay’s under-12 side, Corbett has regularly featured as a bottom-age player in his group. Despite this, Corbett has always stood out as a sparkling, pacy on-baller with fast hands and a great kick on the run. Corbett was represented the region at under-14 level and acquitted himself well while he has gone on to play for NSW. Corbett joined the Suns academy at the age of 14 and is also part of Destination 22, AFL Queensland’s High Performance Program.

KYE REYNOLDSON

Club: Broadbeach Cats

Age: 16

Team: Under-16’s.

Comment: A quality midfielder and half-forward. Reynoldson is a courageous player, never hesitating to put his head over the footy in the contest. His speed and decision making are among his strengths and he is already getting the attention of recruits. Reynoldson is part of the Suns academy and represented the Queensland School Sport under-15 team last year.

Broadbeach Cats player Kye Reynoldson.

BELLA IVERACH

Club: Broadbeach Cats

Age: 15

Team: Under-17s.

Comment: A smooth moving forward with a great mark above head. Iverach continually works hard as a forward, and is just as strong in a defensive-forward role. These attributes have led Iverach to play beyond her years since joining the sport two years ago at Broadbeach. She has played in various representative sides, including the under-17 Gold Coast South Side, and her biggest achievement to date is earning a spot in Queensland’s under-15 team in the 2019 School Sport State Carnival.

Broadbeach Cats player Bella Iverach.

MAX HUDSON

Club: Broadbeach Cats

Age: 13

Team: Under-14 Conference

Comment: Hudson has the ability to play any position on the field. His will, determination and fitness set him apart from others while he also has a willingness to do everything he can for the team to win. Hudson is a teammate who always involves others and leads by example at every training session and is looked up to by many at the Broadbeach Cats. In 2019 he was part of the Queensland 12 Years School Sport team.

Broadbeach Cats player Max Hudson.

ZAI MILLANE

Club: Burleigh Bombers

Age: 14

Team: Under-14.5 Conference.

Comment: A quality midfielder who also has the ability to play in any position on the ground. Millane has great decision making abilities and has an uncanny ability to win the ball in a contest. He is a great leader and has captained the side over the last two season. He was named best and fairest in 2019, was a South Coast representative player between 2017-2018 and was also a Queensland representative in 2018. He is also part of the Suns academy.

BEAU ADDINSALL

Club: Burleigh Bombers

Age: 13

Team: Under-14.5 conference

Comment: Addinsall is a consistent, hard running midfielder. He has great decision making abilities and sublime skills to go with his hard working attitude. Addinsall was named best-on-ground in the 2019 under-12 grand final, was a South Coast player between 2018-2019 and was also a Queensland representative in 2019 for the under-12 side. He is also part of the Suns academy.

HAVANA HARRIS

Club: Burleigh Bombers

Age: 13

Team: Under-13 girls.

Comment: Harris plays ruck, and throughout the seasons has dominated in this area. Harris started playing two seasons ago and in her first year she received the league’s Best and Fairest award for the under-13 competition. She has gone from strength-to-strength in girls football, making all representative teams and being named last year in the Queensland under-15 girls team before receiving an All Australian jumper, despite being 13. Harris was named in the Suns under-15 academy squad for 2020 and looks destined to one day play in the AFLW.

Gold Coast football player Havana Harris. Photo: SUPPLIED

ZACHARY YOUNG

Club: Kingscliff Dolphins

Age: 10

Team: Under-10.5s

Comment: A small midfield-forward with great repeat efforts, using his footy smarts and ball winning ability to impact games. Young is a highly competitive player, strong overhead and in one-on-one contests. He also has an uncanny goal sense. He is now eyeing of representative opportunities.

Kingscliff Dolphins player Zachary Young.

DIDGE ROBERTS

Club: Kingscliff Dolphins.

Age: 10

Team: Under-10.5s.

Comment: A big-bodied forward who presents well, using his anticipation and strength with his overhead marking to be a lively target. Roberts is a very good one-on-one player who can turn his opponent inside-out he has an innate goal sense. His eagerness and dedication will see him progress well into the development and representative teams.

Kingscliff Dolphins player Didge Roberts.

PIPER PHELAN

Club: Palm Beach Currumbin

Age: 15

Team: Under-15 girls.

Comment: Phelan is the epitome of hungry and humble. She is courageous, skilful and resilient with a voracious work ethic while also loyal to her team, friends and family.

Phelan’s leadership on and off the field has seen her captain her club and school teams. She has also won multiple club and league best-and-fairest medals, was the first female to win the Troy Clarke Player of the Year, has represented South Coast and Queensland and is a part of the Gold Coast Suns Academy.

Palm Beach Currumbin player Piper Phelan.

SAM LONGOBARDI

Club: Palm Beach Currumbin

Age: 12

Team: Under-14 Conference

Comment: An electric midfielder with explosive strength and pace. Longobardi has the ability to turn a game on his own. A leader on the field but a very grounded person with a heart of gold. He works well with the coaching staff and respects the game’s officials. Longobardi was the club’s under-12 division one best-and-fairest and runner-up in the league best-and-fairest while he has represented South Coast, Queensland and is part of the Suns academy.

Palm Beach Currumbin player Sam Longobardi.

JED WALTER

Club: Palm Beach Currumbin

Age: 14

Team: Under-16 Conference

Comment: Walter is a talented athlete who possesses great AFL attributes. Walter is a strong, tall, athletic and has a Real Presence on the field. His presence is endorsed by his teammates who grow an extra leg when Walter is on the field.

Palm Beach Currumbin player Jed Walter.

Walter has had a massive few years, winning multiple club best-and-fairests medals, was the 2018 Troy Clarke Player of the Year, represented South Coast and Queensland and was named in the All Australian team. He is also part of the Suns academy and won the Junior Boys Academy player of the year.