Waylon Davey, Hau-Tze Rock among players selected into NT’s 2025 under-18s squad

An exciting mix of talent from the Top End to Central Australia have been selected to take part in AFLNT’s 2025 under-18s squad. Check out who made the squad.

Hau-Tze Rock has been selected to play in the Territory rep side. Picture: Morgan Hancock/AFL Photos

A mix of the best young players from across the NT have been selected to take part in the AFLNT Talent Academy’s 2025 under-18s squad.

The featured players were all born in 2006 or later with plenty of exciting names including the likes of Waylon Davey and Taj Stanley.

The squad also includes one underage player in 15-year-old Hugo Timms from PINT, who was named the under-14s Lew Fatt best and fairest winner in 2024.

Kalen Russell. Picture: Albert Perez/AFL Photos

There’s 14 nominees for the NT News Rising Star including Southern Districts’ Dan Murphy, Nightcliff’s Hau-Tze Rock and Deacon Summerville from the Palmerston Magpies.

The Central Australian Football League’s Rising Star winner Tyreece Forbes is in the squad too, as are Taj Murray and Kalen Russell, who both played in the 2024 Marsh AFL National Futures Match.

Additionally, the roster showcases a strong representation of emerging talent from across the Territories, with players hailing from Katherine, Tennant Creek, and Arnhem Land.

The squad have begun preparations in anticipation of their first scheduled clash in the Coates Talent League, set for early May.

Check out the full Under 18 Boys squad:

Kalen Russell - Darwin Buffaloes

Nathias Bourke-Miler - Darwin Buffaloes

Paddy McAuliffe-Smith - Darwin Buffaloes

Jack Jones - Darwin Buffaloes

Kenny Raggett Shadforth - Darwin Buffaloes

Shane Warford - Darwin Buffaloes

Adrian Scott - Nightcliff FC

Taj Murray - Nightcliff FC

Jack Hewett - Nightcliff FC

Calvin Peris-Chong - Nightcliff FC

Gus Trigwell - Nightcliff FC

Hau-Tze Rock - Nightcliff FC

Zac Withers - Nightcliff FC

Ryan Bonham - Palmerston Magpies

Waylon Davey - Palmerston Magpies

Jordan Clyne - Palmerston Magpies

Alijah Davey - Palmerston Magpies

Deacon Summerville - Palmerston Magpies

Ethan Bush playing for the NT. Picture: Albert Perez/AFL Photos

Joel Munnich - Palmerston Magpies

Nathaniel Lampton - Palmerston Magpies

Hugo Timms - Pint Football Club

Bhan Lual Gatluak - Pioneer FC

Kyran Cole-Manolis - Pioneer FC

Malakai Le Rossignol - Pioneer FC

Brock Sandry - Rovers FC

Tyreece Forbes - South Alice Springs FC

Duron Davis - South Alice Springs FC

Taj Stanley - Southern Districts

Daniel Murphy - Southern Districts

Harold (Harry) Sage - Southern Districts

William (Will) Innes - Southern Districts

Benjamin (Ben) Barnard - Southern Districts

Isaac Herold - Southern Districts

Elijah Baker - Sporties Spitfires

Ethan Bush - St Mary’s

Yanni Stefanidakis - St Mary’s

Brian Ross - St Mary’s

Aaron McWilliams - St Mary’s

Juraiya Calma-Long - St Mary’s

Jasper Da Rocha - St Mary’s

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