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Schoolboys' tour to South Africa

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With the AFL's recent push into the South Pacific region we've heard less out of South Africa, but development work continues there and recently an Australian School Boy side toured the country.

The All-Australian team (minus South Australia and Tasmania) met in January for a pre-season training camp in Perth before setting off for South Africa.

 

Unfortunately we were unable to discover how the tour matches went.

The Australian squad was drawn from the School Sport Australia National 15 and Under championships.  All states and mainland territories were represented in the squad except South Australia and Tasmania, which did not attend the championships despite a presence at the 12 and Under equivalent.  The squad was:

     NAME  STATE
 
1.  NICK KELLY  ACT  
2.  JIM CARROLL  NSW  
3.  ERRIN WASLEY-BLACK  NT  
4.  RYAN AGITA  QLD  
5.  LIAM HOY  VIC C  
6.  JAYDEN BRENNAN  VIC C  
7.  BOHDI WALKER  VIC C  
8.  RYLEY STUHIDREIER  VIC C  
9.  HARRISON DOLLEY  VIC C  
10.  TOUK MILLER  VIC M  
11.  ALEXANDER URBAN  VIC M  
12.  DILLON VIOJO-RAINBOW  VIC M  
13.  HUGH GODDARD  VIC M  
14.  PETER WRIGHT  VIC M  
15.  SEAN MCLAREN  VIC M  
16.  BRENDAN TINGEY  WA 1  
17.  CONNOR WILKINSON  WA 1  
18.  CODY GRACE  WA 1  
19.  CLEM SMITH  WA 1  
20.  JARROD PICKETT  WA 1  
21.  JERMAINE MILLER-LEWIS  WA 1  
22.  BRAYDEN MANUEL  WA 2  
23.  BILLY BEARDSELL  VIC C  
24.  ANGUS BRAYSHAW  VIC M  
25.  DANIEL CAPIRION  VIC M

SHADOW SQUAD (LISTED BY STATE)
 
26.  JOSHUA BARTY  NSW  
27.  NICHOLAS CORBETT  NT  
28.  JAMES RAYNER  QLD  
29.  JACK BAKER  VIC C  
30.  STEVEN PRESANI  VIC C  
31.  MATTHEW GOODYEAR  VIC M  
32.  THOMAS LAMB  VIC M  

TEAM OFFICIALS
 
1.  LUKE SOULOS - TOUR LEADER  VIC  
2.  RAY BARRETT - COACH  WA  
3.  PAUL AIKMAN - ASSISTANT COACH  VIC  
4.  PETER SMITH - TEAM MANGER  WA  
5.  DAVID GILMORE - TRAINER  VIC  
6.  BRENDAN PARKES - TRAINER  VIC

You can read more about some of the Australians in:  African adventure could open doors for coach, Boys showcase footy skills on world stage and Seven go to South Africa