Football
Western Jets pair Kiara Boyd and Alex McBride-Loane will get their chance to shine on the national stage after being named in the Vic Metro squad for the under-18 girls national championships. The championships got underway on the weekend, with Vic Metro playing South Australia on Sunday.
Cricket
Cricket Victoria has announced its emerging player squads for the 2025-26 season. Among those in the under-16 Metro squad are Werribee’s Ananya Mahajan and April Chaudhary. former Point Cook Centrals player and current Greenvale Kangaroos player Noura Abdul Qader has been named in the under-16 and 19 girls metro squads. Former Point Cook Central Ira Aery has also been named in the under-19 metro girls squad. Luay Miraz and Simrth Singh Gill, who are both from Werribee, have been named in the under-17 boys metro squad.
Western NL
The Western Netball League has announced a strong side for the Netball Victoria Association Championships later this month. Glen Orden’s Rebecca Hicks who successfully led the WNL to victory over the Southern Netball League in its first interleague match-up in May, will again coach the league’s representative team. Eight members of this year’s Interleague squad have been included in the team for the association championships. Caroline Springs’ Olivia Craske and Emma Vitalone, Glen Orden’s Majar Hikuroa-Betham and Payton Simeki, Spotswood’s Melissa Prismall were part of the interleague side, while Altona’s Avana Hobson and Sunshine’s Casey Smart were emergencies for that team. They will be joined at the association championships by Glen Orden’s Ashlee Bertocci, Aaliyah Coppins and Charlie King, Sunshine’s Dorothy Maepu and Rochelle Teiri who round out the team.
Matildas
Western United stars Adriana Taranto and Chloe Berryhill have earned landmark selections in the Matildas squad for the upcoming international window. In new coach Joe Montemurro’s first camp in charge, the team is set to play four matches in Perth, with Taranto and Berryhill called up for the final two games against Panama.
