The best junior male footballers players from across Melbourne’s north-west will be on show at the national championships in the coming weeks.
Vic Metro squads for both the under-18 championships and the under-16 development championships were released this week.
A squad of 36 was named for the under-18 championships ahead of Vic Metro’s first game on Sunday.
Top five prospect Nate Caddy is one of five Northern Knights players selected in the squad.
He is joined by Jesse Dattoli, Christian Mardini, Zak Johnson and William Green named in the squad.
Three Calder Cannons players Nash King, Mahmoud Taha and Harry O’Farrell and father-son prospect Jordan Croft.
Werribee Districts Logan Morris is one of two Western Jets players named, along with Bacchus Marsh’s Lucca Grego.
The under-16s championships also kick off this weekend, with Vic Metro facing Vic Country.
There were three Western Jets players named in the squad, including the son of gun.
Thomas McGuane, who plays at Keilor, has been named in the squad alongside Williamstown’s Finnegan Davis and Point Cook’s Thomas Burton.
McGuane is the son of Collingwood premiership player Mick McGuane.
Calder Cannons trio Felix Kneipp, Hamish Bird and Cooper Duff-Tytler have been also named in the squad.
Tyson Gresham, Isaac Dugdale, Mitchell Moate and Sean Tyrrell are the Northern Knights players in the squad.
