Several Northern Knights and Calder Cannons players had the chance to test themselves against the best players in the state last week.
Having named 50 player squads for both the under-18s and under-16s, Victoria Metro and Victoria Country are holding trial games against each other this week.
The under-16s played two games on Friday, while the under-18s are set to play two games on Saturday. Results weren’t available before deadline.
The trial games will assist with selection for the final Victoria Metro and Victoria Country squads that will compete at the under-18 AFL National Championships and the under-16 AFL National Development Championships.
Players who aren’t named to play in the trial matches are eligible for selection in the final squads to compete at each of the championships.
Nate Caddy leads the Knights players named in the under-18 squad.
Caddy, who is expected to go high in the draft, was joined by Jesse Dattoli, Zak Johnson, Flynn Riley, Aleksander D’Arro, Charlie Naish, Christian Mardini and Will Green in the under-18 matches.
Tyson Gresham, Seb Murphy, Nicholas Driscoll, Roman Moxon, Isaac Dugdale, Mitchell Moate, Duncan McKie, Nick Canavan and Sean Tyrell are the Knights players in the under-16 squad.
For the Cannons, they’ve had nine players named in the under-18 squad.
Isaac Kako, Amin Naim, Rye Penny, Ryan Eyre, Jordan Croft , Nash King, Mahmoud Taha, Hugo Garcia and Harry O’Farrell participated in matches.
There were a further six Cannons in the under-16 squad, Felix Kneipp, Oliver Watt, Arden Stevens, Hamish Bird, Hamish Pearce and Cooper Duff-Tytler.
