A host of familiar surnames and top Academy prospects have been named in a 31-player Allies squad for this year's National Championships.
Following an undefeated 2023 run, the Allies enter this year's carnival as the reigning premiers, with their first title-winning campaign led by the likes of Ryley Sanders, Jed Walter, Connor O'Sullivan and Colby McKercher.
This year, the Allies will look to some of last season's top bottom-age prospects and next wave of draft stars from Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Tasmania and the Northern Territory.
Headlining this year's squad will be Gold Coast Suns Academy gun Leonardo Lombard and Brisbane Academy ace Sam Marshall, who both featured in the Allies' successful 2023 carnival.
The Queensland pair are joined by fellow AFL Academy members Joel Cochran, Oliver Dean, Ricky Mentha and Jobe Shanahan in making the Allies squad for 2024.
Also included in the squad are a number of family ties to current and past V/AFL players.
Gold Coast Academy tall Kalani White is the son of Melbourne great Jeff White and is eligible for the 2025 draft, while teammate Zeke Uwland is the younger brother of Suns defender Bodhi.
Zai Millane, another Suns Academy prospect, is the nephew of late Collingwood champion Darren Millane.
Palmerston and Oakleigh Chargers talent Waylon Davey-Motlop is the cousin of Essendon pair Alwyn and Jayden Davey, and Carlton's Jesse Motlop.
Other prominent names to feature in the Allies squad are Tasmanian pair Nathaniel Sulzberger and Geordie Payne, as well as Sydney Academy duo Noah Chamberlain and Lachlan Carmichael, who both made last year's U16 All-Australian side.
Fellow bottom-age prospects Daniel Annable, Taj Murray, Uwland and White also won the selection honours last year.
Former Western Bulldogs ruckman and Brisbane Lions Academy boys coach Mitch Hahn will coach the side.
The Allies' first game will come at Thebarton Oval when they take on South Australia on Sunday, May 26.
NAME | SURNAME | HT | STATE | STATE LEAGUE CLUB | COMMUNITY CLUB |
Nicholas | Andreacchio | 178 | NSW/ACT | Sydney Swans Academy | Sydney University |
Zeke | Uwland | 178 | QLD | GC Suns Academy | Burleigh |
Ricky | Mentha | 178 | NT | NT Academy Gippsland Power | Morwell |
Leo | Lombard | 178 | QLD | GC Suns Academy | Broadbeach |
Joe | Harrison | 182 | NSW/ACT | Sydney Swans Academy | Warners Bay |
Lachlan | Carmichael | 183 | NSW/ACT | Sydney Swans Academy | Mosman |
Josaia | Delana | 176 | NSW/ACT | GWS Giants Academy | Willoughby |
Taj | Stanley | 177 | NT | NT Academy Perth | Southern Districts |
Oliver | Depaoli-Kubank | 178 | TAS | Tasmania Devils | North Launceston |
Geordie | Payne | 184 | TAS | Tasmania Devils | North Launceston |
Sam | Marshall | 185 | QLD | Brisbane Lions Academy Sandringham Dragons | Old Melburnians |
Daniel | Annable | 183 | QLD | Brisbane Lions Academy | Redland-Victoria Point |
Lenny | Douglas | 179 | TAS | Tasmania Devils | North Launceston |
Taj | Murray | 199 | NT | NT Academy North Adelaide | Nightcliff |
Fergus | McFadyen | 189 | QLD | Brisbane Lions Academy | Wilston Grange |
Zai | Millane | 188 | QLD | GC Suns Academy | Surfers Paradise |
Waylon | Davey-Motlop | 171 | NT | NT Academy Oakleigh Chargers | Palmerston |
Joel | Cochran | 195 | NSW/ACT | Sydney Swans Academy | UNSW Eastern Suburbs |
Caleb | Nancarrow | 190 | QLD | GC Suns Academy | Cairns City |
Noah | Chamberlain | 192 | NSW/ACT | Sydney Swans Academy | East Sydney |
Ryan | Gilder | 191 | QLD | Brisbane Lions Academy | Sherwood Districts |
Jobe | Shanahan | 194 | NSW/ACT | Bendigo Pioneers | Moama |
Ty | Gallop | 194 | QLD | Brisbane Lions Academy | Maroochydore |
Nathaniel | Sulzberger | 187 | TAS | Tasmania Devils Sandringham Dragons | North Hobart |
Ben | Kennedy | 186 | NSW/ACT | Murray Bushrangers | Yarrawonga |
Josh | Murphy | 190 | NSW/ACT | Murray Bushrangers | North Albury |
Oliver | Dean | 201 | TAS | Tasmania Devils | North Launceston |
Billy | Richardson | 195 | QLD | Brisbane Lions Academy | Wilston Grange |
Logan | Smith | 204 | NSW/ACT | GWS Giants Academy | Queanbeyan |
Cooper | Bell | 198 | NSW/ACT | GWS Giants Academy | Belconnen |
Kalani | White | 198 | QLD | GC Suns Academy | Broadbeach |