South Australia have named a 34-player squad for the 2025 Boys U18s National Championships, with familiar surnames and Pick 1 contenders among those picked for the Croweaters.
This year's list includes 2024 squad members Dyson Sharp, Matt LeRay, Josh Reichelt and Sam Cumming, among others.
Sharp looms as the early standout among South Australia's squad, rating as one of the top draft prospects for the year while having already begun his 2025 campaign at the senior SANFL level for Central Districts.
The Bulldogs have five players in the squad, an equal most alongside South Adelaide, with bottom-ager Doug Cochrane likely to have a large impact in his year 17 season.
Cochrane, the son of former Port Adelaide player Stuart, and the younger brother to current Power player Tom, is one of several SA squad members with ties to AFL names.
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Woodville-West Torrens' Jevan Phillipou is the younger brother of St Kilda's Mattaes and son of former Bulldog Sam, while Louis Kellaway is linked to Richmond as a father-son via father Duncan.
Mitchell Marsh (son of Ben) and Jack Cook (son of Tim) also had fathers play in the top flight, while Noah Roberts-Thomson is the cousin of dual-premiership ex-Swan Lewis.
South Australia's National Carnival will get underway against the Allies on Sunday, June 1 in New South Wales.
2025 South Australia U18 Squad
| Dougie Cochrane* | Central District | Port District |
| Cameron Nairn | Central District | Willaston |
| Joshua Reichelt | Central District | Nuriootpa |
| Aidan Schubert | Central District | Gawler Central |
| Dyson Sharp | Central District | Barossa District |
| Matt LeRay | Central District | Golden Grove |
| Luke Candy | Glenelg | Brighton |
| Tom McKay | Glenelg | Brighton |
| Tim Alver | Glenelg | Plympton |
| Gabe Patterson* | Glenelg | Plympton |
| Ethan Herbert* | North Adelaide | Walkerville |
| Sam Cumming | North Adelaide | Wentworth (NSW) |
| Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier | North Adelaide | Modbury |
| Bryce Sanders | North Adelaide | Modbury |
| Noah Daw | Norwood | Hope Valley |
| Balyn O'Brien | Norwood | Central Eyre United |
| Jim Kelly | Norwood | Glenunga |
| Fergus Myall | Norwood | Hectorville |
| Sam Ainsworth | Norwood | Tea Tree Gully |
| Archie Van Dyk* | South Adelaide | Port Noarlunga |
| Kodah Edwards* | South Adelaide | Willunga |
| Angus White* | South Adelaide | Willunga |
| Elliott Duffield | South Adelaide | Strathalbyn |
| Cain Florance* | South Adelaide | Kingscote |
| Jesse Nye | South Adelaide | Willunga |
| Harley Barker | Sturt | Mount Barker |
| Jett Dahlitz | Sturt | Onkaparinga Valley |
| Noah Roberts-Thomson | Sturt | Unley Jets |
| Blake Thredgold | Sturt | Payneham |
| Louis Kellaway | Sturt | Glenunga |
| Mitchell Marsh | West Adelaide | Kangarilla |
| Jack Cook | Woodville-West Torrens | Port District |
| Jevan Phillipou | Woodville-West Torrens | PHOS Camden |
| Zane Peucker | Woodville-West Torrens | Port District |
*Bottom-age prospect
