Tasmania Devils have announced a 45-player squad for their inaugural full-time season in the NAB League Girls competition.
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Featuring 14 players from the North, 13 from the North-West and 18 from the South, the Devils played three exhibition matches against Western Jets, Eastern Ranges and Oakleigh Chargers this season but will join the boys in NAB League next year.
North Melbourne star Emma Humphries, who had a taste of coaching at the School Sport Australia under-15 competition held in Launceston this season, will take up the role as match day leader while a fleet of five assistants will help out.
Northern duo Deb Reynolds and Jodie Clifford will step up as line coaches while Mick Arnold facilitates the coaching team and Jim Ransom and North Melbourne's AFLW Tasmanian-based coach Jamieson Smalley will mentor the side.
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AFL Tasmania's female talent manager Leigh Elder is excited about the opportunities ahead of the girls next season.
"The chance to play against the country's top talent week-in, week-out is going to be a new challenge for our program, but we're ready," he said.
"We have an exciting wave of young talent coming through our Devils program. The group's development promises to be really exciting, particularly with the support of this coaching structure.
"Emma Humphries' AFLW commitments are obviously her main priority, so this structure will allow for Emma to remain focused on her own football, while also furthering her promising coaching career," he said.
"One of our other female coaches will take the match day reins if Emma is ever unavailable through her AFLW commitments, allowing further growth opportunities for Jodie and Deb under the tutelage of Mick Arnold and our mentor coaches."
Full Squad
Ebonie Agostini, Aspen Auton, Hailee Baldwin, Jorja Barron, Candice Belbin, Amy Bisset, Jemma Blair, Zoe Bourne, Angelica Clark, Amber Clarke, Aprille Crooks, Charlotte Dennis, Emily Dixon, Ellie Foster, Isabella Foster, Liana Freestone, Meghan Gaffney, Stephanie Griffiths, Kara Hennessey, Kelsie Hill, Elise Hoiberg-Cox, Jemma Howarth, Ashanti Jackson, Phoebe Ketchell, Perri King, Charlie Lovell, Ella Maurer, Mimosa Middleton-Miller, Kiara Mills, Ruby Mitchell, Brianna Oates, Racheal Odwogo, Macy Polley, Amy Prokopiec, Joni Ransley, Claire Ransom, Olivia Smith, Luka Starick, Grace Steele, Lavinia Summers, Chelsea Thomas, Danika Triffett, Charlotte Vandenberg, India Viney, Jemma Webster
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