AFL National Under 18 Championships
The NAB AFL Under 18 Championships are the annual national Australian rules football championships for players aged 18 years or younger. The competition is seen as one of the main pathways towards being drafted into a team in the fully professional Australian Football League. Originally known as the Teal Cup, the competition began in 1953 between Queensland and New South Wales, but now features teams from each Australian state or Territory. The competition was renamed to the AFL National Under 18 Championships after the Commonwealth Bank sponsored the competition in 1995 and is currently sponsored by the National Australia Bank.
In 1989, Victoria was split into two teams – Vic Metro and Vic Country – to ensure that other states could remain competitive. New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory combined into a single team in 1996. The competition has been run in two separate divisions since 1992.
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