The 2013 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships commence tomorrow, Saturday, May 25 in Darwin.
The Northern Territory will play Vic Country at TIO Stadium at 6pm (CST) tomorrow while Queensland will met Vic Metro at Yeronga in Brisbane on Sunday May 26.
The championships will be played at 13 venues throughout the country over the next seven weeks.
Four matches will be broadcast live on Fox Footy: Vic Country v Western Australia and Vic Metro v South Australia from Simonds Stadium on Friday June 28 and South Australia v Western Australia and Vic Country v Vic Metro from Etihad Stadium on Wednesday July 3.
SEN 1116 will broadcast from Etihad Stadium on Wednesday July 3 from 4pm-7pm.
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2013 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships fixture
Note – all times are local
Round One
Saturday May 25
Northern Territory v Vic Country at TIO Stadium, 6pm
Sunday May 26
Queensland v Vic Metro at Yeronga, 1pm
Saturday June 1
NSW/ACT v South Australia at Blacktown International SportsPark, 12pm
Sunday June 2
Tasmania v Western Australia at Launceston, 10.10am
Round Two
Saturday June 8
Queensland v South Australia at Southport, 11.30am
Western Australia v Northern Territory at Brownes Stadium, 12pm
Sunday June 9
Vic Metro v NSW/ACT at Visy Park, 12pm
Vic Country v Tasmania at Visy Park, 2.30pm
Round Three
Saturday June 15|
Western Australia v Vic Metro at Patersons Stadium, 11.20am
Saturday June 16
South Australia v Vic Country at City Mazda Stadium, 12pm
Saturday June 22
NSW/ACT v Northern Territory at Blacktown International SportsPark, 12pm
Tasmania v Queensland at Blundstone Arena, 12pm
Round Four
Friday June 28
Vic Country v Western Australia at Simonds Stadium, 12.35pm **
|Vic Metro v South Australia at Simonds Stadium, 2.35pm **
Saturday June 29
Northern Territory v Tasmania at Visy Park, 12pm
NSW/ACT v Queensland at Visy Park, 2.15pm
Round Five
Wednesday July 3
South Australia v Western Australia at Etihad Stadium, 3.35pm **
Vic Country v Vic Metro at Etihad Stadium, 5.35pm **
Thursday July 4
Queensland v Northern Territory at Victoria Park, 11am
NSW/ACT v Tasmania at Victoria Park, 1.15pm
** Matches to be broadcast live on FoxFooty
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