Altona’s Lachlan Hicks has been named Victoria Metro’s best player of the under-16 boys national championship.
The Western Jets gun was in Metro’s best in two of its three games including being his side’s best in the loss to South Australia.
The best and fairest awards were selected by a panel comprising Kevin Sheehan (AFL talent ambassador – chair), Paul Hamilton (AFL national talent development and competitions manager), Tarkyn Lockyer (AFL National Academy manager) and AFL club recruiting staff Brett Anderson (Port Adelaide), Scott Clayton (North Melbourne), Mark Finnigan (Hawthorn), Neville Stibbard (Tasmania), Jason Taylor and Matt Lannan (Melbourne).
While named Metro’s best, Hicks missed out on the All-Australian team.
Northern Knights Tate Hodgson was named in the All-Australian team in the backline.
South Australian defender Douglas Cochrane was awarded the Kevin Sheehan Medal as the best and fairest for Pool A, while Matthew Owen from the Brisbane Lions Academy claimed the Alan McLean Medal as the Pool B best and fairest.
