AFL Queensland today confirmed teams to compete in the 2017 National Diversity Championships to be held in Blacktown, Sydney from Saturday April 8 to Thursday April 13.
The National Diversity Championships encompass the National U15 Kickstart and the National U15 All Nations Cup and features teams from all states and territories.
The Diversity Championships are an important pathway for AFL Diversity Programs, providing talented participants for the Flying Boomerangs and World Team squads, umpires for our umpiring academies, and coaches for our coaching academy.
The Championships will see over 200 participants from Indigenous and Multicultural backgrounds come together and compete at the week-long tournament, with an additional 70 plus Indigenous and Multicultural coaches, umpires, managers, physios and trainers as support staff.
QUEENSLAND KICKSTART TEAM
| No. | NAME | SURNAME | REGION | |
| 1 | Ashton | Koongotema | Aurukun | |
| 2 | Shatna | Cashen-Harris | Townsville | |
| 3 | Malachi | Hill | Capricornia | |
| 4 | Travis | Cornthwaite | Weipa | |
| 5 | Malakia | Dumas | Gold Coast | |
| 6 | Ciro | Body | Mt Isa | |
| 7 | Ezekial | Wilson | Cairns | |
| 8 | Percy | Peinkinna | Aurukun | |
| 9 | Jayden | Seden | Cairns | |
| 10 | Napolean | William | Bamaga | |
| 11 | Kevin | Canendo | Cairns | |
| 12 | Michael | Asiba | Sabai Island | |
| 13 | Gary | Tom | Boigu Island | |
| 14 | Gideon | Larry | Yam Island | |
| 15 | Anthony | Dau | Sabai Island | |
| 16 | Lachlan | Cook | Gold Coast | |
| 17 | Storm | Bloomfield | Cairns | |
| 18 | Zemekis | Hunter | Townsville | |
| 19 | Jet | Campbell | Northern Rivers | |
| 20 | Bronson | Mitchell | Brisbane | |
| 21 | Hiroshi | Sabatino | Horn Island | |
| 22 | Elijah | Farrell | Capricornia | |
Head Coach – Nick Munkley
Assistant Coach – Peter Yagmoor
Team Manager – Khaleel Waqar
QUEENSLAND ALL NATIONS TEAM
| No. | NAME | SURNAME | REGION | Nationality | |
| 1 | Varun | Indra | Brisbane North | India | |
| 2 | Abu | Kante | Brisbane | Liberia | |
| 3 | Cooper | Clarkson | Gold Coast | New Zealand | |
| 4 | Jonty | MacDougall | Darling Downs | Philippines | |
| 5 | Archie | Baker | Brisbane South | England | |
| 6 | Elijah | Nankivell | Gold Coast | Maori | |
| 7 | Ben | Horridge | Brisbane North | England | |
| 8 | Ikkei | Maehara | Cairns | Japanese | |
| 9 | Delsen | Jones | Brisbane North | Philippines | |
| 10 | Connor | McGurgan | Brisbane North | Singapore | |
| 11 | Connor | Garrett | Gold Coast | England | |
| 12 | Austin | Harris | Cairns | Thailand | |
| 13 | Clay | Daly | Gold Coast | New Zealand | |
| 14 | Matthew | Cripps | Brisbane South | PNG | |
| 15 | James | Finn | Gold Coast | Ireland | |
| 16 | Marcell | Hawash | Cairns | Palestine | |
| 17 | Alex | Davies | Cairns | Japanese | |
| 18 | Lamont | Kalolo | Brisbane | Samoan | |
| 19 | Josh | Blair | Brisbane North | USA | |
Head Coach: Yianni Kavassilas
Assistant Coach: Ben Drew
Team Manager: Khaleel Waqar
