Talented Central Australian receives Draft Combine invite

Jackson Clark Published October 3, 2023 at 12.00pm (AWST)

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After representing the Allies at this year's Under 18 National Championships, Kyanne Campbell has been invited to participate at the 2023 AFLW Draft Combine. (Image: Mark Evans/AFL Photos/via Getty Images)

Talented Central Australian Kyanne Campbell has been invited to participate at the 2023 AFLW Draft Combine.

Campbell has developed through the Northern Territory junior pathways and has represented the Allies at the AFL U18s Girls Championships.

The Draft Combine will host the most talented draft-age female footballers in the country, involving physical testing such as the vertical jump, running vertical jump, 20-metre sprint, agility test, and 2km time trial.

All players invited to attend the Combine will be eligible for the 2023 AFLW Draft.

Campbell possesses excellent goal sense and has the ability to break a game open with her skill level and evasive ability.

The small forward spent time in 2022 training with SANFL club North Adelaide before joining South Adelaide at the beginning of this season.

She played five games for the Panthers in the SANFL Women's competition this year with the highlight being a match-winning two-goal performance against West Adelaide in Round 3.

The silky-skilled 17-year-old stars for her local club Pioneer and in 2021 – while playing for a different club Rovers – she won the Central Australian Football League's Rising Star and Leading Goal Kicker award in the same season.

Kyanne Campbell spent time training with the Melbourne Demons last year. (Image: Melbourne Football Club.

Later that year, she kicked four goals in a dominant performance on debut in the Northern Territory Football League Premier League Women's competition for Southern Districts with four goals.

Campbell is a member of the prestigious AFLW Academy and represented Australia against the U23 All-Stars at Marvel Stadium earlier this year.

She is also a member of the Redtails Pinktails Right Tracks Program, which uses sport to engage young people and empower them to become leaders in their community.

Program Founder and President, Rob Clarke, said that Campbell's leadership has been exemplary.

"Kyanne's maturity and leadership grows by the day, going out of her way to encourage and support others has become standard practice and is simply inspiring to watch," Clarke said.

"This young woman has come such a long way in a fairly short period of time, flying across the country, juggling expectations across multiple fronts including family, coaching, training and work."

Campbell is eligible for father-daughter selection with her father Fred registering seven games for St Kilda and five games for Sydney.

Campbell is a member of the prestigious AFLW Academy and represented the Australia against the U23 All-Stars at Marvel Stadium earlier this year.