State of Origin team by WAFL club, city vs country

Now that the State of Origin teams are officially locked in ahead of next week’s blockbuster clash at Perth’s Optus Stadium, we take a look at which WAFL clubs will feature in the long-awaited return of AFL Origin.

Eight of the 10 WAFL clubs will be represented next Saturday evening against Victoria, with Claremont and Swan Districts leading the way with six apiece.

East Fremantle are the next best with four players, including WA captain Patrick Cripps and trio Luke Jackson, Trent Rivers and Chad Warner who remarkably all played in the same EGT WAFL Colts side back in 2019.

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Jackson, Rivers and Warner also featured for WA’s carnival-winning under-18s side that year, with Mitch Georgiades also in the squad but didn’t play because of injury.

South Fremantle (three) and Subiaco (two) also have multiple Origin representatives.

Newly-announced West Coast captain Liam Baker was drafted from Subiaco after featuring in a losing senior grand final against Peel Thunder in 2017, but played colts and reserves for West Perth earlier in his career.

 

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East Perth did have one product set to play, Brisbane Lions premiership star turned West Coast recruit Brandon Starcevich who was ruled out during the week with injury.

There’s a fairly even split between City and County with 14 of the 25-man squad playing for metro junior clubs and 11 from regional WA to go with coach Dean Cox who’s a Dampier product.

All bar one of the players, Melbourne premiership star Kysaiah Pickett, who was raised in Quairading in country WA before moving to South Australia.

State of Origin team by WAFL club

Claremont (six): Tom Barrass, Darcy Cameron, Jordan Clark, Jesse Hogan, Wil Powell, Jake Waterman

East Fremantle (four): Patrick Cripps, Luke Jackson, Trent Rivers, Chad Warner

Peel Thunder (one): Aaron Naughton

Perth (one): Jaeger O’Meara

South Fremantle (three): Callum Ah Chee, Shai Bolton, Tim English

Subiaco (two): Liam Baker, Mitch Georgiades

Swan Districts (six): Nathan Broad, Charlie Cameron, Stephen Coniglio, Lawson Humphries, Rory Lobb, Sam Taylor

West Perth (one): Brad Hill

Other (one): Kysaiah Pickett – raised in Quairading in regional WA before moving to South Australia

City v Country

City: Tom Barrass (Scarborough), Jesse Hogan (Marist), Will Powell (Scarborough), Jake Waterman (Marist), Luke Jackson (Bullcreek-Leeming), Trent Rivers (Bullcreek-Leeming), Chad Warner (Willetton), Aaron Naughton (Rockingham), Mitch Georgiades (Marist), Nathan Broad (Upper Swan), Stephen Coniglio (Upper Swan), Sam Taylor (Upper Swan), Brad Hill (Quinns District), Rory Lobb (Bassendean)

Country: Darcy Cameron (North Albany), Jordan Clark (Railways/Albany), Patrick Cripps (Northampton), Jaeger O’Meara (Dongara), Callum Ah Chee (born in Derby but played junior footy for Kelmscott), Shai Bolton (Katanning), Tim English (Brookton-Pingelly), Liam Baker (Lake Grace-Pingrup), Charlie Cameron (Newman Saints), Lawson Humphries (Wickham Wolves), Kysaiah Pickett (Quairading)