State of Origin Best 22's

[Blue and Silver]

I thought it would be entertaining to create a "State of Origin" team for the three main footballing states, VIC, SA and WA and a fourth I will call All-Stars or AS.

Firstly I created short-lists of notable players from each club and then assigned positions.

Feel free to debate positional and player selections, however I have been working off the players listed junior clubs in their bio's so their may be some inaccuracies to state of origin.

Also have included injured players, as this is an exercise in fantasy, might as well presume they are fit.

Victoria:
Ablett, Gary
Bartel, Jimmy
Betts, Eddie
Boak, Travis
Boyd, Matthew
Brown, Jonathon
Chapman, Paul
Corey, Joel
Davey, Aaron
Deledio, Brett
Dal Santo, Nick
Fevola, Brendan
Firrito, Michael
Fletcher, Dustin
Foley, Nathan
Giansiracusa, Daniel
Gilbee, Linday
Goodes, Adam
Goddard, Brendan
Gray, Robbie
Harvey, Brent
Higgins, Shaun
Hille, David
Hodge, Luke
Jamison, Michael
Johnson, Brad
Johnson, Steve
Jolly, Darren
Judd, Chris
King, Steven
Kelly, James
Knights, Chris
Kreuzer, Matthew
Ling, Cameron
Lovett-Murray, Nathan
Lewis, Jordan
Maxwell, Nick
McIntosh, Hamish
Milne, Stephen
Mitchell, Sam
Montagna, Leigh
Moore, Kelvin
Morris, Dale
Murphy, Marc
Newman, Chris
O'Keefe, Ryan
Otten, Andy
Pendlebury, Scott
Petrie, Drew
Podsiadly, James
Power, Luke
Prestigiacomo, Simon
Roughead, Jarryd
Scarlett, Matthew
Scotland, Heath
Selwood, Joel
Sewell, Brad
Shaw, Heath
Shaw, Rhys
Simpson, Kade
Stanton, Brent
Swan, Dane
Sylvia, Colin
Tarrant, Chris
Waite, Jarrad
Watson, Jobe

South Australia:
Bock, Nathan
Brogan, Dean
Cooney, Adam
Cornes, Chad
Cornes, Kane
Eagleton, Nathan
Ebert, Brett
Edwards, Tyson
Didak, Alan
Ellis, Xavier
Enright, Corey
Fisher, Sam
Gibbs, Bryce
Goodwin, Simon
Griffen, Ryan
Grundy, Heath
Hurn, Shannon
Jamar, Mark
Johncock, Graham
Lake, Brian
Mackie, Andrew
Monfries, Angus
Ottens, Brad
Patfull, Joel
Pavlich, Matthew
Pearce, Danyle
Porplyzia, Jason
Rivers, Jared
Russell, Jordan
Rutten, Ben
Schammer, Byron
Tredrea, Warren
Varcoe, Travis
Vince, Bernie
Westhoff, Justin

Western Australia:
Bateman, Chance
Black, Simon
Bower, Paul
Broughton, Greg
Casissi, Domenic
Clark, Mitchell
Cousins, Ben
Cox, Dean
Davis, Leon
Franklin, Lance
Glass, Darren
Hargrave, Ryan
Hill, Stephen
Jones, Clinton
Kennedy, Josh
Kerr, Daniel
Krakouer, Nathan
Le Cras, Mark
McPharlin, Luke
O'Brien, Hertier
Palmer, Rhys
Rich, Daniel
Ryder, Patrick
Sandilands, Aaron
Stevens, Scott
Swallow, Andrew
Toovey, Alan
Van Berlo, Nathan
Wells, Daniel

All Stars (NT, ACT, QLD, NSW, TAS):
Akermanis, Jason
Armitage, David
Birchill, Grant
Bolton, Craig
Brennan, Jared
Charman, Jamie
Cross, Daniel
Drummond, Josh
Gilbert, Sam
Green, Brad
Hahn, Mitchell
Hale, David
Hardbrow, Jarrod
Hayes, Lenny
Jack, Kieran
Jurrah, Liam
Kirk, Brett
Koschitzke, Justin
McGuane, Luke
Mcleod, Andrew
McVeigh, Jarrad
Petterd, Ricky
Riedwoldt, Jack
Riedwoldt, Nick
Rioli, Cyril
Schnieder, Adam
Sherman, Justin
Tippett, Kurt
Walker, Taylor
White, Jessie


Vic:

B:Enright, Scarlett, Morris
HB:Goddard, Petrie, Hodge
C:Bartel, Montagna, Dal Santo
HF:Chapman, Brown, Giansiracusa
F:Goodes, Fevola, Ablett
R: Hille, Judd, Boyd
I/C: Ottens, Mitchell, Gilbee, Selwood

SA:

B: Enright, Rutten, Lake
HB: Mackie, Bock, Fisher
C: Gibbs, K Cornes, Vince
HF: Didak, Pavlich, Goodwin
F: Porplyzia, Tredrea, Monfries
R: Brogan, Cooney, Griffen
I/C: Ottens, Edwards, Pearce, C Cornes

WA:

B: Broughton, Glass, O'Brien
HB: Krakouer, McPharlin, Toovey
C: Hill, Black, Jones
HF: Davis, Franklin, Le Cras
F:Clark, Kennedy, Palmer
R:Sandilands, Kerr, Corey
I/C: Cox, Hargrave, Bateman, Cassissi

AS:

B:Birchill, Bolton, Hardbrow
HB: Drummond, Gilbert, Mcleod
C: Brennan, Hayes, Green
HF: Rioli, N Riedwoldt, Petterd
F: Akermanis, Tippett, Sherman
R:Koschitzke, Kirk, Cross
I/C: Hale, Schnieder, Jack, J Riedwoldt.

P.S. this took forever

 

[Prem87]

No Naitinui?

 

[Blue and Silver]

Sandilands and Cox in the same team isn't a powerful enough ruck division for you?

 

[Fevola99]

Brent Renouf is better than David Hale

 

[Underdog]

Sandilands and Cox in the same team isn't a powerful enough ruck division for you?

Even if it meant sticking him in the forward pocket giving him runs through the middle, every coach would still have him.

He 10th in the AFLCA Player of the Year.

 

[WoGiTaLiA]

The HB flanks for the WA team are attrocious. Isn't Duffield from WA? If so he is clearly a better player than either of the two listed. Harry Taylor also a better player than either. Hell Hargrave is better than those two.

Liam Anthony should probably be in the team. Wells is a better player than Bateman. Joel Corey is probably the best midfielder from WA and didn't even make the 22?

WA Rucks >>> Everyone else combined. Clark, Ryder, Cox, NicNat and Sandi ftmfw

 

[Lockyer24]

No Swan or Shaw for Victoria. Fail

 

[arzach]

Vic:

B:Enright, Scarlett, Morris
HB:Goddard, Petrie, Hodge
C:Bartel, Montagna, Dal Santo
HF:Chapman, Brown, Giansiracusa
F:Goodes, Fevola, Ablett
R: Hille, Judd, Boyd
I/C: Ottens, Mitchell, Gilbee, Selwood

Pretty sure Enright and Ottens are South Australian?

Lucky that Goodes qualifies under the "Carey Rule".

 

[Blue and Silver]

Pretty sure Enright and Ottens are South Australian?

Lucky that Goodes qualifies under the "Carey Rule".

Sorry if they are, but I did look through every senior listed player in the AFL, bound to make a few mistakes

 

[mick7]

LOL even though the poor fella that created this said it took him ages I'm laughing at how much flack he's getting.

Create your version people!

 

[OniAu]

ill do the old hey wheres my teams player

wellingham for WA

its a shame state of origin is dead. be some quality matches, im pretty sure vic against sa or wa would be close to filling the mcg too

 

[drummond2fevola]

Terrible OP

Since when does Clark play on a half forward flank?
Wheres Rich?

AS:

B:Birchill, Bolton, Hardbrow
HB: Drummond, Gilbert, Mcleod
C: Brennan, Hayes, Green
HF: Rioli, N Riedwoldt, Petterd
F: Akermanis, Tippett, Sherman
R:Koschitzke, Kirk, Cross
I/C: Hale, Schnieder, Jack, J Riedwoldt.

lol @ 'Hardbrow'

 

[Blue and Silver]

Terrible OP

Since when does Clark play on a half forward flank?
Wheres Rich?




lol @ 'Hardbrow'

Am happy to accept criticism IF people offer alternatives.

Seriously, you could just suggest something like "take Cassisi out, put Rich in" much more constructive and can provide for a debate over the merits of each player, but when people just complain about omissions without stating what they will change you are just whining.

Also this took several hours (needed to get my mind off uni) so I was always going to make mistakes

 

[PortBrillance]

Good stuff B&S

I ****ing hope we bring back SoO, what a disgrace the AFL have gotten rid of it, will never understand it

 

[drummond2fevola]

Am happy to accept criticism IF people offer alternatives.

Seriously, you could just suggest something like "take Cassisi out, put Rich in" much more constructive and can provide for a debate over the merits of each player, but when people just complain about omissions without stating what they will change you are just whining.

Also this took several hours (needed to get my mind off uni) so I was always going to make mistakes

Clit Jones should start in the square, whos Van Berlo? Drop him.

 

[Coooooooneyyyyyyyy]

No Lake in the backline for SA hes a AA Back pocket

 

[Vegas.]

Joel Corey is a WA boy, and I'd suggest he'd slot into that midfield. Harry Taylor also a WA boy, and would DEFINITELY slot into that backline.

Top effort by the way mate.

 

[Blue and Silver]

Joel Corey is a WA boy, and I'd suggest he'd slot into that midfield. Harry Taylor also a WA boy, and would DEFINITELY slot into that backline.

Top effort by the way mate.

Corey's from WA? whoops

 

[Swans120]

Jarrad McVeigh would make that AS team easily.

 

[Notorious_29]

Genuine lol's at the West Coast supporters whinging about no Naitanui. Open your eyes he clearly wouldn't deserve a spot in the best 22 in the WA team.

 

[thecoastingcoaster]

Naitanui's clearly outperformed Cox this year and would be back up to Sandilands on form.

 

[Underdog]

Genuine lol's at the West Coast supporters whinging about no Naitanui. Open your eyes he clearly wouldn't deserve a spot in the best 22 in the WA team.

Any coach would select him as well as Sandilands and Cox.

He is 10th on the AFLCA Player of the Year leaderboard. Sandilands is 1st. Cox is well back.

 

[pazza]

The assumption being made here is going on full fitness and form notwithstanding. would be a better exercise (and this is certainly the case with the Victorian side) that squads like these should be drawn up from those players who are fit and are in form.

 

[OscarCat]

Joel Corey is from WA.

Whoops, Vegas beat me to it.

 

[Vegas.]

Whoops, Vegas beat me to it.

Haha, I also realised after I posted that someone else had beaten me to it!