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VFL state side v SANFL
- Thread starter tigertim
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WAFL squad to take on the SANFL on May 19. Ex Tiger Fraser Turner and potential MSD options Jack Mayo and Jasper Scaife in the squad.
WA STATE SQUAD
WA STATE SQUAD
| Jacob | Blight | Peel Thunder | |
| Hamish | Brayshaw | East Perth | |
| Jye | Chalcraft | Swan Districts | |
| Greg | Clark | Subiaco | |
| Regan | Clarke | Perth | |
| Mitch | Crowden | East Perth | |
| Cam | Eardley | East Fremantle | |
| Oliver | Eastland | Claremont | |
| Thomas | Edwards | Swan Districts | |
| Zac | Guadagnin | West Perth | |
| Jed | Hagan | East Fremantle | |
| Scott | Jones | East Perth | |
| Matthew | Jupp | East Fremantle | |
| Tyler | Keitel | West Perth | |
| Harrison | Macreadie | East Perth | |
| Jack | Mayo | Subiaco | |
| Luke | Meadows | West Perth | |
| Milan | Murdock | East Fremantle | |
| Matthew | Parker | South Fremantle | |
| Chad | Pearson | South Fremantle | |
| Noah | Pegoraro | West Perth | |
| Bailey | Rogers | Claremont | |
| Nik | Rokahr | Swan Districts | |
| Trey | Ruscoe | West Coast Eagles | |
| Jasper | Scaife | West Perth | |
| Angus | Schumacher | East Perth | |
| Angus | Scott | East Perth | |
| Jack | Sears | Peel Thunder | |
| Michael | Sellwood | Peel Thunder | |
| Ben | Sokol | Subiaco | |
| Brynn | Teakle | East Fremantle | |
| Fraser | Turner | East Fremantle | |
| Jesse | Turner | Swan Districts | |
| Stan | Wright | East Perth |
As absurd as Jason Dunstall playing State of Origin for Victoria.
This is not State of Origin though. Its league vs league, so original state is irrelevant.
Jason Dunstall was different.
A desperate and scared vfl
Totally understand that. Still an interesting parallel.
I absolutely realise Southport is playing in the VFL but this element does make rep footy seem rather pointless in any sort of emotional underpinning. Simply a sterile development game of no meaning. Hence why it doesn’t make it any less absurd in my view.
When I was a kid growing up in Tasmania there was quite a lot of rep footy that went on (as opposed to state of origin, which we also did see Tasmania finally get included in just before it went into terminal decline).
Saw Tasmanian rep team (essentially TFL rep team) regularly play Queensland (essentially QAFL), the VFA, the ACT. Even saw them play SA (SANFL rep side) and WA (WAFL Rep side). Luckily at that point, not many Tasmanian s playing in the SANFL to complicate loyalties.
I wonder if QLD were to play rep footy again now, whether the VFL powers that be, would allow those Southport players to be released to play for QLD, as a common sense work around to the anomaly that a QLD team is playing in the VFL.
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State of Origin eligibility was decidedly rubbery. Remember a 21-year from Wagga named Wayne something leading SA to victory over Victoria in 1992. That was after he'd helped NSW beat Victoria in 1990, but before he played for NSW/ACT in 1993. Roger Merrett captained both Victoria and Queensland. (I think anyone playing for the Bears who didn't get picked for their home state got a Qld jersey.)
Darren Pritchard and Graeme Wright both lined up for VIC state of origin in the years immediately preceding Tasmania being permitted to field a state of origin side. In no way any affiliation to Victoria in their formative years.
At least with Carey, one could make an argument (perhaps a weak one) that he could be eligible for more than one state, due to growing up and playing across a couple in his formative years.
In my opinion the rubbery and inconsistently applied eligibility rules certainly didn’t help the state of origin concept. Probably contributed to its demise.
Needed to be that if you grew up across a few jurisdictions (such as a bloke like Nathan Buckley). On selection in your first senior club match, you need to nominate the State you are tied to for SOO and that cannot be changed without sitting out 4 years (like how some International sports work).
For example, a bloke like Nick Riewoldt is in the QLD and Tasmanian team of the century. But I can guarantee which state he would have nominated to play SOO under such a system. He in no way feels a QLDer. His identity is Tasmanian through and through.
ELigibity rules were rubbery and manipulated for desperate administrators.
And made some wins a mockery (hello Dunstall and Lockett in the same forward line, but what a crowd!)
But a great concept and in the 80s a great concept.
With the protection of players and better care for long term injuries we should bring it back
And made some wins a mockery (hello Dunstall and Lockett in the same forward line, but what a crowd!)
But a great concept and in the 80s a great concept.
With the protection of players and better care for long term injuries we should bring it back
Rules were rubbery because the format kept changing. Often it was only Vic v SA or WA. So to allow Queenslanders/Tasmanians or NTerritorians to experience SOO they could play elsewhere. But obviously then when those states had a team those guys needed to play for them.
Relates to my point about someone like Nick Riewoldt.
Began life and junior footy in Tasmania. Moved to QLD on the cusp of high school I believe. Played his teen footy in QLD. In the hypothetical situation that SOO made a comeback or existed during his career. One could argue that given the majority of his pre-senior footy was in QLD, he should be only eligible for QLD. But part of the reason concepts like SOO are so great is that it’s more than just rules on paper. It has emotion, passion, a sense of identity and belonging all intertwined. Hence why I say, Nick wouldn’t have wanted to play SOO for anyone else, than Tasmania. He makes that part of his identity crystal clear in much of his writing.
It’s why I say, if someone grew up playing junior and under age footy across a couple of jurisdictions. I think you should qualify for both, but can nominate just one and be then tied to them.
I wonder if that’s how Rugby League do it. Because Inglis moved to QLD at 15 and played all his youth footy from that point onwards in QLD.
Did a bit more research.
Seems Greg Inglis’s selection for QLD was actually a bit of an integrity killer for the SOO concept.
And more strict criteria now is in force. Even Lottii Tuqueri would possibly even be ineligible to play SOO for either state under the new criteria. As he didn’t arrive in Australia (in QLD) until he was well into his teens.
