Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nIt comes after Pickett, who grew up in WA but was drafted out of South Australia\u2019s Woodville West Torrens, was granted permission by the AFL to represent WA.<\/p>\n
The criteria stated eligibility would be determined by the junior club a player was drafted by.<\/p>\n
The nine newest WA players join Patrick Cripps, Shai Bolton, Tom Barrass, Aaron Naughton and Chad Warner to bring Dean Cox\u2019s squad to 14.<\/p>\n
Pickett has been added to the WA Origin team (Picture: Michael Klein)Source: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really happy with how the squad is shaping up, with 14 of the state\u2019s best homegrown footballers locked in and ready to represent Western Australia,\u201d Cox said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re all players who know how to stand up in big moments, and half of them are premiership players which will be invaluable experience on the Origin stage. <\/p>\n
\u201cI am also excited to see a few familiar faces team up again. \u2018Kozzy\u2019 and Luke were great teammates at Melbourne, and Liam Baker and Shai Bolton forged something special together at Richmond. Seeing those combinations back together in the \u2018Black Swan\u2019 will be awesome.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t wait to sit down with Justin and Glen to finalise the rest of the squad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warner and Nick Daicos were the most recent names selected to the WA and Victorian sides respectively, with Marcus Bontempelli, Zak Butters, Jeremy Cameron, Matt Rowell the other confirmed members set to pull on the Big V.<\/p>\n
Further player announcements will continue in the lead up to the February 14 game.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter sitting down with (Victorian chairman of selectors) Garry Lyon, it was quickly apparent there\u2019s a phenomenal talent pool to pick from and it\u2019s fantastic to have Marcus, Matt, Zak and Jeremy commit to the Vics,\u201d Victoria coach Chris Scott said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus, Matt, Zak and Jeremy are elite players in their own right and embody what is great about our game and what Origin football represents and as we edge closer to the game, there\u2019s a real sense of anticipation building.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know I speak for all the boys when I say there\u2019s enormous pride and excitement about pulling on the Big V and representing our state.\u201d<\/p>\n
CURRENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA SQUAD<\/p>\n
Tom Barrass<\/p>\n
Shai Bolton<\/p>\n
Patrick Cripps<\/p>\n
Aaron Naughton<\/p>\n
Chad Warner<\/p>\n
Liam Baker<\/p>\n
Charlie Cameron<\/p>\n
Darcy Cameron<\/p>\n
Jordan Clark<\/p>\n
Bradley Hill<\/p>\n
Jesse Hogan<\/p>\n
Luke Jackson<\/p>\n
Kysaiah Pickett<\/p>\n
Sam Taylor<\/p>\n
CURRENT VICTORIA SQUAD<\/p>\n
Marcus Bontempelli<\/p>\n
Zak Butters<\/p>\n
Jeremy Cameron<\/p>\n
Matt Rowell<\/p>\n
Nick Daicos<\/p>\n
Sam Darcy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kysaiah Pickett and Luke Jackson headline a star-studded crop added to the Western Australian State of Origin side.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[19060,167460,63,689,55,684,188554,49774,188555,12923,28452,12148,10145,43,3231,12141,12181,36858,19615,39196,70801,15626,12157,647,44,61822,677,7800,188556,110635,188557,12105,12144,188553,1124,188558,69078,41,39,42,40,660,167458,167457,23510],"class_list":["post-339151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-aaron-naughton","tag-anticipation-building","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-ben-cotton","tag-bradley-hill","tag-charlie-cameron","tag-check-side-goal","tag-chris-scott","tag-darcy-cameron","tag-dean-cox","tag-garry-lyon","tag-headlines","tag-jack-jovanovski","tag-jeremy-cameron","tag-jesse-hogan","tag-jordan-clark","tag-justin","tag-jy-simpkin","tag-kysaiah-pickett","tag-luke-jackson","tag-matt-rowell","tag-melbourne","tag-news","tag-nick-daicos","tag-oceania","tag-patrick-cripps","tag-player-announcements","tag-premiership-players","tag-quarter-check-side","tag-sam-darcy","tag-sam-taylor","tag-shai-bolton","tag-south-australia","tag-star-studded-crop","tag-tom-barrass","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-victoria","tag-victoria-squad","tag-victorian-chairman","tag-zak-butters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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