\n Six high-profile West Australians will return home for the 2026 AAMI AFL Origin match, with the AFL today unveiling the next wave of players selected to represent Western Australia\n <\/p>\n
Kozzy Pickett and Bradley Hill pictured at the MCG ahead of the 2024 Indigenous All Stars game. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
Six high-profile West Australians will return home for the 2026 AAMI AFL Origin match, with the AFL today unveiling the next wave of players selected to represent Western Australia.<\/p>\n
Premiership stars Bradley Hill (St Kilda), Charlie Cameron (Brisbane Lions), Kysaiah Pickett (Melbourne) and Darcy Cameron (Collingwood) will be joined by GWS GIANTS key position duo Jesse Hogan and Sam Taylor when Western Australia takes on Victoria at Optus Stadium on Saturday, 14 February.<\/p>\n
Fremantle\u2019s Luke Jackson and Jordan Clark, along with West Coast Eagles midfielder Liam Baker, round out the nine players added to West Australia\u2019s squad as excitement builds for the return of elite-level Origin football.<\/p>\n
The latest selections bring Western Australia\u2019s squad to 14, following last month\u2019s announcement of Patrick Cripps (Carlton), Shai Bolton (Fremantle), Tom Barrass (Hawthorn), Aaron Naughton (Western Bulldogs) and Chad Warner (Sydney Swans).<\/p>\n
Fremantle senior coach Justin Longmuir was also unveiled as an assistant coach last week, joining Sydney Swans senior coach Dean Cox, who will head up the Western Australia team.<\/p>\n
Western Australia AAMI AFL Origin senior coach Dean Cox said he was excited about the latest selections.<\/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. Kozzy 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
In 2026, AAMI AFL Origin will be delivered with the support of the Western Australian Government, through Tourism WA, and showcase the best of the state to fans all over the country.<\/p>\n
The 2026 AAMI AFL Origin match will be broadcast on Channel 7 and Fox, as well as 7Plus and Kayo streaming platforms, spotlighting Perth and its world-class sporting facilities to the rest of the nation.<\/p>\n
The match will begin at 4.40pm AWST \/ 7.40pm AEDT. For more information, head to Origin.AFL<\/p>\n
WESTERN AUSTRALIA SQUAD<\/p>\n
Liam Baker
AFL Club: West Coast Eagles
State League Club: West Perth\/Subiaco
Community Club: Lake Grace<\/p>\n
Tom Barrass
AFL Club: Hawthorn
State League Club: Claremont
Community Club: Scarborough<\/p>\n
Shai Bolton
AFL Club: Fremantle
State League Club: South Fremantle
Community Club: Forrestdale<\/p>\n
Charlie Cameron
AFL Club: Brisbane Lions
State League Club: Swan Districts
Community Club: Newman Saints<\/p>\n
Darcy Cameron
AFL Club: Collingwood
State League Club: Claremont
Community Club: North Albany<\/p>\n
Jordan Clark
AFL Club: Fremantle
State League Club: Claremont
Community Club: Railways<\/p>\n
Patrick Cripps
AFL Club: Carlton
State League Club: East Fremantle
Community Club: Northampton<\/p>\n
Bradley Hill
AFL Club: St Kilda
State League Club: West Perth
Community Club: Quinns District<\/p>\n
Jesse Hogan
AFL Club: GWS GIANTS
State League Club: Claremont
Community Club: Marist<\/p>\n
Luke Jackson
AFL Club: Fremantle
State League Club: East Fremantle
Community Club: Bullcreek-Leeming<\/p>\n
Aaron Naughton
AFL Club: Western Bulldogs
State League Club: Peel Thunder
Community Club: Rockingham<\/p>\n
Kysaiah Pickett
AFL Club: Melbourne
State League Club: Woodville-West Torrens
Community Club: Quairading<\/p>\n
Sam Taylor
AFL Club: GWS GIANTS
State League Club: Swan Districts
Community Club: Upper Swan<\/p>\n
Chad Warner
AFL Club: Sydney Swans
State League Club: East Fremantle
Community Club: Willetton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six high-profile West Australians will return home for the 2026 AAMI AFL Origin match, with the AFL today…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-339678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339678","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=339678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}