{"id":345150,"date":"2025-12-13T10:26:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T10:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345150\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T10:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T10:26:45","slug":"afl-state-of-origin-squads-victoria-and-wa-team-lists-for-2026-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345150\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL State of Origin squads: Victoria and WA team lists for 2026 match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AFL State of Origin is back, and all the stars are gearing up to represent their state.<\/p>\n<p>As two traditional Australian rules football-playing states, Victoria and Western Australia have produced a wealth of talent, so it\u2019s unsurprising to see so many stars commit to next year\u2019s State of Origin game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When and where is State of Origin?<\/p>\n<p>The game is set to be played on February 14, 2026 at Optus Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Selection process for AFL State of Origin<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible to play for either state, the selection process is dependent on where each player played their junior football. If their junior club is based in either Victoria or Western Australia, then they are eligible for State of Origin.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the current squads for both sides as 11, December 2025, with more players set to be announced over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>WESTERN AUSTRALIA<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Naughton\u00a0Patrick CrippsShai BoltonTom BarrassChad WarnerLiam BakerCharlie CameronDarcy CameronJordan ClarkBradley HillJesse HoganLuke JacksonKysaiah PickettSam Taylor<\/p>\n<p>VICTORIA<\/p>\n<p>Zak ButtersMarcus BontempelliJeremy CameronMatt RowellNick DaicosSam Darcy\u00a0Max GawnToby Greene\u00a0Max Holmes\u00a0Hugh McCluggage\u00a0Matt Rowell\u00a0Jack Sinclair\u00a0Tom Stewart\u00a0Jacob Weitering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AFL State of Origin is back, and all the stars are gearing up to represent their state. As&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-345150","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"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345150","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=345150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}