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<\/p>\nThe Shepparton product is set to proudly don the iconic Big V strip after being named in Victoria\u2019s AFL Origin squad ahead of the one-off game on February 14.<\/p>\n
With the AFL reintroducing a state of origin game for the first time since 1999, GWS star Ash was announced as a member of the Victorian side that will take on Western Australia after earning All-Australian squad honours in 2025, a season where Ash developed into a high-usage half back flanker averaging 27.9 disposals and 543 metres gained per game.<\/p>\n
The damaging defender raised out in Katandra represented Victoria Country in his draft year, and will get the opportunity to wear navy blue and white again at Optus Stadium in Perth as the AFL relaunches the Origin product.<\/p>\n
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Lachie Ash in his draft year representing Vic Country.
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Ash will suit up alongside the likes of Nick Daicos, Jeremy Cameron and Marcus Bontempelli for Victoria, as well as teammate Toby Greene.<\/p>\n
Two other Giants will feature for Western Australia – 2024 Coleman Medallist Jesse Hogan and All-Australian key defender Sam Taylor.<\/p>\n
Giants football boss Jason McCartney was thrilled with the 24-year-old\u2019s inclusion in the squad.<\/p>\n
\u201cLachie had\u00a0a fantastic season, and it\u2019s exciting to see him rewarded with the chance to play\u00a0State of Origin footy,\u201d McCartney said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the last couple of seasons,\u00a0Lachie has continued to work on his game and each year\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0become a better\u00a0player and really\u00a0established\u00a0himself as a key\u00a0part\u00a0of\u00a0our side.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo\u00a0have Lachie join Toby Greene, Sam Taylor, and Jesse Hogan as\u00a0Giants\u00a0representatives in the Origin\u00a0game is a huge honour\u00a0and something I\u2019m sure they\u2019re all very proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n
The AFL Origin game between Victoria and Western Australia begins at 7.40pm on Saturday, February 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Shepparton product is set to proudly don the iconic Big V strip after being named in Victoria\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-393786","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\/393786","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=393786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}