{"id":844381,"date":"2026-08-05T12:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/844381\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T12:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:12:18","slug":"22under22-squad-demon-duo-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/844381\/","title":{"rendered":"22Under22 Squad | Demon duo named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                News\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Harvey Langford and Koltyn Tholstrup named in the AFL Players\u2019 Association 22Under22 squad\n            <\/p>\n<p>A DUO of Demons have been recognised as some of the best young talent in the competition, with Harvey Langford and Koltyn Tholstrup named in the AFL Players\u2019 Association&#8217;s 22Under22 squad.<\/p>\n<p>The AFLPA 22Under22, presented by Intrepid, is a fan-voted concept that recognises the best 22 players aged 22 and under for the entirety of the season.<\/p>\n<p>For a player to be eligible for the squad of 40, they are required to play 50 per cent of the home-and-away season, equating to 12 matches.<\/p>\n<p>Tholstrup\u2019s selection in the squad comes after a consistent season in Melbourne\u2019s senior side, playing all 20 games for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old has become the premier tagging Demon, tasked with quelling the impact of some of the league\u2019s best players.<\/p>\n<p>Langford\u2019s recognition in the squad is no surprise, with the young Demon putting together a standout campaign in what is just his second year at the top level.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old has owned his role along the wing, his gut running giving him the ability to impact games both offensively and defensively. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dees fans can now vote for Tholstrup and Langford to make the final 22, with voting closing on Wednesday 12 August.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vote.22under22.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">VOTE HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The final team will be announced on Wednesday 19 August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News Harvey Langford and Koltyn Tholstrup named in the AFL Players\u2019 Association 22Under22 squad A DUO of Demons&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-844381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844381","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=844381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}