SEN Breakfast hosts Nick Dal Santo and Jack Heverin have named their teams for the ‘State of Origin’ game taking place on February 28th to raise money for the bushfire crisis.
Victoria will clash with the All Stars in a one-off match, with the best players seemingly set to put their hands up to play.
All 18 AFL clubs will make a minimum of three players available as part of the rules for both teams.
Dal Santo's All Star team:
FB: Rory Laird, Harris Andrews, Dane Rampe
HB: Lewis Jetta, Jeremy McGovern, Shannon Hurn
C: Brad Hill, Patrick Cripps, Tim Kelly
HF: Elliot Yeo, Jack Riewoldt, Josh Kennedy
FF: Michael Walters, Ben Brown, Charlie Cameron
Fol: Brodie Grundy, Nathan Fyfe, Stephen Coniglio
I/C: Isaac Heeney, Shane Edwards, Lachie Neale, Alex Sexton
Dal’s Honourable Mentions: Lance Franklin (injured and can’t play), Tom Mitchell (recovering from a broken leg) and Nic Naitanui (hasn’t played a lot of footy in recent times).
Heverin’s Victorian team:
FB: Tom Stewart, Daniel Talia, Jake Lloyd
HB: Lachie Whitfield, Dylan Grimes, Bachar Houli
C: Andrew Gaff, Marcus Bontempelli, Josh Kelly
HF: Jack Gunston, Jeremy Cameron, Robbie Gray
FF: Jordan de Goey, Tom Lynch, Toby Greene
Fol: Max Gawn, Dustin Martin, Patrick Dangerfield
I/C: Scott Pendlebury, Nick Haynes, Jack Macrae, Adam Treloar
Jack’s Honourable Mentions: James Sicily, Luke Shuey, Mark Blicavs, Ben Cunnington, Steele Sidebottom, Adam Saad and Clayton Oliver.
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