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The Swans player Garry would select for Victoria if it was played today (23.04.26)
22 Apr 2026
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Chapter 1: What players are being considered for the State of Origin match?
I'm looking at this team and this is, if you're playing state of origin footy and I want to get your, how you think that can work next year, because that's the point of conjecture. But back in our day, it is around now where a state of origin squad would be announced with an eye to the game being played in maybe three or four weeks.
If we were doing it now, and I know we did it in the pre-season, if we were doing it now, there's a player playing for the Sydney Swans who pre-season I don't think anyone would have thought of. And certainly his name never got brought up while we were talking about state footy. But Justin McInerney, if the state squad was named right now, he's in it. Isn't he? Yep. 100% he is.
Isn't that a fantastic performance? And there's a few others. Josh Tracy would be in the squad. Nick Watson, there you go, the wizard, who was discussed.
You did discuss him heavily, though, didn't you, at the time?
Yeah, that's right, but he didn't get in.
His magnet almost goes in there first this time around.
Yeah, and he'd be there. Petrarca, who didn't play, but his form. Finn Callaghan, who I tried. Clayton Oliver's come back. Give us your nominations for the squad. I'm not saying they're in the team, but if we're putting a squad together, which is what used to happen back in the day, after about round six or seven,
The state squads would be announced and they'd be played in another three or four weeks' time. The McInerney story is exactly the one that I love about the whole thing.
Here he is dominating footy and he's gone from being, you know, fringe, not fringy, but outside of Heaney and Warner and Gould and all those jets to now being slap bang in the middle and would probably get a Victorian state of origin jumper right now.
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Chapter 2: Why is Justin McInerney's performance significant for the squad?
That's where you used to take your nags and give them a run.
Did you have to have a trotting licence? Yeah, of course. Did you have one? No. Were you doing something legal or illegal? I was just a strapper. Right.
I used to drive in training all the time.
Were you allowed to drive in training without licensing?
Yeah, yeah. No, she couldn't drive in a trial unless she had a license. And certainly not in a race. How would you describe your style?
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Chapter 3: Which other players are strong candidates for the Victorian squad?
Aggressive. No, I wasn't aggressive. I was a little bit scared, actually. Spud was aggressive. That was my one race, my sanctioned race against Spud and a couple of others. Here's a couple of names, sorry, for the state squad that are coming through loud and clear. McInerney's a big pick. They're nominated everywhere. Would Luke Parker be into the squad from his back lines?
Well, let me ask you, would you consider a Luke Parker?
Yes, Artie Roberts would. There's another great young man who's maybe a big chance for a squad. I'm not saying he'd get in the team. Am I in the squad 40? Yeah, 40. Murphy Reid from the Fremantle Footy Club absolutely could go into that squad.
Philosophically, on that point, would you consider the next time you pick a team to have like a ā you know how sometimes the Australian Test team has a little project-type player that they're wanting to push up and giving some experience? Would you consider doing something like that for the excitement of the whole thing? I floated that.
And you could ā You got shut down, did you? Yep, rewarding the senior players.
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Chapter 4: How does the selection process for the State of Origin squad work?
Murphy Reid, Rochelle and Watson. Watson, definitely. Would Josh Rochelle get in the squad? You'd look at him. You'd look. And Ginnivan. So there's three that all play a similar role. Sheasel would be a very good chance.
Hard to get in that midfield.
Logan Morris would be a very good chance. Andrew Brasher would be a very good chance. So all nominations coming through. But the big story, not the big story, but the one would be Justin McInerney, and I think that would be a fit. Fantastic story because there's a message coming through saying he never even got looked in for the Northern Knights until someone at Banyule pushed him up.
So he's playing some outstanding footy.