Another pair of premiership teammates will reunite for the 2026 AAMI AFL Origin match, as the AFL today confirmed seven additional selections for Western Australia.
Callum Ah Chee and Brandon Starcevich, who played in the Brisbane Lions’ back-to-back premiership triumphs, will both pull on the ‘Black Swan’ on Saturday, 14 February at Optus Stadium following off-season moves to the Adelaide Crows and West Coast Eagles respectively.
They will be joined in the Western Australian squad by Port Adelaide’s Mitch Georgiades, the Geelong Cats’ Lawson Humphries, Western Bulldogs’ Rory Lobb, Melbourne’s Trent Rivers and Gold Coast SUNS’ Wil Powell, bringing the squad total to 21 players.
Former Adelaide Crows captain and current assistant coach Nathan van Berlo has also been added to the Western Australian coaching panel, joining Sydney Swans senior coach Dean Cox, who will lead the team, and Fremantle senior coach Justin Longmuir, who will serve as Cox’s assistant along with van Berlo.
The latest selections follow last week’s announcement of nine players, including former Melbourne premiership teammates Luke Jackson and Kysaiah Pickett. They also included West Coast’s Liam Baker, who will have the opportunity to play alongside former Richmond premiership teammate Shai Bolton, and Ah Chee and Starcevich’s former Brisbane premiership teammate Charlie Cameron.
The remaining squad members for Western Australia will be announced early next year as the highly anticipated return of Origin football draws closer.
In 2026, AAMI AFL Origin will be delivered with the support of the Western Australian Government, through Tourism WA, and showcase the best of the state to fans all over the country.
The 2026 AAMI AFL Origin match will be broadcast on Seven Network and Foxtel, as well as 7plus and Kayo streaming platforms, spotlighting Perth and its world-class sporting facilities to the rest of the nation.
The match will begin at 4.40pm AWST / 7.40pm AEDT with tickets now on sale! For more information, head to Origin.AFL
Callum Ah Chee
AFL Club: Adelaide Crows
State League Club: South Fremantle
Community Club: Kelmscott
Liam Baker
AFL Club: West Coast Eagles
State League Club: West Perth/Subiaco
Community Club: Lake Grace
Tom Barrass
AFL Club: Hawthorn
State League Club: Claremont
Community Club: Scarborough
Shai Bolton
AFL Club: Fremantle
State League Club: South Fremantle
Community Club: Forrestdale
Charlie Cameron
AFL Club: Brisbane Lions
State League Club: Swan Districts
Community Club: Newman
Darcy Cameron
AFL Club: Collingwood
State League Club: Claremont
Community Club: North Albany
Jordan Clark
AFL Club: Fremantle
State League Club: Claremont
Community Club: Railways
Patrick Cripps
AFL Club: Carlton
State League Club: East Fremantle
Community Club: Northampton
Mitch Georgiades
AFL Club: Port Adelaide
State League Club: Subiaco
Community Club: Wembley Downs
Bradley Hill
AFL Club: St Kilda
State League Club: West Perth
Community Club: Quinns District
Jesse Hogan
AFL Club: GWS GIANTS
State League Club: Claremont
Community Club: Marist
Lawson Humphries
AFL Club: Geelong Cats
State League Club: Swan Districts
Community Club: Wickham Wolves
Luke Jackson
AFL Club: Fremantle
State League Club: East Fremantle
Community Club: Bullcreek-Leeming
Rory Lobb
AFL Club: Western Bulldogs
State League Club: Swan Districts
Community Club: Bassendean
Aaron Naughton
AFL Club: Western Bulldogs
State League Club: Peel Thunder
Community Club: Rockingham
Kysaiah Pickett
AFL Club: Melbourne
State League Club: Woodville-West Torrens
Community Club: Quairading
Wil Powell
AFL Club: Gold Coast SUNS
State League Club: Claremont
Community Club: Scarborough
Trent Rivers
AFL Club: Melbourne
State League Club: East Fremantle
Community Club: Bullcreek Leeming
Brandon Starcevich
AFL Club: West Coast Eagles
State League Club: East Perth
Community Club: Mt Lawley-Inglewood
Sam Taylor
AFL Club: GWS GIANTS
State League Club: Swan Districts
Community Club: Upper Swan
Chad Warner
AFL Club: Sydney Swans
State League Club: East Fremantle
Community Club: Willetton
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