VFL Cats’ midfielders Tom Atkins and Sam McLachlan have been named in the 42-man VFL state squad.
The best of the VFL’s 14 clubs will face off against the WAFL on May 27 at North Port Oval, with Geelong’s two representatives to be coached by current Casey Demons senior coach and former St Kilda forward Justin Plapp.
The initial list of 42 will be trimmed to 30 following round five of the VFL season, though players who are cut will still have the opportunity to be recalled, form permitting.
Geelong defender Dan Capiron has also been included as one of 13 young players to feature in a development squad, which will be invited to train with the main squad.
VFL STATE SQUAD
David Mirra (Box Hill Hawks)
Sam Switkowski (Box Hill Hawks)
Angus Scott (Casey Demons)
Tom Goodwin (Coburg Lions)
Nick Mellington (Coburg Lions)
Liam Hunt (Coburg Lions)
Jordan Kelly (Collingwood)
Michael Chippendale (Collingwood)
Nick O’Brien (Essendon)
James Ferry (Essendon)
Nick Hind (Essendon)
Alex Boyse (Essendon)
Lauchlan Dalgleish (Footscray)
Nick Jamieson (Footscray)
Tom Atkins (Geelong)
Sam McLachlan (Geelong)
Nick Rippon (North Ballarat)
Andrew Hooper (North Ballarat)
Tom Wilson (Northern Blues)
Cam O’Shea (Northern Blues)
Tom O’Sullivan (Port Melbourne)
Eli Templeton (Port Melbourne)
Jordan Lisle (Port Melbourne)
Brody Mihocek (Port Melbourne)
Brodie Murdoch (Port Melbourne)
Toby Pinwill (Port Melbourne)
Robin Nahas (Port Melbourne)
Jacob Ballard (Richmond)
Sam Darley (Richmond)
Elliot Le Grice (Sandringham)
Tom Curren (Sandringham)
Matt Hanson (Werribee Tigers)
Michael Sodomaco (Werribee Tigers)
Michael Gibbons (Williamstown)
Brett Bewley (Williamstown)
Josh Newman (Williamstown)
Ayce Cordy (Williamstown)
Leigh Masters (Williamstown)
Ben Cavarra (Williamstown)
Sam Dunell (Williamstown)
Adam Marcon (Williamstown)
Nick Meese (Williamstown)
DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
Nick Evans (Box Hill)
Bailey Fritsch (Casey Demons)
Ben Allan (Coburg Lions)
Lachlan Tardrew (Collingwood)
Nash Holmes (Essendon)
Andrew Tashevski-Beckwith (Footscray)
Dan Capiron (Geelong)
Brenton Payne (North Ballarat)
Marcus Stavrou (Northern Blues)
Mack Rivett (Port Melbourne)
Kade Answerth (Sandringham)
Joe Maishman (Werribee Tigers)
Billy Meyers (Williamstown)
