Paul Johnson named WAFL State captainThursday, May 9, 2013 - 2:24 AM

East Perth’s Paul Johnson was announced 2013 WAFL State Team captain and Perth’s Paul Bevan was named vice captain at an official jumper presentation at Claremont Oval last night, Wednesday May 8.

Paul Johnson said he was privileged and honoured to be named as captain by State coach Marc Webb.

Paul Johnson, 28, has played 60 WAFL games for Swan Districts & East Perth since making his League debut in 2003. He is averaging 17 possessions for East Perth this season.

Paul Bevan, 28, has played 23 WAFL games for Perth since making his League debut in 2012. He is averaging 18 possessions for Perth this season.

2013 WAFL State Squad

Claremont – David Crawford, Jake Murphy, Ryan Neates, Ian Richardson

East Fremantle – Steven Dodd, Rory O’Brien, Andrew Stephen

East Perth – Paul Johnson (C), Brendan Lee , Craig Wulff

Peel Thunder – Paul Bower, Marlon Motlop

Perth – Paul Bevan (VC), Brennan Stack

Subiaco – Jarrod Kayler-Thomson, Brett Mahoney, Clancy Wheeler

Swan Districts – Tallen Ames, Tim Geappen, Kyle Hams, Wayde Twomey

West Perth – Aaron Black, Rohan Kerr, Andrew Strijk, Jay Van Berlo

WAFL v VFL

Saturday May 11
Henry St. Oval - Northam
12.10pm (WST)

Live radio coverage of the state game will be broadcast by Sport FM 91.3 and RadioWest Northam 864 AM.

ABC TV from 2pm (WST)

Live Stats:

http://www.wafl.com.au/games/view/9700