VERSATILE Subiaco player and Simpson Medallist during WA's historic win over Victoria in 2013, Wayde Twomey, has been added to the Black Swans squad ahead of next Saturday's State Game against the SANFL at 2.15pm at Lathlain Park.
Twomey joined the squad on the training track this week as they geared up for the May 23 clash, his five-goal haul during WA's 17-point win over the VFL two years ago, no doubt a factor in the minds of WA selectors.
Claremont ruckman Mark Seaby was also invited to training on Monday night but was unavailable, citing a lack of match time since his return from a hamstring injury a fortnight ago.
Jay van Berlo (overseas work commitments), Kyal Horsley (calf), Bradd Dalziell (knee), Kyle Anderson (ankle) and Andrew Stephen (hamstring) will also miss the State Game with injury after being included in the initial squad.
The squad will be cut to 25 following a recovery session on Monday night, May 18, with a final training session and jumper presentation to be held on Thursday, May 21.
The SANFL squad is being coached by AFL Hall of Famer Graham Cornes and features former AFL players Jason Porplyzia, Ian Callinan and Marlon Motlop.
The game will be live streamed on the WAFL website on Saturday, May 23 and also broadcast on radio by Sport FM 91.3fm, Life FM 107.9fm in Adelaide and live online by Pirate88.com.
SQUAD
Claremont: Ryan Neates
East Fremantle: Liam Anthony, Brock O’Brien, Rory O’Brien
East Perth: Paul Johnson, Brendan Lee, Steven Payne
Peel: Brendon Jones, Gerald Ugle, Leroy Jetta
Perth: Aidan Tropiano
South Fremantle: Ashton Hams, Ryan Cook, Ben Saunders, Blayne Wilson, Marlon Pickett
Subiaco: Chris Phelan, Lachlan Delahunty, Clancy Wheeler, Shane Yarran, Leigh Kitchin
Swan Districts: Tallan Ames, Justin Simpson, Tony Notte, Ryan Davis, Matt Riggio
West Perth: Aaron Black, Laine Rasmussen, Chris Keunen, Shane Nelson, Andrew Strijk
COACHES
Head coach: Darren Harris
Forwards coach: John Dimmer
Backs coach: Tony Micale
Midfield coach: Adam Selwood
Bench Coach: Geoff Valentine & Shane Cable
Chairman of Selectors: Brett Barber
Team Runner: Craig Smoker & Corey Johnson
Head Trainer: Lesley Hug
Physio: Mike Neill
Trainer: Amy De San Miguel
SANFL SQUAD
Ian Callinan (Adelaide)
Tom Collier (Central)
Paul Thomas (Central)
Marlon Motlop (North)
Leigh Ryswyk (North)
Jace Bode (Norwood)
Brady Dawe (Norwood)
Alex Georgiou (Norwood)
Michael Newton (Norwood)
Matthew Panos (Norwood)
Peter Persinos (Norwood)
Steve Summerton (Port)
Joel Cross (South)
Brett Eddy (South)
Nick Liddle (South)
Kory Beard (Sturt)
Ben Hansen (Sturt)
Zane Kirkwood (Sturt)
Angus Kurtze (Sturt)
Jonathon Beech (West)
Tom Keough (West)
Jason Porplyzia (West)
Chris Schmidt (West)
Taite Silverlock (West)
James Boyd (Eagles)
Luke Jarrad (Eagles)
Lachlan McGregor (Eagles)