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Bit late on this list. Took me a week to compile it.

14 Peter Featherby (73-80)

13 Laurie Kettlewell (54-65), Brian Sarre (63-68)

11 Mike Fitzpatrick (72-82), Gary Buckenara (80-89)

10 Keith Slater (64-66), George Young (70-78), Austin Robertson (63-71)

6 Charlie Tyson (56-57), Dwayne Lamb (85-92), Karl Langdon (88-92), Bill Alderman (46-48)

5 Don Carter (53-54), Aidan Parker (06-12), Dennis Barron (61-62), Mark Zanotti (88-95)

4 Darren Rumble (05-09), Fred Williams (46-48), Phil Scott (85-91), Greg Wilkinson (84-87), Reg Hampson (60-63), Ron Bayens (73-77), Luke Newick (05-08), Laurie Keene (84-87), Andrew Donnelly (95-99), Richard Ambrose (99-03), Peter Eakins (68-69)

3 Shaun Hildebrandt (08-10), Andrew MacNish (86-88), Caine Hayes (04-06), Kevin Merifield (59-62), Brett Heady (90-93), Allistair Pickett (04-06), Drew Banfield (93-96), Matt Connell (92-96), Cam Blakemore (70-71), Ben Keevers (06-09), Peter Burton (70-75), Todd Breman (87-91), Dennis Blair (73-74), Marc Webb (05-07), Brian Sierakowski (69-73)

2 Warren Dean (86-88), Michael Rix (10-11), Todd Holmes (05-07), Tom Robbins (57), Fred Davenport (74), Matt Priddis (04-05), David Robbins (04-05), Matthew Burton (97-99), Brad Smith (03-04), Dean Irving (98-99), Clint Brown (87-88), Richard Maloney (02-03), Dean Kemp (91-92), Shane Cocker (87-88), Mitchell White (91-96), Damien Hampson (93-95), Jason Heatley (93-95), Kyal Horsley (08-10), Jarrad Schofield (96-98), Neil Marshall (96-99)

1 David Sierakowski (98), Adam Cockie (08), Shane Parker (98), Greg Broughton (08), Matt Gauci (97), Luke Toia (97), Phil Read (08), Blake Broadhurst (08), Jay Burton (95), Michael Symons (95), Bill Monaghan (95), Neil Balme (77), Ross Smith (73), David Mapleston (07), Lachlan Oakley (05), Nathan O'Connor (97), Jim Hawtin (46), Callum Sinclair (12), Peter Bird (98), Ian Dargie (88), Mick Lee (87), Todd Ridley (98), Daniel Parker (99), Errol Bourn (93), Rod Willett (93), Frank Dean (55), Brian Taylor (86), Dane Carmody (00), Phil Farrell (63), Brad Campbell (00), Chad Cossom (05), Peter Metropolis (70), Paul Vines (02), Keith Watt (71), Jarrod Shawcross (00), Wally Martin (64), Colin Williams (70), Jarrod Kayler-Thomson (13), Clancy Wheeler (13), George Hampson (14)

Great list...who shall we nominate as subis greatest state rep. I will nominate Bucky because of his role in those great Tuesday afternoon games between 83_86 and also Feathers for his sheer longevity. Can't recall Feathers having a huge impact in state games like he did in the WAFL but still one of my all time favourites.

and I'll give a mention to macnish for his goal square hang in 86, a memorable moment. and I think it was him who did a memorable dance right in front of the goal umpire waiting for him to signal a goal, really summed up the passion state footy had back then.

oobisoobi wrote: Great list...who shall we nominate as subis greatest state rep. I will nominate Bucky because of his role in those great Tuesday afternoon games between 83_86 and also Feathers for his sheer longevity. Can't recall Feathers having a huge impact in state games like he did in the WAFL but still one of my all time favourites.

I think it was Allan Jeans who said that Buckenara was the best big game player he ever coached. I reckon he would have been in WA's best in 9 of those 11 state games.

Old timers tell me that Laurie Kettlewell was an absolute champion.

Only one state game in the brilliant but brief career of Keith Watt and that was opposed to Leigh Matthews and co. I've seen some footage of that but can't find it now.

1986 WA v Vic Last quarter part 1

1986 WA v Vic Last quarter part 2

oobisoobi wrote: Great list...who shall we nominate as subis greatest state rep. I will nominate Bucky because of his role in those great Tuesday afternoon games between 83_86 and also Feathers for his sheer longevity. Can't recall Feathers having a huge impact in state games like he did in the WAFL but still one of my all time favourites.

I will nominate Dan Parker lol. No disrespect but we must have been well down on numbers for that game!

DG wrote:

oobisoobi wrote: Great list...who shall we nominate as subis greatest state rep. I will nominate Bucky because of his role in those great Tuesday afternoon games between 83_86 and also Feathers for his sheer longevity. Can't recall Feathers having a huge impact in state games like he did in the WAFL but still one of my all time favourites.

I will nominate Dan Parker lol. No disrespect but we must have been well down on numbers for that game!

Yeah there's 3 or 4 dodgy selections there.

And when you think that Neil Taylor couldn't crack a single state game. Must be close to being the best player never to represent WA.

to illustrate how the WCE drop their support for the state of Origin concept, I remember one year a subi/wce player went from playing reserves for subi to playing state of origin in the space of a couple of weeks. I can't remember who it was (maybe Langdon) but it is amazing how we invented the concept and yet the it has become the pinnacle for NRL players.