Country championships: Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault dominate South West colts squad

Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault have dominated the South West’s colts country championships squad, supplying nine of the 28 players selected. The Lions, who sit on top of the South West Football League colts ladder having not yet lost a game so far this season, have the most representatives in the squad, ahead of Bunbury (six), with the two clubs combining to supply more than half the line-up. Busselton, Collie, Carey Park, Dunsborough, and South Bunbury have each contributed two players, while Donnybrook, Eaton and Harvey Bulls have provided one, with Augusta-Margaret River the only club without a representative. A number of the Lions, including Seann Arrowsmith, John Manuel, Blake Soulos and Fraser Ward, have featured in the club’s third-placed league side so far this season. Meanwhile, Riley Stenhouse, who has split his time between league, colts and WAFL colts this season, is the sole Bulldog in the squad to have featured at the top level. Dunsborough’s two representatives Matthew Burgess and Jake Green have both been solid contributors for the Sharks at league level, with the pair combining for 30 goals so far this season. The South West will be looking to defend their championships title won with a thrilling one-point victory over Great Northern last year, which broke a three-year drought without a carnival victory. South West country championships colts squad Rohan Ashworth, Eliah Munro, Riley Stenhouse, Will Reid, Kye Wright, Cooper Zanich (Bunbury), Lucas Kemp, Angus McDonald (Busselton), Robert Chitty, Deegan Cummings (Collie), Nicholaas Le Roux, Jacob Orsi (Carey Park), Izaac Bedford (Donnybrook), Matthew Burgess, Jake Green (Dunsborough), Lochlan Kent (Eaton), Seann Arrowsmith, Rohan Grout, Lain Haunold, Brody Hewer, John Manuel, Jacoby Parfitt, Blake Soulos, Emmett Templeton, Fraser Ward (Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault), Hayze Griffiths (Harvey Bulls) Sebastian Hiscox, Jack Gallagher (South Bunbury)