Not a sook as such but it continues the theme of some in the media still not rating us and especially our playing list despite us being reigning premiers and currently sitting on top of the ladder.
The AFL website has only 3 Tigers named in their State of Origin squads (Victoria vs Dreamteam). Cotch & Dusty for Victoria and Rance at FB for the Dreamteam side. Even Jack couldn't get a gig with Jesse Hogan named ahead of him
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Our 2018 Victoria teamB: Tom Stewart, Robbie Tarrant, Michael Hibberd
HB: James Sicily, Michael Hurley, Kade Simpson
C: Jackson Macrae,
Trent Cotchin, Andrew Gaff
HF: Steele Sidebottom, Jeremy Cameron, Shaun Higgins
F: Charlie Curnow, Patrick Dangerfield, Robbie Gray
Foll: Max Gawn,
Dustin Martin, Clayton Oliver
I/C: Adam Treloar, Joel Selwood, Ollie Wines, Marcus Bontempelli
Our 2018 Dream TeamB: Rory Laird,
Alex Rance, Elliot Yeo
HB: Shannon Hurn, Alex Pearce, Jeremy Howe
C: Bryce Gibbs, Tom Mitchell, Isaac Smith
HF: Charlie Cameron, Lance Franklin, Luke Breust
F: Jack Darling, Ben Brown, Mark LeCras
Foll: Brodie Grundy, Nat Fyfe, Stephen Coniglio
I/C: Lachie Neale, Patrick Cripps, Jesse Hogan, Jared Polec
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-05-10/state-of-origin-special-vics-v-dream-team