FOUR Redlands touch players have been selected for the Queensland State of Origin squads.
Nick Holm was selected for the 16 year boys age group, Wilson Barry the 14 year boys, Lily Searston the 12 year girls and Jarrod Thompson the 14 year boys.
The squads were selected at the recent Queensland Junior State Championships held at the Glasshouse Mountains Sports Club.
The Redlands Junior Representative players represented the South Queensland Sharks against teams from across the state.
The Sharks won the Shuker-Williams Regional Championship for the fifth year running.
The four players will attend a training camp with elite touch players and coaches in January.
Eight players from Redlands Touch Association have also competed in the Touch Football State of Origin Series in Sydney earlier this month.
John Morris competed in the mens 40s age group, Corey Russell, Hayden Moffat and Dave Richards in the mens 20s, Adam Pryde the open mixed, Peter Owen the mens 45s, Russel Thompson the mens 50s and Mark Ruggeri the mens 55s.
The event was a best of three series with all games taking place at the home of NSW Touch Football.
Queensland went down 8-6 out of 14 divisions.
In both the mens 20s and mixed open, Queensland won the series 3-0, while the mens 40s was won 2-1 by NSW.
NSW won the series 3-0 in the mens 45s, mens 50s and mens 55s.
