Nine Kangaroos have been included in the 50-player rebel VFLW State Team squad today, ahead of its inaugural representative match in April.

Premiership players Alana Barba, Maddie Di Cosmo, Nyakoat Dojiok and Kate Reynolds join fellow Kangaroos Tessa Boyd, Bridget Deed, Gen Lawson-Tavan. Stella Reid and Charlotte Ryan in the squad.

The VFLW State Team coaching panel was revealed last month, with North Melbourne VFLW premiership coach Brett Gourley appointed head coach.

Gourley last year steered the Kangaroos to the VFLW finals for the first time in the club’s history before claiming their maiden premiership with a 20-point Grand Final win over the Western Bulldogs.

The VFLW State Team will represent the 'Big V' when they take on the SANFL Women’s State Team at Alberton Oval on Friday, April 11 during the AFL’s Gather Round.

It will be the first time since the rebel VFLW was established in 2017 that a women’s representative team will take the field.

The VFLW State Team squad features many of the best VFLW-listed players from across the competition, with all 12 VFLW clubs represented. Players who are currently on AFLW lists are not eligible to be selected.

The squad includes 13 members of the 2024 rebel VFLW Team of the Year, along with a host of new recruits who have joined rebel VFLW clubs during the off-season.

Players who are injured were not selected in the initial squad, however players can still be added from outside the squad of 50 when the final squad of 21 players to represent the 'Big V' is announced.