List of Western Australian State of Origin footballers

This is a list of players who represented the Western Australian football team in State of Origin, held between 1977 and 1998. State of Origin was introduced in 1977 to allow Western-Australia-born players in the Victorian Football League (VFL) to play for their home state. Previously, only players playing in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) or the Goldfields National Football League (GNFL) had qualified to represent Western Australia.

List of players

# Name Club(s) First Last Games Goals
1 Ron Alexander Fitzroy (VFL)
East Fremantle
1977
1982
9
4
2 Neil Balme Richmond (VFL)
1977
1977
1
0
3 Barry Cable North Melbourne (VFL)
1977
1977
1
1
4 Basil Campbell South Fremantle
1977
1980
3
0
5 Stephen Curtis East Perth
1977
1980
10
0
6 Peter Featherby Subiaco
Geelong (VFL)
1977
1980
9
4
7 Ross Glendinning East Perth
North Melbourne (VFL)
West Coast (VFL)
1977
1988
13
6
8 Ken Hunter Claremont
Carlton (VFL)
1977
1985
9
0
9 Stan Magro Collingwood (VFL)
East Perth
1977
1983
5
2
10 Joe McKay South Fremantle
1977
1981
8
3
11 Ian Miller Fitzroy (VFL)
East Perth
1977
1979
6
0
12 Bruce Monteath Richmond (VFL)
1977
1982
8
13
13 Tony Morley South Fremantle
1977
1977
1
0
14 Graham Moss Claremont
1977
1982
15
20
15 Alan Reid East Fremantle
1977
1977
1
1
16 Max Richardson Collingwood (VFL)
1977
1978
3
6
17 Jim Sewell East Fremantle
Footscray (VFL)
1977
1983
7
9
18 Garry Sidebottom Swan Districts
St Kilda (VFL)
Fitzroy (VFL)
1977
1985
10
19
19 Bill Valli West Perth
1977
1978
3
4
20 Kevin Worthington Collingwood (VFL)
1977
1978
2
0
21 George Young St Kilda (VFL)
1977
1978
2
2
22 Bob Beecroft Fitzroy (VFL)
1978
1979
4
5
23 Barry Day West Perth
1978
1978
2
1
24 Alan Johnson Perth
Melbourne (VFL)
1978
1988
6
2
25 Graham Melrose East Fremantle
North Melbourne (VFL)
1978
1979
4
5
25 Robbie Melville Claremont
1978
1979
4
1
26 Brian Peake East Fremantle
Geelong (VFL)
1978
1987
16
14
27 Robert Wiley Perth
Richmond (VFL)
1978
1982
3
4

Captains

A total of 15 different players captained Western Australia at State of Origin level:

# Name Club(s) First Last P W L D W%
1 Graham Moss Claremont
1977
1982
7
2
5
0
028.57%
2 Brian Peake East Fremantle
1979
1987
9
5
4
0
055.56%
3 Noel Carter South Fremantle
1981
1981
2
2
0
0
100.00%
4 Stephen Michael South Fremantle
1982
1983
3
2
1
0
066.67%
5 Steve Malaxos Claremont
West Coast
1984
1990
3
2
1
0
066.67%
6 Don Langsford Swan Districts
1985
1985
1
0
1
0
000.00%
7 Ross Glendinning North Melbourne
West Coast
1985
1988
3
0
3
0
000.00%
8 Maurice Rioli Richmond
1987
1987
1
0
1
0
000.00%
9 Mark Watson Perth
1988
1988
1
0
1
0
000.00%
10 Gary Buckenara Hawthorn
1988
1989
2
0
2
0
000.00%
11 Chris Mainwaring West Coast
1991
1991
1
1
0
0
100.00%
12 John Worsfold West Coast
1992
1993
2
0
2
0
000.00%
13 Ben Allan Fremantle
1995
1995
1
0
1
0
000.00%
14 Guy McKenna West Coast
1996
1997
2
0
2
0
000.00%
15 Chris Waterman West Coast
1998
1998
1
0
1
0
000.00%

Coaches

A total of 15 different people coached Western Australia at State of Origin level:

# Name First Last P W L D W%
1 Graham Farmer
1977
1977
1
1
0
0
100.00%
2 Ken Armstrong
1978
1978
3
1
2
0
33.33%
3 Barry Cable
1979
1979
3
2
1
0
66.67%
4 Brad Smith
1980
1980
4
1
3
0
25.00%
5 Mal Brown
1981
1988
6
3
3
0
50.00%
6 John Todd
1983
1988
10
3
7
0
30.00%
7 Ron Alexander
1986
1990
4
2
2
0
50.00%
8 Gerard Neesham
1988
1988
1
0
1
0
0.00%
9 Mick Malthouse
1991
1993
3
1
2
0
66.67%
10 Gary Buckenara
1995
1995
1
0
1
0
0.00%
11 Ross Glendinning
1996
1997
2
0
2
0
0.00%
12 Robert Wiley
1998
1998
1
0
1
0
0.00%

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