AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon confirms Western Australia will play Victoria in Perth next February in the first State of ...

Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images Jakovich backed his former ... best players from WA and Victoria on a massive stage." Origin was last played in 1999, when Victoria thrashed South ...

AFL CEO Andrew Dillon said a conversation with Carlton captain and champion West Australian Patrick Cripps had helped convince him that players would get behind the return of State of Origin. The AFL ...

State of Origin matches in Australian Rules football were a feature of the 1980s and 90s following the first game between WA and Victoria at Perth's Subiaco Oval in 1977. However, flagging popularity ...

AFL chief executive officer Andrew Dillon confirmed Western Australia will play Victoria in Perth at Optus Stadium on February 14 – the first State of Origin game since 1999.

AFL’s biggest stars could face off in state colours in the first Origin clash in more than 25 years next year.