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REP - KEY FACTS

Official name
Representative Football

Known as
REP

Duration
1879–2024

Affiliated competitions (Current)
Interstate 1901-2024

Affiliated competitions (Historical)
Women's Interstate 2017; Interstate Carnivals 1908-1988


Interstate

Official Name
REP Interstate

Duration
1901–2024

Affiliated clubs (Current)
WAFL (WA) 1991-2023; SANFL (SA) 1991-2024; TSL (TAS) 1993-2023; VFL (VIC) 1996-2024; QAFL (QLD) 2023

Affiliated clubs (Historical)
Victoria (VIC) 1901-2020; Tasmania (Rep) (TAS) 1901-1993; Western Australia (WA) 1901-1998; South Australia (SA) 1901-1999; Queensland (QLD) 1904-1992; New South Wales (NSW) 1904-1992; VFA (VIC) 1905-1995; New South Wales (B) (NSW) 1905-1948; South Australia (B) (SA) 1908-1980; Victoria (B) (VIC) 1921-1991; Victoria (C) (VIC) 1921-1980; Southern Tasmania (TAS) 1921-1932; Australian Capital Territory (ACT) 1927-2007; Victoria / VFA (VIC) 1951; NSW-ACT (NSW-ACT) 1993; QLD-NT (QLD) 1993; Allies (AUS) 1995-1998; Dream Team (AUS) 2008; NEAFL (Northern) (QLD) 2011-2013; NEAFL (Eastern) (NSW) 2012-2013; NEAFL (AUS) 2014-2017; All-Stars (AUS) 2020

Affiliated grounds (Current)
Glenelg Oval

Affiliated grounds (Historical)
Adelaide Oval; Arden Street; Bassendean Oval; Bellerive Oval; Blacktown; Brisbane Exhibition Ground; Carrara Stadium; Docklands; East Melbourne; Erskineville Oval; Fankhauser Reserve; Football Park; Fremantle Oval; Gabba; Henson Park; Jubilee Oval (WA); Junction Oval; Kalgoorlie Oval; Lathlain Park; Leederville Oval; M.C.G.; Manuka Oval; Mascot Football Ground; Moreton Bay Complex; North Hobart Oval; North Ipswich Reserve; North Port Oval; Northbourne Oval; Perry Park; Perth Oval; Perth Stadium; Princes Park; Punt Road; Richmond Oval; Riverway Stadium; Rushton Park; S.C.G.; Subiaco Oval; Sydney Showground; Trumper Park; W.A.C.A.; Waverley Park; York Park

1980 REP Interstate

 
 

Until fairly recently elite level Australian football meant interstate football. Moreover, it was primarily, indeed almost exclusively, in the interstate arena that football could in any serious way be argued to be a genuinely national sport. Since the transmutation of the VFL into the AFL, however, the overwhelming majority of Australia's elite footballers have participated in a single, national (or near-national) club competition, and the importance of senior interstate footy has diminished. Nevertheless, its overall significance in terms of the sport's development - and, indeed, arguably its very survival - cannot be over-stressed.

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1980 Round by Round

Round OOM | SOO | OOM

One-off Matches

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
South Australia6.912.1924.2830.39 219 Mon 19-May-1980 2:10 pm Football Park14,670
Queensland0.11.12.23.3 21 South Australia won by 198 points
South Australia5.87.1216.1721.19 145 Sat 14-Jun-1980 2:10 pm Football Park28,595
Western Australia1.03.66.79.10 64 South Australia won by 81 points

State of Origin

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Victoria3.37.614.1018.15 123 Sat 5-Jul-1980 2:10 pm VFL Park31,467
Western Australia2.310.713.1015.12 102 Victoria won by 21 points

One-off Matches

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
South Australia3.59.1115.1619.21 135 Sat 5-Jul-1980 2:10 pm Football Park9,468
VFA1.55.1011.1315.15 105 South Australia won by 30 points
Queensland2.010.213.716.10 106 Sun 6-Jul-1980 2:10 pm Gabba16,000
Victoria (B)11.614.823.1428.18 186 Victoria (B) won by 80 points
Australian Capital Territory2.36.910.1313.17 95 Sun 6-Jul-1980 2:10 pm Manuka Oval10,600
Victoria (C)1.83.108.1211.16 82 Australian Capital Territory won by 13 points
Tasmania (Rep)3.38.815.1221.17 143 Sun 6-Jul-1980 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval 
South Australia (B)5.612.1016.1318.16 124 Tasmania (Rep) won by 19 points

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.