1988 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.
1988 Round by Round
One-off Matches
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| South Australia | 4.5 | 9.7 | 14.9 | 17.17 | 119 | Tue 24-May-1988 2:10 pm | Football Park | 18,339 | |
| Western Australia | 3.3 | 8.6 | 10.10 | 11.13 | 79 | South Australia won by 40 points | |||
| Western Australia | 7.3 | 9.11 | 13.15 | 24.19 | 163 | Tue 5-Jul-1988 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 23,006 | |
| VFA | 1.2 | 6.6 | 10.10 | 11.11 | 77 | Western Australia won by 86 points | |||
State of Origin
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Western Australia | 2.4 | 7.4 | 11.5 | 15.9 | 99 | Tue 5-Jul-1988 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | 23,006 | |
| Victoria | 3.5 | 9.11 | 14.16 | 21.23 | 149 | Victoria won by 50 points | |||