1989 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.
1989 Round by Round
Round
SOO
State of Origin
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
Western Australia | 1.5 | 5.8 | 7.10 | 10.12 | 72 | Tue 16-May-1989 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 20,993 | |
Victoria | 5.3 | 9.5 | 15.10 | 19.12 | 126 | Victoria won by 54 points | |||
Victoria | 6.3 | 9.6 | 14.10 | 22.17 | 149 | Sat 1-Jul-1989 2:10 pm | M.C.G. | 91,960 | |
South Australia | 1.2 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 63 | Victoria won by 86 points | |||
Tasmania (Rep) | — | — | — | 15.7 | 97 | Sun 2-Jul-1989 12:00 pm | North Hobart Oval | 12,342 | |
Victoria (B) | — | — | — | 25.13 | 163 | Victoria (B) won by 66 points |