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) ‹See Tfd›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	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle	1977	1980	3	0
5	Stephen Curtis	‹See Tfd›East Perth	1977	1980	10	0
6	Peter Featherby	‹See Tfd›Subiaco Geelong (VFL)	1977	1980	9	4
7	Ross Glendinning	‹See Tfd›East Perth North Melbourne (VFL) West Coast (VFL)	1977	1988	13	6
8	Ken Hunter	‹See Tfd›Claremont Carlton (VFL)	1977	1985	9	0
9	Stan Magro	Collingwood (VFL) ‹See Tfd›East Perth	1977	1983	5	2
10	Joe McKay	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle	1977	1981	8	3
11	Ian Miller	Fitzroy (VFL) ‹See Tfd›East Perth	1977	1979	6	0
12	Bruce Monteath	Richmond (VFL)	1977	1982	8	13
13	Tony Morley	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle	1977	1977	1	0
14	Graham Moss	‹See Tfd›Claremont	1977	1982	15	20
15	Alan Reid	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle	1977	1977	1	1
16	Max Richardson	Collingwood (VFL)	1977	1978	3	6
17	Jim Sewell	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle Footscray (VFL)	1977	1983	7	9
18	Garry Sidebottom	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts St Kilda (VFL) Fitzroy (VFL)	1977	1985	10	19
19	Bill Valli	‹See Tfd›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	‹See Tfd›West Perth	1978	1978	2	1
24	Alan Johnson	‹See Tfd›Perth Melbourne (VFL)	1978	1988	6	2
25	Graham Melrose	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle North Melbourne (VFL)	1978	1979	4	5
25	Robbie Melville	‹See Tfd›Claremont	1978	1979	4	1
26	Brian Peake	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle Geelong (VFL)	1978	1987	16	14
27	Robert Wiley	‹See Tfd›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	‹See Tfd›Claremont	1977	1982	7	2	5	0	028.57%
2	Brian Peake	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle	1979	1987	9	5	4	0	055.56%
3	Noel Carter	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle	1981	1981	2	2	0	0	100.00%
4	Stephen Michael	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle	1982	1983	3	2	1	0	066.67%
5	Steve Malaxos	‹See Tfd›Claremont West Coast	1984	1990	3	2	1	0	066.67%
6	Don Langsford	‹See Tfd›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	‹See Tfd›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%