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