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From 1979 until their last match in 1999 at the MCG, Victoria and South Australia have played out some classic State of Origin games, many which have gone into AFL history.
But what if the two States played a hypothetical State of Origin game against each other either at the MCG or AAMI Stadium (Football Park), featuring many of the greatest names that are well known in Victoria and SA – Whitten, Barassi, Robran, Ebert, Flower, Matthews, Kernahan?
Here are the two teams:
VICTORIA
B: Gary Ayres, Jack Reagan, Geoff Southby
HB: Bruce Doull, Ted Whitten snr (c), Peter Knights
C: Keith Greig, Greg Williams, Robert Flower
HF: Gary Ablett snr, Dermott Brereton, Wayne Johnston
F: Gordon Coventry, Tony Lockett, Kevin Bartlett
R: John Nicholls, Ron Barassi, Leigh Matthews
INT: Simon Madden, Robert Harvey, Francis Bourke, Dale Weightman
EMERG: Bill Hutchison, Gary Dempsey, Andrew Bews, Kelvin Moore
COACH: Norm Smith, ASS. COACH: Kevin Sheedy
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
B: Ben Hart, Greg Phillips, Bernie Smith
HB: Nigel Smart, Mark Riccuito, Walter Scott
C: John Cahill, Russell Ebert, Craig Bradley
HF: Malcolm Blight, Steve Kernahan, Mark Naley
F: Rick Davies, Ken Farmer, Neil Kerley
R: Peter Carey, Barrie Robran, John Platten
INT: Mark Bickley, Lindsay Head, Michael Aish, Garry McIntosh
EMERG: Peter Marker, Tony McGuinness, Chris McDermott, Bob Hank
COACH: Fos Williams, ASS.COACH: Graham Cornes
UMPIRES: Jeff Crouch (VIC) Laurie Argent (SA)
Who would win this game & why?
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