1987 Australian Football Championships

The 1987 Australian Football Championships was an Australian rules football series between representative teams of the three major football states. Games involving Victoria were played under State of Origin rules, whilst the match between Western Australia and South Australia involved players based in their respective states at the time. The competition was won by South Australia.

1987 Australian Football Championships

Tournament information
Sport	Australian football
Location	Adelaide and Perth, Australia
Dates	27 May 1987–22 July 1987
Format	Round Robin
Teams	3
Final champion
South Australia
← 1986 1988 →

Results

Game 1

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
South Australia	12.13 (85)	Victoria	11.15 (81)	Football Park	41,605	27 May 1987 [1]

• E. J. Whitten Medal: Chris Langford (Victoria)
• Fos Williams Medal: Chris McDermott (South Australia)^[2]

Game 2

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
South Australia	18.16 (124)	Western Australia	9.9 (63)	WACA		16 June 1987

• Fos Williams Medal: Andrew Jarman (South Australia)^[2]
• Simpson Medal: Chris McDermott (South Australia)

Game 3

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
Victoria	16.20 (116)	Western Australia	13.14 (92)	Subiaco Oval	22,000	22 July 1987 [3]

• Simpson Medal: Andrew Bews (Victoria)^[3]
• E. J. Whitten Medal: Greg Williams (Victoria)
• Tassie Medal: Mark Naley (South Australia)^[3]

Standings

1987 Australian Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	South Australia	2	2	0	0	209	144	145.1	4
2	Victoria	2	1	1	0	197	177	111.3	2
3	Western Australia	2	0	2	0	155	240	64.6	0

Source: ^[4]

Squads

South Australia	Victoria	Western Australia [5]
Coach: Graham Cornes Both games Chris McDermott (Glenelg) Rudi Mandemaker (Hawthorn) vs Victoria Matthew Campbell (Brisbane) Bruce Lindner (Glenelg) Tony McGuinness (Footscray) Mark Naley (Carlton) John Platten (Hawthorn) Andrew Rogers (Woodville) Steven Stretch (West Torrens) vs Western Australia Michael Aish (Norwood) Greg Anderson (Port Adelaide) Peter Carey (Glenelg) Ross Gibbs (Glenelg) Harris Darel Hart (North Adelaide) Andrew Jarman (North Adelaide) Darren Jarman (North Adelaide) Clayton Lamb (West Adelaide) Bruce Lindsay (captain) (West Torrens) John Paynter (Glenelg) Michael Taylor (Norwood)	Coach: Bill Goggin Both Games Andrew Bews (Geelong) Russell Morris (Hawthorn) Gerard Healy (Sydney) Chris Langford (Hawthorn) vs South Australia Doug Barwick (Fitzroy) Dermott Brereton (Hawthorn) David Glascott (Carlton) Paul Meldrum (Carlton) vs Western Australia Robert DiPierdomenico (Hawthorn) Peter Foster (Footscray) Ray Jencke (Hawthorn) Wayne Johnston (Carlton) Simon Madden (Essendon) David Murphy (Sydney) David Rhys-Jones (Carlton) Brian Royal (Footscray) Paul Salmon (Essendon) Bernard Toohey (Sydney) Greg Williams (Sydney)	Coach: John Todd Both Games Todd Breman (Subiaco) vs South Australia Darren Bewick (West Perth) Clinton Brown (Subiaco) Clinton Browning (East Fremantle) Grant Campbell (East Perth) Shane Cocker (Subiaco) Steve Goulding (Claremont) Kim Hetherington (Claremont) Brent Hutton (Swan Districts) Derek Kickett (Claremont) Michael Lee (Subiaco) Guy McKenna (Claremont) Peter Menaglio West Perth) Noel Morton (Claremont) Brian Peake (captain) East Fremantle) Scott Rowland (Claremont) Peter Thorne (East Perth) Craig Turley (West Perth) Gavin Wake (West Perth) Colin Waterson (East Fremantle) Mark Watson (Perth) Greg Wilkinson (Subiaco) vs Victoria Mark Bairstow (South Fremantle) Michael Brennan (East Fremantle) Richard Dennis (East Perth) Jon Dorotich (East Perth) Bill Duckworth (West Perth) Brad Hardie (Brisbane) Paul Harding (Hawthorn) David Hart (West Coast) Wayne Henwood (Sydney) Craig Holden (Sydney) Alex Ishchenko (West Coast) Laurie Keene (Subiaco) Jim Krakouer (North Melbourne) Rod Lester-Smith (Hawthorn) Chris Mainwaring (West Coast) Steve Malaxos (West Coast) Michael Mitchell (Richmond) Phil Narkle (West Coast) Murray Rance (Footscray) Maurice Rioli (captain) (Richmond) Peter Wilson (Richmond)