| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Australian football |
| Location | Adelaide and Perth, Australia |
| Dates | 16 May 1983–12 July 1911 |
| Format | Round Robin |
| Teams | 3 |
| Final champion | |
| Western Australia | |
The 1983 Australian Football Championships was an Australian 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 Western Australia. [1] [2]
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
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| 1 | Western Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 252 | 225 | 112 | 4 | |||
| 2 | South Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 282 | 250 | 112 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Victoria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 231 | 290 | 79 | 0 | |||
Following completion of the series, the best players over the three games were selected in the All-Australian team. [2]
| B: | Stephen Curtis (SA) | Craig Williams (SA) | Stephen McCann (Vic) |
| HB: | Keith Greig (Vic) | Ross Glendinning (WA) | Tony Giles (SA) |
| C: | Craig Bradley (SA) | Michael Aish (SA) | Robert Flower (Vic) |
| HF: | Gary Buckenara (WA) | Terry Daniher (Vic) | Peter Motley (SA) |
| F: | Michael Tuck (Vic) | Simon Madden (Vic) | Kevin Taylor (WA) |
| Foll: | Matt Rendell (SA) | Stephen Michael (WA) Captain | Maurice Rioli (WA) |
| Int: | Mark Lee (Vic) | Mike Richardson (WA) | |
| Coach: | John Todd (WA) | ||
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