 The first intercolonial match was first played in 1879 between Victoria and South Australia.VFL clubs increasingly recruited the best players in other states, one of the reasons Victoria dominated these games.However, State of Origin rules were introduced in 1977, and in the first such game, at Subiaco Oval in Perth, Western Australia defeated Victoria, 23.13 (151) to 8.9 (57), a huge reversal of the results in most previous games.