{"id":403470,"date":"2026-01-10T04:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T04:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/403470\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T04:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T04:44:09","slug":"2026-aami-afl-origin-broadsheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/403470\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 AAMI AFL Origin | Broadsheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perth will host the first AFL Origin match in over a quarter of a century when Victoria plays Western Australia on Valentine\u2019s Day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-base\">It\u2019s a startling fact that <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inline cursor-pointer border-b border-current pb-0 transition duration-100 hover:border-dotted\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/origin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">AFL Origin<\/a> has not been played this century \u2013 the last time the interstate contest took place was back in 1999, when Victoria played (and beat) South Australia at the MCG. This preseason game at Optus Stadium in Perth is, then, nothing short of historic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-base\">The best of Western Australia will take on their Victorian counterparts on Valentine\u2019s Day, though there is likely to be little love lost in this renewal of hostilities between the two hotbeds of AFL talent. And, of course, some of the AFL\u2019s elite players will be involved. Among the other announced players are Matt Rowell and Zak Butters for Victoria, and Aaron Naughton and Shai Bolton\u00a0for WA. Expect more player announcements in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-base\">Though it\u2019s been a long time between matches, interstate AFL contests have a rich history, with \u201cintercolonial\u201d matches taking place during the 19th century. State games were governed by \u201cstate of origin\u201d rules from 1977, with the 1980s arguably being the concept\u2019s heyday \u2013 indeed, a match at the MCG in 1989 attracted 91,000 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-base\">With its triumphant return \u2013 both to Perth and to Australian sport in general \u2013 the AAMI AFL is definitely one not to miss. Consider this a special occasion for the city, and one of the most intriguing dates on the WA sporting calendar for 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-base\">Limited tickets are available, ranging from $35 to $85, which you can purchase through <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inline cursor-pointer border-b border-current pb-0 transition duration-100 hover:border-dotted\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com.au\/2026-aami-afl-origin-wa-v-burswood-14-02-2026\/event\/25006350D1D072A5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Ticketmaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 font-serif text-base\">This article is produced by Broadsheet in partnership with Tourism WA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perth will host the first AFL Origin match in over a quarter of a century when Victoria plays&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[214187,83109,638,64,63,55,639,154466,134,3172,621,85,12943],"class_list":["post-403470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-2026-aami-afl-origin","tag-activities","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-broadsheet","tag-entertainment","tag-events","tag-national","tag-sports","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}