Will we ever see a Tasmanian AFL team? A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size “In all fairness, with West Australia, South Australia, and Victoria, we are the fourth footballing state of Australia,” said Robert Shaw, after coaching the 1990 Tasmanian State of Origin Team to a tantalising win over Victoria. This was their first in 30 years, and only their second in over a century. Since that game, talks of a Tasmanian AFL team have increasingly grown, with multiple proposals that are continually knocked back by the AFL.