DESPITE the apparent success of the Hall of Fame Tribute match and with it the return of representative football, it appears the concept is already doomed with AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou last night saying the match was a one-off and he was unsure it would return next season.

The match will also have its own consequences for Collingwood ruckman Josh Fraser who, while playing in the ruck for Victoria last night, tore his posterior cruciate ligament and could miss up to the next 10 weeks.

Fraser will have a scan today to determine the full extent of the injury but Victorian team doctors said last night that he would miss at best four weeks, but at worst 10 weeks.

Although the match had outstanding support from the players, and a crowd of 69,294 turned up to the MCG to witness Victoria win the first AFL representative match to be played at the MCG since 1999 by 17 points, Demetriou said the match had only been promised as a one-off fixture to the players.

Should there be a groundswell of support among the players, Demetriou said the AFL would look at the concept again but he pressed home the logistical problems of bringing the two teams together.

Demetriou believed the absence of the concept for more than eight years had helped to deliver the large crowd and added interest in the match.

"We went to the players and we pitched it as a one-off, I still think it is a one-off, we wanted to celebrate the 150 years (of football). I think the fact that this hasn't happened for a number of years has contributed to the success of the night and its not on our radar to do it again next year," he said.

"We got probably 46 of the best 50 players going around, we had a few injuries — not many — and it was just fantastic to see them running around, the joy and the pleasure that the players got out of it was something really significant, I think."

Demetriou was thrilled by the turnout and the support of the players but it does not seem enough to win the concept an extended shelf life. "It was an incredible success and we are just particularly grateful to all the people who came out tonight and I am sure there would have been a huge television audience," he said.

"The players have been fantastic since day one, since we approached them, the support we have had from the coaches and the clubs and the support staff has just been phenomenal, we are just thrilled and particular grateful to everyone who put in."

The professionalism of the national competition — with its week in and week out grind — appears to have doomed further attempts at resurrecting state of origin. "It's a really difficult thing to get the best players together to play a game and I know how difficult it has been to do this and if it wasn't for the will of the players, it would have been so much harder to put this game on," Demetriou said.

"We are in a national competition where we have got players who are playing for high stakes, you have got clubs who invest in players, you have got coaches who invest in players and they have got an investment that they have to protect and we respect that."

Victorian full-forward Brendan Fevola won the Allen Aylett Medal as the best player on the ground for his six-goal effort and said later it was one of the highlights of his career.

Suspended West Coast star Daniel Kerr was the only real injury concern for the Dream Team and he was taken to hospital during the match to have scans on his lower leg. Kerr appeared to cop an accidental kick in the shin from Victorian forward Steve Johnson, 17 minutes into the opening quarter, and left the field. Kerr was suspended after round six for headbutting Western Bulldogs veteran Scott West and despite being ruled out for three matches was still eligible to play last night. He has two matches to serve.