STATE of Origin football or some form of it will be considered on a rotational basis possibly every three years after the AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said the concept could not be killed off.

Last weekend's Hall of Fame game, with a crowd of about 70,000 and strong broadcaster and player support, was considered a success even if some, including Collingwood coach Michael Malthouse, observed that it was a game low on intensity.

There has been mixed views in the wider football industry with some strong support for a resurgence of some form of the State of Origin concept, possibly every five years, or tied in with the Olympics every four years.

Demetriou said there would not be a similar game next year but that it was likely to reappear.

"I don't think we can kill it off," he said. "I think we've got to consider how it can be best used, how effective it can be if we have it, perhaps, on a cycle, but I'll be interested in getting feedback from all our stakeholders to see what ideas they've got.

"We certainly wouldn't do it every year, we certainly wouldn't do it every second year. What format it takes, we'll wait and see."

Dream Team coach Mark Williams has lashed out at critics of last week's match. So convinced is Williams of the genuine player and team enthusiasm elicited by the event that he believes no one would hesitate to take part if the AFL scheduled another Dream Team match for the mid-season break.

"Listening to all the absolute rubbish that's gone on in the last few days about the event and were they serious or not, I listen for a second to Jonathan Brown, and he was in the opposition, but I can guarantee our players were fully focused on it," Williams said yesterday.

"They worked really hard at getting a result, three minutes to go we were one goal down and we were really disappointed about losing it.

"If they played again in five weeks' time during the break everyone would line up again for it, because that's how much everyone enjoyed being part of it. There was real passion involved, brilliant skills, and you're kidding yourself if you want to complain about it."

Williams's enthusiasm for the concept was backed emphatically by his players' words, but there remains a level of cynicism about the open nature of the game itself.

This relates to the MCG crowd's decision to break into a Mexican wave in what should have been a nerve-wracking final few minutes.

"There's no doubt if you put the best players together and have them keen about playing, you'll get a great result," Williams said.

In Perth, West Coast have vowed to avenge their loss to Carlton in the most recent round by challenging North Melbourne at Carrara tonight.

Eagles ruckman Dean Cox said yesterday: "This season, we've let ourselves down with 15 or 20 minutes of football, letting sides kick four or five, six or eight goals and in this competition it's just too hard to come back. We've played good quarters but we just haven't sustained it for the four quarters to get a win."

He said the Eagles had spent the bye weekend stewing over their 37-point home loss against Carlton, which he said had embarrassed coach John Worsfold.

"We had a second quarter that was disgraceful," Cox said.