Jonathan Brown and Brendan Fevola, two of the AFL's highest-profile players, reiterated calls for representative football to be played annually.

The two forwards, who helped Victoria beat the Dream Team in last Saturday night's Hall of Fame game, said players from both sides loved the experience and wanted more.

Brown rated the chance to captain Victoria his greatest personal highlight besides playing in the Brisbane Lions' three premiership sides in 2001-03.

The reigning Coleman medallist also hit out at critics who claimed the game was lacking in physical intensity, and said players were passionate about representing their states regularly.

"People who thought it was an exhibition game are absolutely kidding themselves, I was as sore on Sunday morning, if not sorer, than a normal game," he told the Nine Network's The Footy Show.

"People have said there wasn't a lot of contact, but you ask Craig Bolton (who copped a heavy bump) that.

"I ran into Macca (Dream Team skipper Andrew McLeod) at one stage, and also the skills were so clean.

"The boys were deadset serious about it, we'd love to see it played again.

"Whether it's against the Dream Team or whether we do get to play South Australia or Western Australia."

Fevola, who won the Allen Aylett Medal for his six-goal haul, said annual state games could draw big crowds, as last weekend's match drew an attendance of almost 70,000 at the MCG.

"Maybe next year we play South Australia at the `G and you'd get 90,000, the year after play Western Australia in Perth and get Subiaco packed out, and the year after play the Dream Team for all other players from non-football states," he said.

St Kilda star Nick Riewoldt was disappointed to miss the chance of playing for the Dream Team because of a knee injury, and said he would love the chance to play representative games.

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