New South Wales Origin 30 def. Queensland Origin 18
| State of Origin Exhibition 1987 One-off |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/2388 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Thursday, 6th August, 1987 | |||||||
| Referee | Mick Stone | |||||||
| Venue | Veterans (Long Beach) | |||||||
| Crowd | 12,349 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Peter Sterling | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 10 | – | 2 | |||||
| Scrums | 10 | – | 11 | |||||
| Penalties | 8 | – | 14 | |||||
| NSW | Scoresheet | QLD | ||||||
| Jonathan DOCKING | T | Tony CURRIE | ||||||
| Andrew ETTINGSHAUSEN | Gene MILES | |||||||
| Cliff LYONS | Dale SHEARER | |||||||
| Mark McGAW | ||||||||
| Michael O'CONNOR | ||||||||
| Michael O'CONNOR | 5/8 | G | 3/4 | Dale SHEARER | ||||
| NSW | Teams | QLD | ||||||
| Jonathan DOCKING [Cronulla] |
1 | FB | 1 | Gary BELCHER [Canberra] |
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| Brian JOHNSTON [St George] |
2 | W | 2 | Dale SHEARER [Manly] |
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| Mark McGAW [Cronulla/Leeds] |
3 | C | 3 | Peter JACKSON [Canberra/Leeds] |
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| Michael O'CONNOR [Manly] |
4 | C | 4 | Gene MILES [Wynnum-Manly] |
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| Andrew ETTINGSHAUSEN [Cronulla/Leeds] |
5 | W | 5 | Tony CURRIE [Canterbury] |
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| Cliff LYONS [Manly] |
6 | FE | 6 | Wally LEWIS (c) [Wynnum-Manly] |
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| Peter STERLING (c) [Parramatta] |
7 | HB | 7 | Allan LANGER [Ipswich] |
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| Phil DALEY [Manly] |
8 | FR | 8 | Greg DOWLING [Norths] |
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| Royce SIMMONS [Penrith] |
9 | HK | 9 | Greg CONESCU [Redcliffe] |
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| Peter TUNKS [Canterbury/Leeds] |
10 | FR | 10 | Bryan NIEBLING [Redcliffe] |
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| Les DAVIDSON [South Sydney] |
11 | 2R | 11 | Trevor GILLMEISTER [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Noel CLEAL [Manly] |
12 | 2R | 12 | Paul VAUTIN [Manly] |
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| Paul LANGMACK [Canterbury] |
13 | L | 13 | Bob LINDNER [Parramatta/Castleford] |
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| Des HASLER [Manly] |
14 | B | 14 | Colin SCOTT [Castleford] |
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| David BOYLE [South Sydney] |
15 | B | 15 | Ian FRENCH [North Sydney] |
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| Ron WILLEY | HC | Wayne BENNETT | ||||||
Team Info
New South Wales Origin
- Previous Game:
- State Of Origin 1987 - Game 3 vs. QLD
- Next Game:
- State Of Origin 1988 - Game 1 vs. QLD
- Out:
- Garry Jack (fullback), Brett Kenny (centre), Wayne Pearce (lock), Steve Folkes (bench)
- In:
- Jonathan Docking (fullback), Noel Cleal (second row), Paul Langmack (lock), Des Hasler (bench)
- Changes:
- Andrew Ettingshausen (centre to wing), Michael O'Connor (wing to centre), David Boyle (second row to bench), Mark McGaw (bench to centre)
Queensland Origin
- Previous Game:
- State Of Origin 1987 - Game 3 vs. NSW
- Next Game:
- State Of Origin 1988 - Game 1 vs. NSW
- Changes:
- Colin Scott (wing to bench), Tony Currie (bench to wing)
Match Notes
- This match was an exhibition match played in Long Beach, California
- It is included as an official State of Origin match on RLP, due to the fact that both sides named full strength teams during the 1987 NSWRL season
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson

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