State of Origin Exhibition 1987

New South Wales Origin 30 def. Queensland Origin 18

State of Origin Exhibition 1987

Blues
30
18
Maroons
Match Info
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]
Brian JOHNSTON
[St George]
2 W 2 Dale SHEARER
[Manly]
Mark McGAW
[Cronulla/Leeds]
3 C 3 Peter JACKSON
[Canberra/Leeds]
Michael O'CONNOR
[Manly]
4 C 4 Gene MILES
[Wynnum-Manly]
Andrew ETTINGSHAUSEN
[Cronulla/Leeds]
5 W 5 Tony CURRIE
[Canterbury]
 
Cliff LYONS
[Manly]
6 FE 6 Wally LEWIS (c)
[Wynnum-Manly]
Peter STERLING (c)
[Parramatta]
7 HB 7 Allan LANGER
[Ipswich]
 
Phil DALEY
[Manly]
8 FR 8 Greg DOWLING
[Norths]
Royce SIMMONS
[Penrith]
9 HK 9 Greg CONESCU
[Redcliffe]
Peter TUNKS
[Canterbury/Leeds]
10 FR 10 Bryan NIEBLING
[Redcliffe]
Les DAVIDSON
[South Sydney]
11 2R 11 Trevor GILLMEISTER
[Eastern Suburbs]
Noel CLEAL
[Manly]
12 2R 12 Paul VAUTIN
[Manly]
Paul LANGMACK
[Canterbury]
13 L 13 Bob LINDNER
[Parramatta/Castleford]
 
Des HASLER
[Manly]
14 B 14 Colin SCOTT
[Castleford]
David BOYLE
[South Sydney]
15 B 15 Ian FRENCH
[North Sydney]
 
Ron WILLEY   HC   Wayne BENNETT
   
 

Team Info

New South Wales Origin

Previous Game:
1987 Winfield State of Origin - Game 3 vs. QLD
Next Game:
1988 Winfield State of Origin - 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:
1987 Winfield State of Origin - Game 3 vs. NSW
Next Game:
1988 Winfield State of Origin - 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