Game 3
New South Wales Origin 12 lost to Queensland Origin 18
| State Of Origin 1997 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/2362 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 25th June, 1997 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 8:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Eddie Ward | |||||||
| Venue | SFS (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 33,241 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Gary Larson | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 2 | – | 12 | |||||
| Scrums | 7 | – | 8 | |||||
| Penalties | 9 | – | 6 | |||||
| NSW | Scoresheet | QLD | ||||||
| Jamie AINSCOUGH | T | Mark COYNE | ||||||
| Andrew JOHNS | Ben IKIN | |||||||
| Julian O'NEILL | ||||||||
| Andrew JOHNS | 1/2 | G | 3/4 | Julian O'NEILL | ||||
| John SIMON | 1/1 | |||||||
| Andrew JOHNS | BIN | Jamie GODDARD | ||||||
| NSW | Teams | QLD | ||||||
| Tim BRASHER [Balmain] |
1 | FB | 1 | Robbie O'DAVIS [Newcastle] |
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| Ken McGUINNESS [Western Suburbs] |
2 | W | 2 | Brett DALLAS [North Sydney] |
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| Jamie AINSCOUGH [St George] |
3 | C | 3 | Mark COYNE [St George] |
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| Terry HILL [Manly] |
4 | C | 4 | Julian O'NEILL [South Sydney] |
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| Matt SEERS [North Sydney] |
5 | W | 5 | Matt SING [Sydney City] |
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| Trent BARRETT [Illawarra] |
6 | FE | 6 | Ben IKIN [North Sydney] |
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| Geoff TOOVEY (c) [Manly] |
7 | HB | 7 | Adrian LAM (c) [Sydney City] |
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| Mark CARROLL [Manly] |
8 | FR | 8 | Clinton O'BRIEN [South Queensland] |
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| Andrew JOHNS [Newcastle] |
9 | HK | 9 | Jamie GODDARD [Gold Coast] |
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| Paul HARRAGON [Newcastle] |
10 | FR | 10 | Neil TIERNEY [Manly] |
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| Adam MUIR [Newcastle] |
11 | 2R | 11 | Gary LARSON [North Sydney] |
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| Steve MENZIES [Manly] |
12 | 2R | 12 | Jason SMITH [Parramatta] |
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| Nik KOSEF [Manly] |
13 | L | 13 | Billy MOORE [North Sydney] |
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| David FAIRLEIGH [North Sydney] |
14 | B | 14 | Stuart KELLY [Parramatta] |
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| Dean PAY [Parramatta] |
15 | B | 15 | Jeremy SCHLOSS [Gold Coast] |
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| John SIMON [Parramatta] |
16 | B | 16 | Craig SMITH [Illawarra] |
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| Michael BUETTNER [North Sydney] |
17 | B | 17 | Wayne BARTRIM [St George] |
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| Tom RAUDONIKIS | HC | Paul VAUTIN | ||||||
Team Info
New South Wales Origin
- Previous Game:
- State Of Origin 1997 - Game 2 vs. QLD
- Next Game:
- State Of Origin 1998 - Game 1 vs. QLD
- Out:
- Paul McGregor (centre), Jim Dymock (five-eighth)
- In:
- Trent Barrett (five-eighth), Andrew Johns (hooker), Michael Buettner (bench)
- Changes:
- Jamie Ainscough (wing to centre), John Simon (halfback to bench), Geoff Toovey (hooker to halfback), Matt Seers (bench to wing)
Queensland Origin
- Previous Game:
- State Of Origin 1997 - Game 2 vs. NSW
- Next Game:
- State Of Origin 1998 - Game 1 vs. NSW
- Changes:
- Stuart Kelly (centre to bench), Wayne Bartrim (hooker to bench), Craig Smith (front row to bench), Jamie Goddard (bench to hooker), Clinton O'Brien (bench to front row), Julian O'Neill (bench to centre)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

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