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Game 3, 1989 First Qld-based NSW Player: Chris Johns: Brisbane Broncos: Game 1, 1989 Most Consecutive Appearances: James Tedesco: 23 Games: Game 3, 2016 to Game 1, 2024
In the Game III decider of 1992 New South Wales led 4-2 at half-time when 21-year-old Balmain Tigers centre Tim Brasher replaced injured Blues winger Rod Wishart. [1] Brasher immediately injected his team with a shot of enthusiasm with a series of lightning bursts from dummy-half that helped build their momentum.
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Fullback Garry Jack: Wing Eric Grothe, Sr. Centre Michael O'Connor: Centre Chris Mortimer: Wing John Ferguson: Five-Eighth Brett Kenny: Halfback Steve Mortimer (c) Des Hasler: Prop Steve Roach: Hooker Ben Elias: Prop Pat Jarvis: Second Row Noel Cleal: David Brooks: Second Row Peter Wynn: Lock Wayne Pearce: Wayne Pearce (c ...
Game III, a "dead rubber", restored some much needed pride for the Maroons who dominated the Blues in every facet of the game. Winger Matt Sing was superb, scoring three tries in a man-of-the match performance. Queensland started with a new-found zest and led 16-0 after just 17 minutes before strangling the Blues out of the contest.
Before the game, and despite Queensland having won Origin from 1980–84, as New South Wales had won the 1985 and 1986 series and 7 of the previous 8 games going into game 2 (dating back to Game 3 in 1984), and with the addition of the Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast Seagulls into the Sydney premiership in 1988, some in the Sydney press were ...
1 - The collapses in Game 2 and Game 3 ended up costing coach Laurie Daley his job, bringing his tenure for the Blues to an end after 5 years. He was replaced by Brad Fittler . 2 - The series was Boyd Cordner 's first as captain after Paul Gallen retired from State of Origin in 2016.
The 1995 State of Origin series was the 14th annual three-game series between the Queensland and New South Wales representative rugby league teams. Due to the Australian Rugby League's ongoing conflicts with Super League, they ruled that no Super League-aligned players were eligible for State of Origin selection in 1995. [1]
The Maroons only made two changes during the series, with Origin veterans Dale Shearer coming onto the bench for Game 2 in Sydney to replace Steve Renouf, and Bob Lindner, the player of the 1990 Kangaroo tour, named on the bench for Game 3 in Brisbane (replacing Gavin Allen) after recovering from a broken leg. This saw Queensland only use 19 ...