State Of Origin 1981

Queensland Origin 22 def. New South Wales Origin 15

State Of Origin 1981

Maroons
22
15
Blues
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/2296
Status Completed
Date Tuesday, 28th July, 1981
Kick Off 8:00 PM (local time)
Referee Kevin Steel
Venue Lang Park (Brisbane)
Crowd 25,613
Official Player of the Match Chris Close
Match Stats
Halftime Score 5 15
Scrums 6 9
Penalties 14 5
QLD Scoresheet NSW
Brad BACKER T 2 Eric GROTHE
Chris CLOSE   Michael CRONIN
Wally LEWIS      
 
Mal MENINGA PT    
 
Mal MENINGA 5/7 G 3/3 Michael CRONIN
 
Rod MORRIS BIN Steve BOWDEN
QLD Teams NSW
Colin SCOTT 1 FB 1 Phil SIGSWORTH
[Newtown]
Brad BACKER 2 W 2 Terry FAHEY
[Eastern Suburbs]
Mal MENINGA 3 C 3 Michael CRONIN
[Parramatta]
Chris CLOSE 4 C 4 Steve ROGERS (c)
[Cronulla]
Mitch BRENNAN
[Souths]
5 W 5 Eric GROTHE
[Parramatta]
 
Wally LEWIS (c) 6 FE 6 Terry LAMB
[Western Suburbs]
Ross HENRICK 7 HB 7 Peter STERLING
[Parramatta]
 
Chris PHELAN 8 L 8 Ray PRICE
[Parramatta]
Rohan HANCOCK 9 2R 9 Les BOYD
[Manly]
Paul McCABE
[Eastern Suburbs]
10 2R 10 Peter TUNKS
[Souths]
Paul KHAN
[Cronulla]
11 FR 11 Ron HILDITCH
[Parramatta]
Greg CONESCU 12 HK 12 Barry JENSEN
[Newtown]
Rod MORRIS
[Balmain]
13 FR 13 Steve BOWDEN
[Newtown]
 
Mark MURRAY 14 B 14 Garry DOWLING
[Western Suburbs]
Norm CARR 15 B    
 
Arthur BEETSON   HC   Ted GLOSSOP
   
 

Team Info

Queensland Origin

Previous Game:
State Of Origin 1980 - Game 1 vs. NSW
Next Game:
State Of Origin 1982 - Game 1 vs. NSW
Out:
Kerry Boustead (wing), Alan Smith (five-eighth), Greg Oliphant (halfback), John Lang (hooker), Arthur Beetson (front row), Rod Reddy (second row)
In:
Mitch Brennan (wing), Ross Henrick (halfback), Greg Conescu (hooker), Paul Khan (front row), Paul McCabe (second row), Chris Phelan (lock), Mark Murray (bench), Norm Carr (bench)
Changes:
Wally Lewis (lock to five-eighth)

New South Wales Origin

Previous Game:
State Of Origin 1980 - Game 1 vs. QLD
Next Game:
State Of Origin 1982 - Game 1 vs. QLD
Out:
Graham Eadie (fullback), Chris Anderson (wing), Greg Brentnall (wing), Alan Thompson (five-eighth), Tom Raudonikis (halfback), Gary Hambly (front row), Steve Edge (hooker), Craig Young (front row), Bob Cooper (second row), Graeme Wynn (second row), Jim Leis (lock), Robert Stone (bench)
In:
Phil Sigsworth (fullback), Terry Fahey (wing), Eric Grothe (wing), Terry Lamb (five-eighth), Peter Sterling (halfback), Steve Bowden (front row), Barry Jensen (hooker), Ron Hilditch (front row), Peter Tunks (second row), Les Boyd (second row), Ray Price (lock), Garry Dowling (bench)

Match Notes

- Graham O'Grady (NSW) was on the bench but not used in the match

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson