Queensland Origin 22 def. New South Wales Origin 15
| 1981 State Of Origin | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/2296 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Tuesday, 28th July, 1981 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 8:00pm (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 | – | 8 | |||||
| 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 [South Sydney] | 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 [South Sydney] | ||||
| 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:
- 1980 State Of Origin - Game 1 vs. NSW
- Next Game:
- 1982 Winfield State Of Origin - 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:
- 1980 State Of Origin - Game 1 vs. QLD
- Next Game:
- 1982 Winfield State Of Origin - 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.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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