State Of Origin 1988 Series

Game 2

Queensland Origin 16 def. New South Wales Origin 6

State Of Origin 1988

Maroons
16
6
Blues
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/2316
Status Completed
Date Tuesday, 31st May, 1988
Referee Mick Stone
Venue Lang Park (Brisbane)
Crowd 31,817
Official Player of the Match Sam Backo
Match Stats
Halftime Score 4 6
Scrums 13 11
Penalties 9 6
QLD Scoresheet NSW
Sam BACKO T Michael O'CONNOR
Allan LANGER      
 
Gary BELCHER 4/4 G 1/3 Michael O'CONNOR
 
Wally LEWIS BIN5 Steve FOLKES
 
Greg CONESCU BIN Phil DALEY
      Steve ROACH
QLD Teams NSW
Gary BELCHER
[Canberra]
1 FB 1 Garry JACK
[Balmain/Salford]
Alan McINDOE
[Illawarra]
2 W 2 John FERGUSON
[Canberra]
Peter JACKSON
[Canberra/Leeds]
3 C 3 Mark McGAW
[Cronulla]
Gene MILES
[Brisbane]
4 C 4 Michael O'CONNOR
[Manly]
Tony CURRIE
[Canterbury]
5 W 5 Andrew ETTINGSHAUSEN
[Cronulla]
 
Wally LEWIS (c)
[Brisbane]
6 FE 6 Terry LAMB
[Canterbury]
Allan LANGER
[Brisbane]
7 HB 7 Peter STERLING
[Parramatta]
 
Paul VAUTIN
[Manly]
8 L 8 Paul LANGMACK
[Canterbury]
Bob LINDNER
[Parramatta/Castleford]
9 2R 9 Steve FOLKES
[Canterbury]
Wally FULLERTON-SMITH
[St George]
10 2R 10 Wayne PEARCE (c)
[Balmain]
Sam BACKO
[Canberra]
11 FR 11 Steve ROACH
[Balmain]
Greg CONESCU
[Brisbane]
12 HK 12 Ben ELIAS
[Balmain]
Martin BELLA
[North Sydney]
13 FR 13 Phil DALEY
[Manly]
 
Brett FRENCH
[North Sydney]
14 B 14 Paul DUNN
[Canterbury]
Trevor GILLMEISTER
[Eastern Suburbs]
15 B 15 Des HASLER
[Manly]
 
Wayne BENNETT   HC   John PEARD
   
 

Team Info

Queensland Origin

Previous Game:
State Of Origin 1988 - Game 1 vs. NSW
Next Game:
State Of Origin 1988 - Game 3 vs. NSW
Out:
Joe Kilroy (wing), Scott Tronc (bench)
In:
Wally Lewis (five-eighth), Trevor Gillmeister (bench)
Changes:
Tony Currie (centre to wing), Peter Jackson (five-eighth to centre)

New South Wales Origin

Previous Game:
State Of Origin 1988 - Game 1 vs. QLD
Next Game:
State Of Origin 1988 - Game 3 vs. QLD
Out:
Jonathan Docking (fullback), Brian Johnston (wing), Cliff Lyons (five-eighth), Les Davidson (front row), Royce Simmons (hooker), Noel Cleal (second row), David Trewhella (bench)
In:
Garry Jack (fullback), John Ferguson (wing), Phil Daley (front row), Ben Elias (hooker), Paul Langmack (lock), Paul Dunn (bench), Des Hasler (bench)
Changes:
Wayne Pearce (lock to second row), Terry Lamb (bench to five-eighth)

Match Notes

- This match saw the infamous incident where angry Queensland spectators threw cans of XXXX beer onto the field after Mick Stone gave Lewis a five minute sin-bin

Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Andrew Ferguson