Game 1
Queensland Origin 6 lost to New South Wales Origin 8
| 1997 Coca Cola State Of Origin Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/2360 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 28th May, 1997 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 8:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Kelvin Jeffes | |||||||
| Touch Judges | Phil Cooley, Colin White | |||||||
| Venue | Suncorp (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 28,222 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Geoff Toovey | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 0 | – | 8 | |||||
| Scrums | 8 | – | 5 | |||||
| Penalties | 6 | – | 6 | |||||
| QLD | Scoresheet | NSW | ||||||
| Adrian LAM | T | Paul McGREGOR | ||||||
| Wayne BARTRIM | 1/1 | G | 1/2 | Andrew JOHNS | ||||
| 1/1 | Rod WISHART | |||||||
| QLD | Teams | NSW | ||||||
| Robbie O'DAVIS [Newcastle] | 1 | FB | 1 | Tim BRASHER [Balmain] | ||||
| Brett DALLAS [North Sydney] | 2 | W | 2 | Rod WISHART [Illawarra] | ||||
| Matt SING [Sydney City] | 3 | C | 3 | Terry HILL [Manly] | ||||
| Mark COYNE [St George] | 4 | C | 4 | Paul McGREGOR [Illawarra] | ||||
| Danny MOORE [Manly] | 5 | W | 5 | Jamie AINSCOUGH [St George] | ||||
| Ben IKIN [North Sydney] | 6 | FE | 6 | Jim DYMOCK [Parramatta] | ||||
| Adrian LAM (c) [Sydney City] | 7 | HB | 7 | Geoff TOOVEY (c) [Manly] | ||||
| Neil TIERNEY [Manly] | 8 | FR | 8 | Paul HARRAGON [Newcastle] | ||||
| Jamie GODDARD [Gold Coast] | 9 | HK | 9 | Andrew JOHNS [Newcastle] | ||||
| Craig SMITH [Illawarra] | 10 | FR | 10 | Mark CARROLL [Manly] | ||||
| Gary LARSON [North Sydney] | 11 | 2R | 11 | Steve MENZIES [Manly] | ||||
| Billy MOORE [North Sydney] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Adam MUIR [Newcastle] | ||||
| Wayne BARTRIM [St George] | 13 | L | 13 | Nik KOSEF [Manly] | ||||
| Jason SMITH [Parramatta] | 14 | B | 14 | David FAIRLEIGH [North Sydney] | ||||
| Jeremy SCHLOSS [Gold Coast] | 15 | B | 15 | Dean PAY [Parramatta] | ||||
| Tony HEARN [St George] | 16 | B | 16 | John SIMON [Parramatta] | ||||
| Stuart KELLY [Parramatta] | 17 | B | 17 | Ken McGUINNESS [Western Suburbs] | ||||
| Paul VAUTIN | HC | Tom RAUDONIKIS | ||||||
Team Info
Queensland Origin
- Previous Game:
- 1996 Tooheys State Of Origin - Game 3 vs. NSW
- Next Game:
- 1997 Coca Cola State Of Origin - Game 2 vs. NSW
- Out:
- Wendell Sailor (fullback), Willie Carne (wing), Steve Renouf (centre), Dale Shearer (five-eighth), Allan Langer (halfback), Steve Walters (hooker), Andrew Gee (front row), Brad Thorn (second row), Owen Cunningham (bench)
- In:
- Robbie O'Davis (fullback), Danny Moore (wing), Ben Ikin (five-eighth), Neil Tierney (front row), Jamie Goddard (hooker), Craig Smith (front row), Wayne Bartrim (lock), Jeremy Schloss (bench), Stuart Kelly (bench)
- Changes:
- Tony Hearn (front row to bench), Billy Moore (lock to second row), Matt Sing (bench to centre), Adrian Lam (bench to halfback)
New South Wales Origin
- Previous Game:
- 1996 Tooheys State Of Origin - Game 3 vs. QLD
- Next Game:
- 1997 Coca Cola State Of Origin - Game 2 vs. QLD
- Out:
- Andrew Ettingshausen (centre), Laurie Daley (centre), Brett Mullins (wing), Brad Fittler (five-eighth), Glenn Lazarus (front row), David Furner (second row), Jason Croker (bench)
- In:
- Terry Hill (centre), Paul McGregor (centre), Mark Carroll (front row), Nik Kosef (lock), David Fairleigh (bench), John Simon (bench), Ken McGuinness (bench)
- Changes:
- Dean Pay (second row to bench), Adam Muir (lock to second row), Steve Menzies (bench to second row), Jamie Ainscough (bench to wing), Jim Dymock (bench to five-eighth)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
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