Game 1
New South Wales Origin 23 lost to Queensland Origin 24
| 1998 Harvey Norman State Of Origin Game 1 | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/2367 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Friday, 22nd May, 1998 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 8:00pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Bill Harrigan | |||||||
| Touch Judges | Colin White, David Goener | |||||||
| Video Ref | John Gocher | |||||||
| Venue | SFS (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 36,070 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Allan Langer | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 13 | – | 6 | |||||
| Scrums | 7 | – | 3 | |||||
| Penalties | 1 | – | 3 | |||||
| NSW | Scoresheet | QLD | ||||||
| Tim BRASHER | T | Tonie CARROLL | ||||||
| Laurie DALEY | Allan LANGER | |||||||
| Brad FITTLER | Steve PRICE | |||||||
| Steve MENZIES | Kevin WALTERS | |||||||
| Rod WISHART | ||||||||
| Andrew JOHNS | 1/5 | G | 4/4 | Darren LOCKYER | ||||
| Andrew JOHNS | FG | |||||||
| NSW | Teams | QLD | ||||||
| Tim BRASHER [South Sydney] | 1 | FB | 1 | Darren LOCKYER [Brisbane] | ||||
| Rod WISHART [Illawarra] | 2 | W | 2 | Wendell SAILOR [Brisbane] | ||||
| Andrew ETTINGSHAUSEN [Cronulla] | 3 | C | 3 | Steve RENOUF [Brisbane] | ||||
| Terry HILL [Manly] | 4 | C | 4 | Darren SMITH [Brisbane] | ||||
| Adam MacDOUGALL [Newcastle] | 5 | W | 5 | Matt SING [Sydney City] | ||||
| Laurie DALEY (c) [Canberra] | 6 | FE | 6 | Kevin WALTERS [Brisbane] | ||||
| Andrew JOHNS [Newcastle] | 7 | HB | 7 | Allan LANGER (c) [Brisbane] | ||||
| Rodney HOWE [Melbourne] | 8 | FR | 8 | Shane WEBCKE [Brisbane] | ||||
| Geoff TOOVEY [Manly] | 9 | HK | 9 | Jason HETHERINGTON [Canterbury] | ||||
| Paul HARRAGON [Newcastle] | 10 | FR | 10 | Gary LARSON [North Sydney] | ||||
| Dean PAY [Parramatta] | 11 | 2R | 11 | Wayne BARTRIM [St George] | ||||
| Nik KOSEF [Manly] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Jason SMITH [Parramatta] | ||||
| Brad FITTLER [Sydney City] | 13 | L | 13 | Peter RYAN [Brisbane] | ||||
| David BARNHILL [Sydney City] | 16 | B | 14 | Steve PRICE [Canterbury] | ||||
| Steve MENZIES [Manly] | 17 | B | 15 | Martin LANG [Cronulla] | ||||
| Matthew JOHNS [Newcastle] | 14 | B | 16 | Ben IKIN [North Sydney] | ||||
| B | 17 | Tonie CARROLL [Brisbane] | ||||||
| Tom RAUDONIKIS | HC | Wayne BENNETT | ||||||
Team Info
New South Wales Origin
- Previous Game:
- 1997 Coca Cola State Of Origin - Game 3 vs. QLD
- Next Game:
- 1998 Harvey Norman State Of Origin - Game 2 vs. QLD
- Out:
- Ken McGuinness (wing), Jamie Ainscough (centre), Matt Seers (wing), Trent Barrett (five-eighth), Mark Carroll (front row), Adam Muir (second row), David Fairleigh (bench), John Simon (bench), Michael Buettner (bench)
- In:
- Rod Wishart (wing), Andrew Ettingshausen (centre), Adam MacDougall (wing), Laurie Daley (five-eighth), Rodney Howe (front row), Brad Fittler (lock), David Barnhill (bench), Matthew Johns (bench)
- Changes:
- Geoff Toovey (halfback to hooker), Andrew Johns (hooker to halfback), Steve Menzies (second row to bench), Nik Kosef (lock to second row), Dean Pay (bench to second row)
Queensland Origin
- Previous Game:
- 1997 Coca Cola State Of Origin - Game 3 vs. NSW
- Next Game:
- 1998 Harvey Norman State Of Origin - Game 2 vs. NSW
- Out:
- Robbie O'Davis (fullback), Brett Dallas (wing), Mark Coyne (centre), Julian O'Neill (centre), Adrian Lam (halfback), Clinton O'Brien (front row), Jamie Goddard (hooker), Neil Tierney (front row), Billy Moore (lock), Stuart Kelly (bench), Jeremy Schloss (bench), Craig Smith (bench)
- In:
- Darren Lockyer (fullback), Wendell Sailor (wing), Steve Renouf (centre), Darren Smith (centre), Kevin Walters (five-eighth), Allan Langer (halfback), Shane Webcke (front row), Jason Hetherington (hooker), Peter Ryan (lock), Steve Price (bench), Martin Lang (bench), Tonie Carroll (bench)
- Changes:
- Ben Ikin (five-eighth to bench), Gary Larson (second row to front row), Wayne Bartrim (bench to second row)
Match Notes
- Ken McGuinness was on the bench for NSW but not used
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash
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