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Tries worth 3 points in 1982, the first full best-of-three State of Origin series (1980 and 1981 were single Origin-rules trial matches only, already covered as their own single-match pages on this site). Paul Vautin came on as an interchange for Rohan Hancock at halftime. Sin-bin incidents (Dowling and Lewis for Queensland, Boyd for New South Wales) are recorded with moderate confidence -- sourced but not independently triple-confirmed by narrative prose.

Scorers

Queensland	Tries: Hancock; Lewis Goals: Meninga (2/3) Sin bin: Dowling (5 min, moderate confidence); Lewis (5 min, moderate confidence)
New South Wales	Tries: Duke Goals: Cronin (1/3) Sin bin: Boyd (5 min, moderate confidence)

Teams

Queensland			New South Wales
1	Mitch Brennan	Fullback	Phil Sigsworth	1
2	John Ribot	Wing	Terry Fahey	2
3	Gene Miles	Centre	Michael Cronin	3
4	Mal Meninga	Centre	Brad Izzard	4
5	Kerry Boustead	Wing	Phillip Duke	5
6	Wally Lewis	Five-eighth	Brett Kenny	6
7	Mark Murray	Halfback	Steve Mortimer	7
8	Norm Carr	Prop	Ray Price	8
9	Paul McCabe	Hooker	Les Boyd	9
10	Rohan Hancock	Prop	Paul Merlo	10
11	Paul Khan	Second Row	Don McKinnon	11
12	John Dowling	Second Row	Max Krilich	12
13	Rod Morris	Lock	Royce Ayliffe	13
Substitutes
14	Paul Vautin		Alan Thompson	14
			Craig Young	15
Arthur Beetson		Coach	Frank Stanton

Player of the Match

Wally Lewis (Queensland)

Match officials

Referee

Don Wilson

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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