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Series decider. Chris Anderson's 3 tries for New South Wales were an Origin record at the time. This game's full scoring breakdown and Queensland lineup -- previously unconfirmed -- were resolved via a dedicated follow-up research pass; the QLD tries and goals list, including Wally Lewis' field goal, is independently corroborated by both rugbyleagueproject.org and a QRL official PDF summary. Nine Queensland players were selected for the following week's Test against New Zealand, a measure of the scale of the win.

Scorers

Queensland	Tries: Brennan (2); D. Brown; Conescu; Miles; Niebling; Stacey Goals: Meninga (6/7); Scott (1/2) Drop goals: Lewis
New South Wales	Tries: Anderson (3); Mortimer Goals: Cronin (3/4)

Teams

Queensland			New South Wales
1	Colin Scott	Fullback	Marty Gurr	1
2	Mitch Brennan	Wing	Chris Anderson	2
3	Mal Meninga	Centre	Michael Cronin	3
4	Gene Miles	Centre	Steve Ella	4
5	Steve Stacey	Wing	Neil Hunt	5
6	Wally Lewis	Five-eighth	Brett Kenny	6
7	Mark Murray	Halfback	Steve Mortimer	7
8	Paul Vautin	Prop	Gavin Miller	8
9	Wally Fullerton-Smith	Hooker	Paul Field	9
10	Bryan Niebling	Prop	Stan Jurd	10
11	Dave Brown	Second Row	Lindsay Johnston	11
12	Greg Conescu	Second Row	Max Krilich	12
13	Brad Tessmann	Lock	Geoff Bugden	13
Substitutes
14	Bruce Astill		Kevin Hastings	14
15	Gavin Jones		Ray Brown	15
Arthur Beetson		Coach	Ted Glossop

Player of the Match

Wally Lewis (Queensland)

Match officials

Referee

Robin Whitfield

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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