Game 2, 1984 State of Origin
June 19, 1984 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Game 2, 1984 State of Origin: Queensland 14–2 New South Wales, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on June 19, 1984.
Attendance: 29,088
Queensland fielded Mal Meninga at wing this game, with Miles and Close at centre -- an unusual positional note, reported as sourced. Infamous opening-minute brawl triggered by Steve Roach. New South Wales scored no try, its only points coming from a single Ross Conlon penalty goal. This game's full scoring breakdown and lineups were resolved via a dedicated follow-up research pass.
Scorers
| Queensland | Tries: Dowling; Miles Goals: Meninga (3/4) |
| New South Wales | Goals: Conlon (1/4) |
Teams
| Queensland | New South Wales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Scott | Fullback | Garry Jack | 1 |
| 2 | Kerry Boustead | Wing | Eric Grothe | 2 |
| 3 | Gene Miles | Centre | Brett Kenny | 3 |
| 4 | Chris Close | Centre | Andrew Farrar | 4 |
| 5 | Mal Meninga | Wing | Ross Conlon | 5 |
| 6 | Wally Lewis | Five-eighth | Terry Lamb | 6 |
| 7 | Mark Murray | Halfback | Steve Mortimer | 7 |
| 8 | Paul Vautin | Prop | Ray Price | 8 |
| 9 | Wally Fullerton-Smith | Hooker | Wayne Pearce | 9 |
| 10 | Bryan Niebling | Prop | Noel Cleal | 10 |
| 11 | Dave Brown | Second Row | Peter Tunks | 11 |
| 12 | Greg Conescu | Second Row | Royce Simmons | 12 |
| 13 | Greg Dowling | Lock | Steve Roach | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Bob Lindner | Steve Ella | 14 | |
| Pat Jarvis | 15 | |||
| Arthur Beetson | Coach | Frank Stanton | ||
Player of the Match
Wally Lewis (Queensland)
Match officials
| Referee | Barry Gomersall |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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