Game 3, 1985 State of Origin
July 23, 1985 · Lang Park, Brisbane
Game 3, 1985 State of Origin: Queensland 20–6 New South Wales, at Lang Park, Brisbane on July 23, 1985.
Attendance: 18,825
Dead rubber -- New South Wales had already clinched its first-ever Origin series win (2-0 heading into this game). Des Hasler started at halfback in place of Steve Mortimer.
Scorers
| Queensland | Tries: Shearer (2); French; Ribot Goals: Meninga (2/6) |
| New South Wales | Tries: Ella Goals: O'Connor (1/1) |
Teams
| Queensland | New South Wales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Scott | Fullback | Garry Jack | 1 |
| 2 | John Ribot | Wing | John Ferguson | 2 |
| 3 | Mal Meninga | Centre | Chris Mortimer | 3 |
| 4 | Chris Close | Centre | Michael O'Connor | 4 |
| 5 | Dale Shearer | Wing | Eric Grothe | 5 |
| 6 | Wally Lewis | Five-eighth | Brett Kenny | 6 |
| 7 | Mark Murray | Halfback | Des Hasler | 7 |
| 8 | Paul Vautin | Prop | Wayne Pearce | 8 |
| 9 | Wally Fullerton-Smith | Hooker | David Brooks | 9 |
| 10 | Ian French | Prop | Peter Wynn | 10 |
| 11 | Dave Brown | Second Row | Steve Roach | 11 |
| 12 | Greg Conescu | Second Row | Ben Elias | 12 |
| 13 | Greg Dowling | Lock | Pat Jarvis | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Tony Currie | Steve Ella | 14 | |
| 15 | Cavill Heugh | Tony Rampling | 15 | |
| Des Morris | Coach | Terry Fearnley | ||
Player of the Match
Wally Fullerton-Smith (Queensland)
Match officials
| Referee | Barry Gomersall |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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