Game 2, 1986 State of Origin
June 10, 1986 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Game 2, 1986 State of Origin: New South Wales 24–20 Queensland, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on June 10, 1986.
Attendance: 40,707
This game had a record Origin crowd at the time (40,707). Bob Lindner started at second row (#11), not on the bench, resolving a genuine cross-source jersey-number inconsistency found in earlier research -- confirmed via a dedicated follow-up cross-referencing Wikipedia's independent positional table. Darryl Brohman's only appearance this series was as prop (#10) in this game.
Scorers
| New South Wales | Tries: Cleal; Farrar; Kenny; O'Connor; Pearce Goals: O'Connor (2/6) |
| Queensland | Tries: French; Kiss; Lindner; Shearer Goals: Meninga (2/4) |
Teams
| New South Wales | Queensland | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garry Jack | Fullback | Gary Belcher | 1 |
| 2 | Brian Hetherington | Wing | Dale Shearer | 2 |
| 3 | Chris Mortimer | Centre | Mal Meninga | 3 |
| 4 | Michael O'Connor | Centre | Gene Miles | 4 |
| 5 | Andrew Farrar | Wing | Les Kiss | 5 |
| 6 | Brett Kenny | Five-eighth | Wally Lewis | 6 |
| 7 | Peter Sterling | Halfback | Mark Murray | 7 |
| 8 | Steve Roach | Prop | Cavill Heugh | 8 |
| 9 | Royce Simmons | Hooker | Greg Conescu | 9 |
| 10 | Peter Tunks | Prop | Darryl Brohman | 10 |
| 11 | Steve Folkes | Second Row | Bob Lindner | 11 |
| 12 | Noel Cleal | Second Row | Gavin Jones | 12 |
| 13 | Wayne Pearce | Lock | Ian French | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | David Gillespie | Peter Jackson | 14 | |
| Brad Tessmann | 15 | |||
| Ron Willey | Coach | Wayne Bennett | ||
Player of the Match
Peter Sterling (New South Wales)
Match officials
| Referee | Barry Gomersall |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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