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Attendance: 33,088

There was no Queensland-only player-of-series medal yet in 1989 -- the Wally Lewis Medal (now the Ron McAuliffe Medal) was not introduced until 1992, so none is recorded for this series. Exact try-scoring minutes not confirmed.

Scorers

Queensland	Tries: Hancock (2); Meninga (2); Langer; Lindner; McIndoe Goals: Meninga (4/5) Sin bin: Lewis (5 min, exact minute unconfirmed)
New South Wales	Tries: Ettingshausen Goals: Daley (1/1)

Teams

Queensland			New South Wales
1	Gary Belcher	Fullback	Garry Jack	1
2	Michael Hancock	Wing	Chris Johns	2
3	Tony Currie	Centre	Andrew Farrar	3
4	Mal Meninga	Centre	Laurie Daley	4
5	Alan McIndoe	Wing	John Ferguson	5
6	Wally Lewis	Five-eighth	Terry Lamb	6
7	Allan Langer	Halfback	Des Hasler	7
8	Dan Stains	Prop	Paul Dunn	8
9	Kerrod Walters	Hooker	Mario Fenech	9
10	Martin Bella	Prop	John Cartwright	10
11	Gene Miles	Second Row	Gavin Miller	11
12	Paul Vautin	Second Row	Paul Sironen	12
13	Bob Lindner	Lock	Bradley Clyde	13
Substitutes
14	Trevor Gillmeister		Glenn Lazarus	14
15	Dale Shearer		Greg Alexander	15
16	Gary Coyne		Andrew Ettingshausen	16
17	Michael Hagan		Chris Mortimer	17
Arthur Beetson		Coach	Jack Gibson

Player of the Match

Martin Bella (Queensland)

Match officials

Referee

Mick Stone

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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