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Attendance: 33,268

Dead rubber -- Queensland had already clinched a 3-0 whitewash. Queensland's #3/#4 centre pairing (Shearer/Currie) is confirmed as a pairing but the exact jersey-number assignment between the two carries some uncertainty between sources; the fourth interchange player for Queensland could not be confirmed, so only 3 of 4 bench slots are recorded. No Man of the Match source was found for this game. There was no Queensland-only player-of-series medal yet in 1989 (the Wally Lewis Medal began in 1992).

Scorers

Queensland	Tries: Shearer (2); Belcher; Currie; Hancock; McIndoe; K. Walters Goals: Shearer (4/6)
New South Wales	Tries: Hasler; B. McGuire; Trewhella Goals: O'Connor (2/2)

Teams

Queensland			New South Wales
1	Gary Belcher	Fullback	Garry Jack	1
2	Michael Hancock	Wing	Mark O'Connor	2
3	Dale Shearer	Centre	Brian Johnston	3
4	Tony Currie	Centre	Chris Johns	4
5	Alan McIndoe	Wing	John Ferguson	5
6	Wally Lewis	Five-eighth	Des Hasler	6
7	Michael Hagan	Halfback	Greg Alexander	7
8	Sam Backo	Prop	Peter Kelly	8
9	Kerrod Walters	Hooker	David Trewhella	9
10	Martin Bella	Prop	Bruce McGuire	10
11	Dan Stains	Second Row	Mark Geyer	11
12	Gene Miles	Second Row	Gavin Miller	12
13	Paul Vautin	Lock	Brad Mackay	13
Substitutes
14	Kevin Walters		Terry Matterson	14
15	Gary Coyne		John Cartwright	15
16	Trevor Gillmeister		Phil Blake	16
			Alan Wilson	17
Arthur Beetson		Coach	Jack Gibson

Match officials

Referee

Greg McCallum

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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