Game 3, 1990 State of Origin
June 13, 1990 · Lang Park, Brisbane
Game 3, 1990 State of Origin: Queensland 14–10 New South Wales, at Lang Park, Brisbane on June 13, 1990.
Attendance: 31,416
Series decider. Steve Jackson scored his try from the interchange bench (confirmed, not a lineup error). There was no Queensland-only player-of-series medal yet in 1990 (the Wally Lewis Medal began in 1992).
Scorers
| Queensland | Tries: Belcher; S. Jackson Goals: Belcher (2/3); Lewis (1/2) |
| New South Wales | Tries: Lazarus; McGaw Goals: Wishart (1/2) |
Teams
| Queensland | New South Wales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Belcher | Fullback | Andrew Ettingshausen | 1 |
| 2 | Alan McIndoe | Wing | Graham Lyons | 2 |
| 3 | Dale Shearer | Centre | Michael O'Connor | 3 |
| 4 | Peter Jackson | Centre | Mark McGaw | 4 |
| 5 | Willie Carne | Wing | Rod Wishart | 5 |
| 6 | Wally Lewis | Five-eighth | Brad Mackay | 6 |
| 7 | Allan Langer | Halfback | Ricky Stuart | 7 |
| 8 | Martin Bella | Prop | Glenn Lazarus | 8 |
| 9 | Kerrod Walters | Hooker | Ben Elias | 9 |
| 10 | Sam Backo | Prop | Ian Roberts | 10 |
| 11 | Trevor Gillmeister | Second Row | David Gillespie | 11 |
| 12 | Gary Coyne | Second Row | Bruce McGuire | 12 |
| 13 | Bob Lindner | Lock | Bradley Clyde | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Kevin Walters | Mark Sargent | 14 | |
| 15 | Michael Hagan | Paul Sironen | 15 | |
| 16 | Andrew Gee | Andrew Farrar | 16 | |
| 17 | Steve Jackson | Greg Alexander | 17 | |
| Arthur Beetson | Coach | Jack Gibson | ||
Player of the Match
Bob Lindner (Queensland)
Match officials
| Referee | David Manson |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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