Game 3, 1991 State of Origin
June 12, 1991 · Lang Park, Brisbane
Game 3, 1991 State of Origin: Queensland 14–12 New South Wales, at Lang Park, Brisbane on June 12, 1991.
Attendance: 33,226
Series decider. Wally Lewis announced his Origin retirement during the final 10 minutes of this match -- his last Origin game, and Martin Bella's Man of the Match award came despite his own 10-minute sin bin. There was no Queensland-only player-of-series medal yet in 1991 (the Wally Lewis Medal began in 1992, with Allan Langer its first winner).
Scorers
| Queensland | Tries: Hancock; Hauff; Shearer Goals: Meninga (1/4) Sin bin: Bella (10 min, exact minute unconfirmed) |
| New South Wales | Tries: Hasler; C. Johns; O'Connor |
Teams
| Queensland | New South Wales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Hauff | Fullback | Greg Alexander | 1 |
| 2 | Michael Hancock | Wing | Chris Johns | 2 |
| 3 | Peter Jackson | Centre | Mark McGaw | 3 |
| 4 | Mal Meninga | Centre | Michael O'Connor | 4 |
| 5 | Willie Carne | Wing | Rod Wishart | 5 |
| 6 | Wally Lewis | Five-eighth | Brad Fittler | 6 |
| 7 | Allan Langer | Halfback | Ricky Stuart | 7 |
| 8 | Martin Bella | Prop | Steve Roach | 8 |
| 9 | Steve Walters | Hooker | Ben Elias | 9 |
| 10 | Steve Jackson | Prop | David Gillespie | 10 |
| 11 | Andrew Gee | Second Row | John Cartwright | 11 |
| 12 | Mike McLean | Second Row | Bradley Clyde | 12 |
| 13 | Gary Larson | Lock | Brad Mackay | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Kevin Walters | Des Hasler | 14 | |
| 15 | Dale Shearer | Brad Izzard | 15 | |
| 16 | Gary Coyne | Craig Salvatori | 16 | |
| 17 | Bob Lindner | David Fairleigh | 17 | |
| Graham Lowe | Coach | Tim Sheens | ||
Player of the Match
Martin Bella (Queensland)
Match officials
| Referee | Bill Harrigan |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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