Game 1, 1996 State of Origin
May 20, 1996 · Lang Park, Brisbane
Game 1, 1996 State of Origin: New South Wales 14–6 Queensland, at Lang Park, Brisbane on May 20, 1996.
Attendance: 39,348
Wendell Sailor's State of Origin debut, for Queensland. No Man of the Match source was found for this game.
Scorers
| New South Wales | Tries: Ettingshausen; Menzies Goals: Johns (3/3) |
| Queensland | Tries: Langer Goals: Bartrim (1/1) |
Teams
| New South Wales | Queensland | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Brasher | Fullback | Robbie O'Davis | 1 |
| 2 | Rod Wishart | Wing | Brett Dallas | 2 |
| 3 | Andrew Ettingshausen | Centre | Steve Renouf | 3 |
| 4 | Laurie Daley | Centre | Matt Sing | 4 |
| 5 | Brett Mullins | Wing | Wendell Sailor | 5 |
| 6 | Brad Fittler | Five-eighth | Jason Smith | 6 |
| 7 | Geoff Toovey | Halfback | Allan Langer | 7 |
| 8 | Glenn Lazarus | Prop | Tony Hearn | 8 |
| 9 | Andrew Johns | Hooker | Wayne Bartrim | 9 |
| 10 | Paul Harragon | Prop | Gary Larson | 10 |
| 11 | David Furner | Second Row | Trevor Gillmeister | 11 |
| 12 | Dean Pay | Second Row | Brad Thorn | 12 |
| 13 | Adam Muir | Lock | Billy Moore | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Jim Dymock | Alan Cann | 14 | |
| 15 | Jason Croker | Adrian Lam | 15 | |
| 16 | Jamie Ainscough | Craig Greenhill | 16 | |
| 17 | Steve Menzies | Michael Hancock | 17 | |
| Phil Gould | Coach | Paul Vautin | ||
Match officials
| Referee | David Manson |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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