Game 2, 1996 State of Origin
June 3, 1996 · Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Game 2, 1996 State of Origin: New South Wales 18–6 Queensland, at Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney on June 3, 1996.
Attendance: 41,955
Craig Greenhill (Queensland, interchange forward) was sent off for a high tackle on Paul Harragon -- the first send-off in State of Origin history; he was suspended 4 matches by a specially convened Origin judiciary. There is no dedicated 'sent off' field on this site, so this is captured here in prose rather than misrecorded as a sin bin. New South Wales fielded an unchanged starting lineup from Game I.
Scorers
| New South Wales | Tries: Mullins (2); Wishart Goals: Johns (3/3) |
| Queensland | Tries: Renouf Goals: O'Neill (1/1) |
Teams
| New South Wales | Queensland | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Brasher | Fullback | Wendell Sailor | 1 |
| 2 | Rod Wishart | Wing | Brett Dallas | 2 |
| 3 | Andrew Ettingshausen | Centre | Mark Coyne | 3 |
| 4 | Laurie Daley | Centre | Steve Renouf | 4 |
| 5 | Brett Mullins | Wing | Matt Sing | 5 |
| 6 | Brad Fittler | Five-eighth | Julian O'Neill | 6 |
| 7 | Geoff Toovey | Halfback | Allan Langer | 7 |
| 8 | Glenn Lazarus | Prop | Tony Hearn | 8 |
| 9 | Andrew Johns | Hooker | Steve Walters | 9 |
| 10 | Paul Harragon | Prop | Andrew Gee | 10 |
| 11 | David Furner | Second Row | Brad Thorn | 11 |
| 12 | Dean Pay | Second Row | Gary Larson | 12 |
| 13 | Adam Muir | Lock | Billy Moore | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Steve Menzies | Kevin Walters | 14 | |
| 15 | Jamie Ainscough | Jason Smith | 15 | |
| 16 | Jason Croker | Adrian Lam | 16 | |
| 17 | Jim Dymock | Craig Greenhill | 17 | |
| Phil Gould | Coach | Paul Vautin | ||
Player of the Match
Andrew Johns (New South Wales)
Match officials
| Referee | David Manson |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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