State of Origin 1982

The 1982 State of Origin Series was the third edition of the State of Origin rugby league tournament . It consisted of three games that took place between June 1 and June 22, making it the first State of Origin tournament to consist of multiple games. Queensland won the Series 2-1.

Game 1

June 1st	Queensland Maroons	16:20	New South Wales Blues	Lang Park , Brisbane Spectators: 27,326 Referee: Kevin Roberts
	Attempts: Brennan , Ribot Elevations: Meninga (2/2) Penalty Kicks: Meninga (3/4)	(6:12) Report	Attempts: Niszczot (2), Izzard , Mortimer Elevations: Cronin (3/4) Penalty kicks: Cronin (1/1)

1 Colin Scott 2 John Ribot 3 Mitch Brennan 4th Mal Meninga 5 Kerry Boustead 6th Wally Lewis 7th Mark Murray 8th Paul Vautin 9 Paul McCabe 10 Bruce Walker 11 Paul Khan 12 John Dowling 13 Rohan Hancock Substitute: 14th Bob Kellaway 15th Gene Miles

1 Greg Brentnall 2 Chris Anderson 3 Ziggy Niszczot 4th Mick Cronin 5 Steve Rogers 6th Alan Thompson 7th Steve Mortimer 8th Ray Price 9 John Muggleton 10 Tony Rampling 11 Craig Young 12 Max Krilich 13 John Coveney Substitute: 14th Royce Ayliffe 15th Brad Izzard

Game 2

8th June	Queensland Maroons	11: 7	New South Wales Blues	Lang Park , Brisbane Spectators: 19,435 Referee: Barry Gomersall
	Tries : Miles , Ribot , Vautin Increases: Scott (1/3)	(5: 3) report	Attempts: Izzard Penalty Kicks: Melrose (2/2)

1 Colin Scott 2 John Ribot 3 Graham Quinn 4th Gene Miles 5 Brad Backer 6th Wally Lewis 7th Mark Murray 8th Norm Carr 9 Paul McCabe 14th Rod Morris 11 Paul Khan 12 John Dowling 13 Rohan Hancock Substitute: 10 Paul Vautin 15th Greg Holben

1 Greg Brentnall 2 Tony Melrose 3 Brad Izzard 4th Steve Rogers 5 Ziggy Niszczot 6th Alan Thompson 7th Steve Mortimer 8th Ray Price 9 John Muggleton 10 Tony Rampling 11 Craig Young 12 Max Krilich 13 John Coveney Substitute: 15th Brett Kenny 16 Royce Ayliffe

Game 3

June 22	New South Wales Blues	5:10	Queensland Maroons	Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 20,242 Umpire: Don Wilson
	Attempts: Duke Penalty Kicks: Cronin (1/2)	(3: 5) report	Attempts: Hancock , Lewis Elevations: Meninga (2/2)

1 Phil Sigsworth 2 Terry Fahey 3 Mick Cronin 4th Brad Izzard 5 Phillip Duke 6th Brett Kenny 7th Steve Mortimer 8th Ray Price 9 Les Boyd 10 Paul Merlo 11 Don McKinnon 12 Max Krilich 13 Royce Ayliffe Substitute: 14th Alan Thompson 15th Craig Young

1 Mitch Brennan 2 John Ribot 3 Gene Miles 4th Mal Meninga 5 Kerry Boustead 6th Wally Lewis 7th Mark Murray 8th Norm Carr 9 Paul McCabe 10 Rohan Hancock 11 Paul Khan 12 John Dowling 13 Rod Morris Substitute: 14th Paul Vautin 15th Tony Currie

Man of the Match

game	Man of the Match
1	Mal Meninga
2	Rod Morris
3	Wally Lewis

Web links

• State of Origin Series 1982 on rugbyleagueproject.org