State of Origin 1987

The 1987 State of Origin Series was the eighth edition of the State of Origin rugby league tournament . It consisted of three games that took place between June 2nd and July 15th. Queensland won the Series 2-1.

Game 1

2th of June	Queensland Maroons	16:20	New South Wales Blues	Lang Park , Brisbane Spectators: 33,411 Referee: Mick Stone
	Attempts: Currie , Dowling , Shearer Elevations: Jackson (1/3) Penalties: Belcher (1/2)	(6:10) Report	Tries : O'Connor (2), Davidson , McGaw Elevations: O'Connor (2/4)

1 Gary Belcher 2 Dale Shearer 3 Gene Miles 4th Peter Jackson 5 Tony Currie 6th Wally Lewis 7th Allan Langer 8th Ian French 9 Paul Vautin 10 Trevor Gillmeister 11 Martin Bella 12 Greg Conescu 13 Greg Dowling Substitute: 15th Gary Smith

1 Garry Jack 2 Andrew Ettingshausen 3 Mark McGaw 4th Brian Johnston 5 Michael O'Connor 6th Brett Kenny 7th Peter Sterling 8th Wayne Pearce 9 Noel Cleal 10 Steve Folkes 11 Les Davidson 12 Royce Simmons 13 Pat Jarvis Substitute: 15th David Boyle

Game 2

June 16	New South Wales Blues	6:12	Queensland Maroons	Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 42,048 Referee: Barry Gomersall
	Tries: Farrar Raises: O'Connor (1/1)	(6: 4) Report	Try: Dowling , Scott , Shearer

1 Garry Jack 2 Mark McGaw 3 Michael O'Connor 4th Brian Johnston 5 Andrew Farrar 6th Brett Kenny 7th Peter Sterling 8th Wayne Pearce 9 Les Davidson 10 Steve Folkes 11 Pat Jarvis 12 Royce Simmons 13 David Boyle Substitute: 14th Hasler's 15th Paul Langmack

1 Gary Belcher 2 Colin Scott 3 Peter Jackson 4th Gene Miles 5 Dale Shearer 6th Wally Lewis 7th Allan Langer 8th Bob Lindner 9 Paul Vautin 10 Trevor Gillmeister 11 Martin Bella 12 Greg Conescu 13 Greg Dowling Substitute: 15th Ian French

Game 3

15th of July	Queensland Maroons	10: 8	New South Wales Blues	Lang Park , Brisbane Spectators: 32,602 Referee: Barry Gomersall
	Attempts: Lindner , Shearer Penalty kicks: Shearer (1/1)	(10: 8) Report	Attempts: Boyle raises: O'Connor (1/1) Penalty kicks: O'Connor (1/1)

1 Gary Belcher 2 Colin Scott 3 Peter Jackson 4th Gene Miles 5 Dale Shearer 6th Wally Lewis 7th Allan Langer 8th Bob Lindner 9 Paul Vautin 10 Trevor Gillmeister 11 Bryan Niebling 12 Greg Conescu 13 Greg Dowling Substitute: 14th Tony Currie 15th Ian French

1 Garry Jack 2 Brian Johnston 3 Andrew Ettingshausen 4th Brett Kenny 5 Michael O'Connor 6th Cliff Lyons 7th Peter Sterling 8th Wayne Pearce 9 Les Davidson 10 David Boyle 11 Phil Daley 12 Royce Simmons 13 Peter Tunks Substitute: 14th Mark McGaw 15th Steve Folkes

Man of the Match

game	Man of the Match
1	Les Davidson
2	Peter Sterling
3	Allan Langer

Web links

• State of Origin Series 1987 on rugbyleagueproject.org