State of Origin 1988

The 1988 State of Origin Series was the ninth edition of the State of Origin rugby league tournament . It consisted of three games that took place between May 17th and June 21st. Queensland won the Series 3-0.

Game 1

17th of May	New South Wales Blues	18:26	Queensland Maroons	Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney Spectators: 26,441 Referee: Barry Gomersall
	Tries : Ettingshausen , McGaw , O'Connor Elevations: O'Connor (3/3)	(6:12) Report	Tries: Langer (2), Belcher , Jackson , McIndoe Elevations: Belcher (3/5)

1 Jonathan Docking 2 Brian Johnston 3 Mark McGaw 4th Michael O'Connor 5 Andrew Ettingshausen 6th Cliff Lyons 7th Peter Sterling 8th Wayne Pearce 9 Noel Cleal 10 Steve Folkes 11 Steve Roach 12 Royce Simmons 13 Les Davidson Substitute: 14th Terry Lamb 15th David Trewhella

1 Garry Belcher 2 Alan McIndoe 3 Tony Currie 4th Gene Miles 5 Joe Kilroy 6th Peter Jackson 7th Allan Langer 8th Paul Vautin 9 Bob Lindner 10 Wally Fullerton-Smith 11 Sam Backo 12 Greg Conescu 13 Martin Bella Substitute: 14th Brett French 15th Scott Tronc

Game 2

31. May	Queensland Maroons	16: 6	New South Wales Blues	Lang Park , Brisbane Spectators: 31,817 Referee: Mick Stone
	Attempts: Backo , Langer Raises : Belcher (2/2) Penalty kicks: Belcher (2/2)	(4: 6) Report	Tries: O'Connor Increases: O'Connor (1/1)

1 Gary Belcher 2 Alan McIndoe 3 Peter Jackson 4th Gene Miles 5 Tony Currie 6th Wally Lewis 7th Allan Langer 8th Paul Vautin 9 Bob Lindner 10 Wally Fullerton-Smith 11 Sam Backo 12 Greg Conescu 13 Martin Bella Substitute: 14th Brett French 15th Trevor Gillmeister

1 Garry Jack 2 John Ferguson 3 Mark McGaw 4th Michael O'Connor 5 Andrew Ettingshausen 6th Terry Lamb 7th Peter Sterling 8th Paul Langmack 9 Steve Folkes 10 Wayne Pearce 11 Steve Roach 12 Ben Elias 13 Phil Daley Substitute: 14th Paul Dunn 15th Hasler's

Game 3

June 21st	New South Wales Blues	22:38	Queensland Maroons	Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney Spectators: 16,910 Referee: Greg McCallum
	Tries: Ferguson , Hanson , O'Connor , Pearce Increases: O'Connor (3/4)	(18:18) Report	Attempts: Backo (2), Belcher , French , Kilroy , Langer , Lewis Increases: Belcher (5/7)

1 Garry Jack 2 John Ferguson 3 Mark McGaw 4th Michael O'Connor 5 Andrew Ettingshausen 6th Cliff Lyons 7th Hasler's 8th Paul Langmack 9 Wayne Pearce 10 Steve Folkes 11 Steve Roach 12 Ben Elias 13 Steve Hanson Substitute: 14th Noel Cleal 15th Greg Florimo

1 Gary Belcher 2 Alan McIndoe 3 Tony Currie 4th Peter Jackson 5 Joe Kilroy 6th Wally Lewis 7th Allan Langer 8th Paul Vautin 9 Bob Lindner 10 Wally Fullerton-Smith 11 Sam Backo 12 Greg Conescu 13 Martin Bella Substitute: 14th Brett French 15th Trevor Gillmeister

Man of the Match

game	Man of the Match
1	Allan Langer
2	Sam Backo
3	Sam Backo

Web links

• State of Origin Series 1988 on rugbyleagueproject.org