State of Origin 1997

The 1997 State of Origin Series was the 18th edition of the State of Origin rugby league tournament . It consisted of three games that took place between May 28th and June 25th. New South Wales won the Series 2-1.

Game 1

28th of May	Queensland Maroons	6: 8	New South Wales Blues	Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane Spectators: 28,222 Referee: Kelvin Jeffes
	Attempts: Lam Raises : Bartrim (1/1)	(0: 8) report	Attempts: McGregor Elevations: John's (1/1) Penalties: Wishart (1/1)

1 Robbie O'Davis 2 Brett Dallas 3 Matt Sing 4th Mark Coyne 5 Danny Moore 6th Ben Ikin 7th Adrian Lam 8th Neil Tierney 9 Jamie Goddard 10 Craig Smith 11 Gary Larson 12 Billy Moore 13 Wayne Bartrim Substitute: 14th Jason Smith 15th Jeremy Castle 16 Tony Hearn 17th Stuart Kelly

1 Tim Brasher 2 Rod Wishart 3 Terry Hill 4th Paul McGregor 5 Jamie Ainscough 6th Jim Dymock 7th Geoff Toovey 8th Paul Harragon 9 Andrew Johns 10 Mark Carroll 11 Steve Menzies 12 Adam Muir 13 Nik Kosef Substitute: 14th David Fairleigh 15th Dean Pay 16 John Simon 17th Ken McGuinness

Game 2

June 11th	New South Wales Blues	15:14	Queensland Maroons	Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne Spectators: 25,105 Referee: David Manson
	Tries : Dymock , Kosef , McGuinness Increases: Simon (1/3) Dropgoals: Simon (1)	(14:10) Report	Tries : Dallas , O'Davis , Sing Increases: O'Neill (1/3)

1 Tim Brasher 2 Ken McGuinness 3 Paul McGregor 4th Terry Hill 5 Jamie Ainscough 6th Jim Dymock 7th John Simon 8th Paul Harragon 9 Geoff Toovey 10 Mark Carroll 11 Steve Menzies 12 Adam Muir 13 Nik Kosef Substitute: 14th David Fairleigh 15th Dean Pay 16 Matt Seers

1 Robbie O'Davis 2 Brett Dallas 3 Stuart Kelly 4th Mark Coyne 5 Matt Sing 6th Ben Ikin 7th Adrian Lam 8th Neil Tierney 9 Wayne Bartrim 10 Craig Smith 11 Gary Larson 12 Jason Smith 13 Billy Moore Substitute: 14th Jamie Goddard 15th Jeremy Castle 16 Clinton O'Brien 17th Julian O'Neill

Game 3

25th June	New South Wales Blues	12: 18	Queensland Maroons	Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney Spectators: 33,241 Umpire: Eddie Ward
	Tries: Ainscough , John's Raises: John's (1/1) Simon (1/1)	(2:12) Report	Tries : Coyne , Ikin , O'Neill Increases: O'Neill (3/3)

1 Tim Brasher 2 Ken McGuinness 3 Jamie Ainscough 4th Terry Hill 5 Matt Seers 6th Trent Barrett 7th Geoff Toovey 8th Mark Carroll 9 Andrew Johns 10 Paul Harragon 11 Adam Muir 12 Steve Menzies 13 Nik Kosef Substitute: 14th Simon 15th Michael Buettner 16 Dean Pay 17th David Fairleigh

1 Robbie O'Davis 2 Brett Dallas 3 Mark Coyne 4th Julian O'Neill 5 Matt Sing 6th Ben Ikin 7th Adrian Lam 8th Clinton O'Brien 9 Jamie Goddard 10 Neil Tierney 11 Gary Larson 12 Jason Smith 13 Billy Moore Substitute: 14th Stuart Kelly 15th Jeremy Castle 16 Craig Smith 17th Wayne Bartrim

Man of the Match

game	Man of the Match
1	Geoff Toovey
2	Paul McGregor
3	Gary Larson

Web links

• State of Origin Series 1997 on rugbyleagueproject.org