State of Origin 1998

The 1998 State of Origin Series was the 19th edition of the State of Origin rugby league tournament . It consisted of three games that took place between May 22nd and June 19th. Queensland won the Series 2-1.

Game 1

May 22	New South Wales Blues	23:24	Queensland Maroons	Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney Spectators: 36,070 Referee: Bill Harrigan
	Tries: Brasher , Daley , Fittler , Menzies , Wishart Elevations: Johns (1/5) Dropgoals: Johns (1)	(13: 6) Report	Tries: Carroll , Langer , Price , Walters Increases: Lockyer (4/4)

1 Tim Brasher 2 Rod Wishart 3 Andrew Ettingshausen 4th Terry Hill 5 Adam MacDougall 6th Laurie Daley 7th Andrew Johns 8th Rodney Howe 9 Geoff Toovey 10 Paul Harragon 11 Dean Pay 12 Nik Kosef 13 Brad Fittler Substitute: 14th David Barnhill 15th Steve Menzies 16 Matthew Johns

1 Darren Lockyer 2 Wendell Sailor 3 Steve Renouf 4th Darren Smith 5 Matt Sing 6th Kevin Walters 7th Allan Langer 8th Shane Webcke 9 Jason Hetherington 10 Gary Larson 11 Wayne Bartrim 12 Jason Smith 13 Peter Ryan Substitute: 14th Steve Price 15th Martin Lang 16 Ben Ikin 17th Tonie Carroll

Game 2

June 5th	Queensland Maroons	10:26	New South Wales Blues	Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane Spectators: 40,447 Referee: Bill Harrigan
	Tries: Sailor , Sing Raises: Lockyer (1/2)	(6:20) report	Tries: McGregor (2), Brasher , Fittler , MacDougall Elevations: Johns (3/5)

1 Darren Lockyer 2 Wendell Sailor 3 Steve Renouf 4th Darren Smith 5 Matt Sing 6th Kevin Walters 7th Allan Langer 8th Shane Webcke 9 Jason Hetherington 10 Gary Larson 11 Gorden Tallis 12 Brad Thorn 13 Wayne Bartrim Substitute: 14th Steve Price 15th Martin Lang 16 Ben Ikin 17th Tonie Carroll

1 Tim Brasher 2 Rod Wishart 3 Paul McGregor 4th Terry Hill 5 Adam MacDougall 6th Laurie Daley 7th Andrew Johns 8th Rodney Howe 9 Geoff Toovey 10 Paul Harragon 11 Dean Pay 12 David Barnhill 13 Brad Fittler Substitute: 14th Glenn Lazarus 15th Andrew Ettingshausen 16 Nik Kosef 17th Steve Menzies

Game 3

June 19th	New South Wales Blues	4:19	Queensland Maroons	Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney Spectators: 38,952 Referee: Bill Harrigan
	Tries: McGuinness	(4:12) Report	Tries : Ikin , Langer , Walters Raise: Lockyer (2/2) O'Davis (1/1) Dropgoals: Smith (1)

1 Tim Brasher 2 Rod Wishart 3 Laurie Daley 4th Terry Hill 5 Adam MacDougall 6th Brad Fittler 7th Andrew Johns 8th Glenn Lazarus 9 Matthew Johns 10 Tony Butterfield 11 David Furner 12 David Barnhill 13 Jim Dymock Substitute: 14th Robbie Kearns 15th Ken McGuinness 16 Dean Pay 17th Steve Menzies

1 Darren Lockyer 2 Robbie O'Davis 3 Steve Renouf 4th Ben Ikin 5 Wendell Sailor 6th Kevin Walters 7th Allan Langer 8th Shane Webcke 9 Jamie Goddard 10 Gary Larson 11 Gorden Tallis 12 Jason Smith 13 Darren Smith Substitute: 14th Steve Price 15th Matt Sing 16 Peter Ryan 17th Andrew Gee

Man of the Match

game	Man of the Match
1	Allan Langer
2	Rodney Howe
3	Shane Webcke

Web links

• State of Origin Series 1998 on rugbyleagueproject.org