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1981 State of Origin game

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in the game. In the final moments of the game with Qld again attacking the NSW line as they had done for most of the second half, Meninga grubber kicked the ball into the NSW in-goal and gave chase, but he was tackled without the ball by Steve Rogers before he could get to it causing referee Steele to award Qld a penalty try. Meninga converted from in front to complete Queensland's victory, setting a standard of expectation for miraculous Queensland comebacks that has been met time and time again in subsequent contests.
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the line for the try. Soon after Price sent Sterling through a big gap in the defence and he found Cronin backing up on his outside to score. After Cronin converted his own try, NSW led 10–0 after just 16 minutes. Grothe scored his second try moments later after Henrick was penalised for not retiring behind a scrum. A simple run-around move saw Sterling pass to Price who sent his winger bursting through a weak
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grabbed Grothe's hair before backhanding him out of the way. Close then picked up the ball from dummy-half and dived through Steve Rogers tackle to score next to the posts. Other NSW players would later claim they hung back from tackling Close as they expected to receive a penalty for the back hander
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Lewis had told him earlier in the day that he was motivated to play well after receiving criticism from the Sydney media for both his selection in the Australian team and his supposedly lacklustre form in the tests against France. The media had wanted City and NSW state of residence games five-eighth
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Minutes after the restart came an enduring moment that has become part of Origin folklore. Queensland fullback Colin Scott received a pass from Lewis off the scrum near halfway and split the defence, bursting past NSW captain Steve Rogers in a 55-metre charge that ended just short of the line thanks
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Following the break, new Queensland captain Wally Lewis sparked a second-half Maroons revival when he stepped past Sterling and went on a long, diagonal run, breaking a late attempt at tackle by Ray Price to score a dazzling (and much-replayed) individual try. Barry Ross told television viewers that
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to score in the corner to give the Blues a 5–0 lead after Cronin's sideline conversion. Backer's tackle had actually caused Grothe to fall and he looked to have stopped less than half a metre short, but Scott's subsequent effort hitting the Blues winger as he hit the ground actually dragged him over
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The momentum was now fully with Queensland and with 5 minutes remaining frustrated Blues lock Ray Price appeared to head-butt Queensland lock Chris Phelan in the play the ball, 20 metres out right in front of the posts. He was penalised and Meninga's kick put the Maroons in front for the first time
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With the score 15–0 after less than 20 minutes it looked like the days of old with NSW dominating. However, Queensland's defence stiffened, and they took back some momentum just before half-time when winger Backer grabbed a try in the corner off a long pass from McCabe to make it 15–5. NSW had been
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clashed in an early tackle, following an errant elbow from Bowden, and punches were thrown. In the ensuing melee, Lewis sought out Terry Lamb and gave him a rugged welcome to interstate football with a number of uppercuts. After 7 minutes of play, the next scrum erupted into a brawl with Bowden and
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With rugby league officials from NSW still not convinced of the State of Origin format, the 1980 model was repeated in 1981 when the first two matches were played under the old residential selection criteria. With the confidence gained from the 1980 Origin win, the Queensland residents were more
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to a despairing tackle by Grothe (who had started almost 10 metres behind Scott when he started the chase, showcasing his speed as Scott was no slouch). Grothe clung to Scott's ankles as he waited for his teammates to get back in defence, but in a now-famous image, Maroons centre
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who had made his test debut a few weeks earlier against France. Mortimer reportedly paid the price for the Australia's less than convincing 17–2 second test win against the weak French at Lang Park despite having led Australia to a comprehensive 43–2 win in the first test at the
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who was making his Origin debut for the Blues. Glossop later recounted that he was told of Lamb's selection immediately after training and even then thought of going his own way until told the NSWRL insisted that Lamb play 5/8 and Rogers was not play anywhere but in the centres.
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for 10 minutes (though replays indicated that Morris had done most of the punching with Bowden unusually restrained) with NSW receiving a penalty. In that period the Blues raced to a 15–0 lead thanks to their Parramatta connection of Peter Sterling,
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and were surprised when it never came (there were claims that Grothe had injured himself when he tackled Scott, though Close disputes this saying he first yelled at Grothe to let go before back handing him when he didn't move).
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as fullback and play Lamb from the bench. The team actually trained in those positions on the morning of the game before Lamb arrived and according to Glossop, Rogers trained very well at pivot and combined well with Qld born
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For Rogers, the NSW captain, the Origin game (played on July 28) would be his 7th game in 24 days having played in the two tests against France as well as four games for his club team
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halfback, who had played in the two State of Residence games that had preceded both the French tests and the Origin game, described his demotion as
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a player in the team. There were 5 Queenslanders in the first test team, but Lewis was the only one not playing in the Sydney premiership.
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halfback Sterling, who had represented City Seconds earlier in the season, was a surprise choice over incumbent test halfback
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Roman Holiday. The game will prove nothing except that Brisbane is the only place in the world that would take it seriously."
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as his replacement and rushed him to Brisbane on the afternoon of the game. This was against the wishes of coach
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Morris singled out by referee Kevin Steele as the chief instigators, with both then sent to the
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The match featured a stunning comeback by the Maroons, an all-in-brawl, a 95-metre try by
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Though it seemed that it wasn't just the media who opposed the game. In a column in the
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Of Queensland's fifteen players used, four were selected from New South Wales clubs.
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Queensland chose to call on only four Sydney-based players for the game - winger
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and the second consecutive man-of-the-match performance from Queensland centre,
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running the ball our from their own line but lost possession when second rower
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in the test team instead of Lewis who they felt was only selected to give the
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and raced 95-metres down the touchline, easily out pacing his opposite number
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voted against Beetson's selection with a view to the future and the
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sideline reporter Barry Ross. Selectors then chose young
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competitive than they had been in years, losing 10–2 at
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before busting through the cover defending tackles of
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Index

Queensland
New South Wales
State of Origin selection rules
Eric Grothe, Sr.
Chris Close
1980 State of Origin game
The Daily Mirror
Ron Casey
Lang Park
Sunday Telegraph
Australian
Steve Rogers
France
Cronulla-Sutherland
Lang Park
Leichhardt Oval
Mitch Brennan
South Sydney
Paul McCabe
Easts
Rod Morris
Balmain
Paul Khan
Cronulla
Arthur Beetson
Redcliffe
Wally Lewis
1977 World Cup
Kevin Humphreys
Kangaroo Tour

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