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Message: [QUOTE="Broncoman, post: 2586130, member: 7803"] [B]State of Origin 1 1992 [/B]I see this game as one of the most pivotal events in Origin history. It was the opener to the first series without Wally Lewis and NSW changed the coach and captain with Phil Gould taking over from Tim Sheens and Laurie Daley taking over from Benny Elias. Gould would go on to become NSW's most successful coach and Daley imo the greatest captain. NSW won an extremely physical and brutal encounter 14-6 to score first blood in the series and began a 3 year reign as Origin champions. NSW fielded 4 newcomers in Paul Harragon, Paul Mcgregor, Graham Mackay and Robbie McCormack. Brad Fittler and Daley changed positions with Laurie playing his first Origin in the halves. Ricky Stuart was selected at halfback but withdrew with injury and Illawarra teenager John Simon was called in to debut. The Maroons fielded a familiar side. Shearer was switched to fullback after Paul Hauff and Gary Belcher were injured, Kevin Walters got his first start after 7 games as a reserve and Trevor Gillmeister was recalled as Andrew Gee was injured. The first half was a brutal and fast moving encounter as Lazarus was penalised in the first play and Cartwright and Gillmeister were lucky to escape penalty for high shots. The Blues opened the scoring after a penalty enabled them to receive territory and they capitalised on it as Elias and Cartwright wrapped around and sent Bradley Clyde over in the corner. Wishart converted from touch to give the Blues a 6-0 lead. Clyde exited the game in the 17th minute after suffering bone and ligament damage. After a near miss the Maroons pressed the Blues line and got rewarded as an offload from Allan sent Langer over as NSW's defence was slow to react. Meninga landed the simple conversion to tie the score. Defence was dominating as the game was dominated by heavy tackles and swinging arms. Larson as knocked out after playing superbly and went of on a stretcher. Despite poor execution by NSW which gifted Queensland chances to score the Blues survived and the score was locked at halftime. Bone crunching and bruising defence continued to dominate the game as both sides continued to go for each other. Daley was knocked out attempting to tackle Peter Jackson and was carried off and Benny Elias received a nasty headgash when attempting to gather a lose ball. NSW continued to control field position and eventually got the lead as Elias forced the ball loose from Shearer and Steve Walters caught the ball offside. Wishart landed the goal and got the lead back with 22 to go. Elias continued to be a great influence and it was exemplified when after Shearer fumbled a grubber from Simon, Elias passed short to Salvatori who scored beside the posts and NSW had breathing space and lead 14-6 with 15 to go. Queensland threatened to steal the game but scrambling defence by the Blues held them out and NSW ground their way to a win. Notes - Harragon debuted after winning MOM in City-Country which was won 17-10 by Country. Harragon went on to become one of Origin's greatest warriors and played a mighty game on debut - Queensland really missed Wally Lewis's guidance I reckon if he played he would've gotten the Maroons out of trouble on a fair few occasions - The players that were injured (Gary Larson, Laurie Daley and Bradley Clyde) all were playing outstandingly and Daley would've won MOM if he played the whole game I think. It went to Benny Elias. - This was the game where Elias's mother ran out and wiped her son's blood away as he was doing a post match interview - I thought the Blues won this game on the back of their speed and quick play the ball's which left Queensland with less in the tank when they had to attack and it got the Blues better field position as a result. Queensland also were quite error prone and Daley and Elias guided the team around effectively and John Simon played well for a 19 year old on debut. - I hear Queenslander's sometimes complain about the commentary these days about being bias towards NSW. Fatty was one of the main callers in these times and he was literally saying "GO QUEENSLAND" on air. Doesn't bother in me in the slightest though Origin always brings out your true colours and it made the game more enjoyable. New South Wales 14; Tries by Bradley Clyde and Craig Salvatori, 3 goals by Rod Wishart Queensland 6; Try by Allan Langer and a goal by Mal Meninga New South Wales 1: Andrew Ettinghausen 2: Rod Wishart 3: Paul McGregor 4: Brad Fittler 5: Graham Mackay 6: Laurie Daley (captain) 7: John Simon 8: Glenn Lazarus 9: Benny Elias 10: Paul Harragon 11: Paul Sironen 12: John Cartwright 13: Bradley Clyde 14: Robbie McCormack 15: Craig Salvatori 16: Brad Mackay 17: David Gillespie Coach: Phil Gould Queensland 1: Dale Shearer 2: Michael Hancock 3: Peter Jackson 4: Mal Meninga (captain) 5: Willie Carne 6: Kevin Walters 7: Allan Langer 8: Martin Bella 9: Steve Walters 10: Steve Jackson 11: Trevor Gillmeister 12: Bob Linder 13: Gary Larson 14: Mark Coyne 15: Gary Coyne 16: Steve Renouf 17: Gary Larson [/QUOTE]

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