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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2644107, member: 1899"] [B]State of Origin Game II 1982[/B] Lang Park, Queensland [B]Queensland 11[/B] (Miles, Ribot, Vautin tries; Scott 1/3, Lewis 0/1 goals) defeated [B]New South Wales 7[/B] (Izzard try; Melrose 2/3 goals) [B]Queensland[/B] 1. Colin Scott 2. John Ribot 3. Graham Quinn* 4. Gene Miles 5. Brad Backer 6. Wally Lewis (c) 7. Mark Murray 8. Norm Carr 9. Paul McCabe 13. Rohan Hancock 11. Paul Khan 12. John Dowling 14. Rod Morris Bench: 10. Paul Vautin Coach: Arthur Beetson [B]New South Wales[/B] 1. Greg Bretnall 2. Tony Melrose 3. Brad Izzard 4. Steve Rogers 5. Ziggy Niszczot 6. Alan Thompson 7. Steve Mortimer 8. Ray Price 9. John Muggleton 10. Tony Rampling 11. Craig Young 12. Max Krillich 13. John Coveney 14. Brett Kenny* 15. Royce Ayliffe Coach: Frank Stanton Queensland bounce back after a disappointing performance to square the series up 1 a piece. The Maroons played far more fluid footy than their southern rivals and presented less opportunities giving them the edge in a rugged affair. [B]BP Man of the Match[/B] - Paul McCabe In my view, really summed the Maroons performance up. The Manly Backrow was really disappointing in Game 1 but bounced back really well, making plenty of half-breaks and coming up with some very important tackles. The official man of the match was Rod Morris who was certainly deserving but for me, McCabe just had the better all-round performance. [B]How Did Wally Play? [/B]Was the best half on the field. Didn't get as involved as others but still came up with some very important plays that enabled Queensland to stay on top. [B]Other Notes[/B] - One Game Wonders: NSW: Tony Melrose (South Sydney) & QLD: Graham Quinn (St. George). Neither were all that great in their one and only game. Quinn is best remembered for being palmed off by a 20 year old, Brad Izzard, in the best try of the game. Melrose on the other hand was beaten at least four times by Ribot out-wide and missed the conversion on Izzard's try which was important since goal-kicking was a big reason why he was brought into the team. In fairness, Melrose was a centre at club level, not a wing and that lack of experience shone through. - The game is probably best remembered as the debut of the 'Grasshopper' Barry Gommersall. A lot has been made about his favouritism towards the Maroons but I've got to say in this game he was fairly even. Queensland probably got one or two calls their way, particularly late when Bretnall was called for being tackled in-goal when he had actually made it out but really all Barry did as far as I've noticed is that instead of repacking scrums, he just blew penalties based on whoever mucked the scrum up. - Colin Scott had one of the worst attempts at goal I've ever seen. It was a tough one, but the ball barely went 10m - Miles had a decent game in his starting debut. Made a few mistakes as the game wore on, but created plenty of head-aches early for the Blues including a strong effort to score the first try of the evening. - Vautin came on late for Carr I believe and redeemed himself scoring the match winner with the game ticking down. It was a pretty simple try, with one of the big boppers throwing an offload, Hancock accepting the pass before putting Vautin into space. [/QUOTE]

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