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{{Short description|Australian rugby league series}}
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{{Infobox State of Origin series
| year = 1985
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| caption = Logo of the [[Australian Rugby League]]
| winners = [[File:New South Wales colours.svg|16px]] [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]]
| margin =
| points = 81
| attendance = 90937
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| pages = 68
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3nDbsx3Hk7QC
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{{Rugbyleaguebox
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = Tuesday, 28 May 1985<ref>[http://www.nrlstats.com/origin/match.cfm?MatchID=11175 1985 Game 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318214706/http://www.nrlstats.com/origin/match.cfm?MatchID=11175 |date=18 March 2012 }} at ''nrlstats.com''</ref>
|report = [http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game25.html (Report)]
|team1 = [[File:New South Wales colours.svg|16px]] [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]]
|team2 = [[File:Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[Queensland State of Origin Team|Queensland]]
|score = 18–2
|points1 = ('''18''' - 2 t, 5g) [[Michael O'Connor (rugby
|points2 = [[Mal Meninga]] ('''2''' - 1 g)
|stadium =[[Lang Park]], [[Brisbane, Queensland]]
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|manofmatch= [[Peter Wynn]] }}
Heavy rain confronted the players at [[Lang Park]] when the teams took the field for the opening match of the series, and it was thought players new to Origin football such as [[Michael O'Connor (rugby
The relentless Blues defence led by [[Steve Roach (rugby league)|Steve Roach]], [[Pat Jarvis (rugby league)|Pat Jarvis]] and [[Peter Wynn]] continually repelled the Maroons and helped keep the Blues line intact for the first time at Origin level. Five-eighth [[Brett Kenny]] earned wide praise for his efforts opposite [[Wally Lewis]] who was subjected to merciless pressure for almost the entire match. New coach [[Terry Fearnley]] and his captain [[Steve Mortimer]] had plotted for months to uncover a secret factor that would bring an end to the Maroons' Origin stranglehold. The strategy was to heap pressure on Lewis, Queensland's five-eighth and playmaker and the Blues carried out the plan perfectly.
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{{Rugbyleaguebox
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|date = Tuesday, 11 June 1985<ref>[http://www.nrlstats.com/origin/match.cfm?MatchID=11176 1985 Game 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318214713/http://www.nrlstats.com/origin/match.cfm?MatchID=11176 |date=18 March 2012 }} at ''nrlstats.com''</ref>
|report = [http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game26.html (Report)]
||team1 = [[File:New South Wales colours.svg|16px]] [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]]
|team2 = [[File:Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[Queensland State of Origin Team|Queensland]]
|score = 21–14
|points1 = ('''4''' - 1 t) [[Chris Mortimer]] <br> ('''4''' - 1 t) [[Benny Elias]] <br>('''4''' - 1 t) [[Brett Kenny]] <br> ('''9''' - 4 g, 1 fg) [[Michael O'Connor (rugby
|points2 = [[Bob Lindner]]('''4''' - 1 t) <br> [[Ian French]] ('''4''' - 1 t)<br> [[Mal Meninga]] ('''6''' - 3 g)
|stadium = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]]
|attendance = 39,068
|referee= [[Barry Gomersall]]
|manofmatch= [[Wally Lewis]] }}
With history possibly in the making a large New South Wales home crowd turned out in wet conditions at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]]. The match was played on a knife's edge when after the Blues had taken a
The New South Wales forwards relentlessly hurled themselves at the Queensland defence until cracks slowly began to appear. A penalty goal and then a sharply taken [[Drop goal#Rugby league|field goal]] by O'Connor gave the Blues a
It was the inspiration the Blues needed and when five-eighth [[Brett Kenny]] dashed over for the decisive try a minute from full-time, it sparked scenes of jubilation among the New South Wales players. Broadcast images that now form part of Origin folklore captured a rapturous Mortimer chaired from the field and then falling to the ground full of emotion and pride in the Blues' historic first series victory.<ref>{{cite news
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{{Rugbyleaguebox
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|date = Tuesday, 23 July 1985<ref>[http://www.nrlstats.com/origin/match.cfm?MatchID=11177 1985 Game 3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318214719/http://www.nrlstats.com/origin/match.cfm?MatchID=11177 |date=18 March 2012 }} at ''nrlstats.com''</ref>
|report = [http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game27.html (Report)]
|team1 = [[File:Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[Queensland State of Origin Team|Queensland]]
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|stadium = [[Lang Park]]
|attendance = 18,825
|referee= [[Barry Gomersall]]
|manofmatch= [[Wally Fullerton Smith]] }}
Queensland took the field in Game III determined to avoid a whitewash but also smarting from a national selection controversy. Blues coach [[Terry Fearnley]] was also the [[Australia national rugby league team|Australian national]] coach and the match was played after the Australia v [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]] [[1985 Kangaroo Tour of New Zealand|Test series that year]]. Fearnley had dropped four players, all of them Maroons after the second Test. The Kiwis went on to win the third test
Queensland came out breathing fire and as the score mounted, late in the game Maroons forward [[Greg Dowling]], one of the players axed by Fearnley, left the field replaced and stopped by the Blues bench to give Fearnley a passionate serve and tirade of abuse. Following this event ARL officials would legislate that the national coach never be a serving Origin coach to avoid the possibility of such embarrassing scenes or the potential for claims of bias.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Steve Ricketts |author2=Barry Dick |author3=Paul Malone |title=The 30 greatest controversies in 30 years of State of Origin series|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/the-30-greatest-controversies-in-30-years-of-state-of-origin-series/story-e6frf9if-1226364330596|accessdate=26 May 2012|newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]]|date=23 May 2012}}</ref>
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===New South Wales===
With the departure of [[Frank Stanton (rugby league)|Frank Stanton]], [[Terry Fearnley]] was brought in to coach the New South Wales side.
{| class="wikitable"
!width="125"|Position
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! Centre
| colspan="6" | {{leagueicon|St George|16}} [[Michael O'Connor (rugby
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! Centre
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===Queensland===
With the departure of [[Arthur Beetson]], [[1984 Brisbane Rugby League season]]-winning [[Wynnum Manly Seagulls]] coach, [[Des Morris]] was brought in to coach Queensland for the 1985 series.
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!width="125"|Position
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! Prop
| colspan="6" | {{leagueicon|Easts|16}} [[Dave Brown (rugby league,
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! Second Row
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