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{{Short description|Australian rugby league series}}
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{{Infobox State of Origin series
| year = 1984
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| caption = Logo of the [[Australian Rugby League]]
| winners = [[File:Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[Queensland state rugby league team|Queensland]]
| margin =
| points = 91
| attendance = 79309
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| top try scorer = [[File:Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[Kerry Boustead]] (4)
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The '''1984 State of Origin series''' was the
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==Game I==
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| title = Origin: Rugby league's greatest contest 1980 - 2002
| publisher = [[University of Queensland]] Press
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| isbn =978-0-7022-3383-8}}</ref> [[Canterbury Bulldogs|Canterbury-Bankstown]] halfback [[Steve Mortimer]] was originally selected as the Blues halfback, but withdrew with a hamstring injury. Mortimer later confirmed he had actually faked the injury as he wasn't happy with the selection of long-time rival [[Peter Sterling (rugby league commentator)|Peter Sterling]] on the bench. Mortimer felt that with Sterling's [[Parramatta Eels|Parramatta]] team mate [[Ray Price (rugby)|Ray Price]] as team captain, he would not have a voice or be able to run the team on the field as he wished to. Sterling was elevated to the starting line up after Mortimer's withdrawal with [[St George Dragons|St George]]'s [[Brian Hetherington]] selected as the reserve back.
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|date = Tuesday, 29 May 1984<ref>[http://www.nrlstats.com/origin/match.cfm?MatchID=11174 1984 State of Origin game 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304214927/http://www.nrlstats.com/origin/match.cfm?MatchID=11174 |date=4 March 2012 }} at ''nrlstats.com''</ref>
|report = [http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game9.html (Report)]
|team1 = [[File:Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[Queensland State of Origin Team|Queensland]]
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|stadium =[[Lang Park]]
|attendance = 33,662
|referee= [[Kevin Roberts (referee)|Kevin Roberts]]<ref>[http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game9.html State Of Origin - Game 1, 1984] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001061219/http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game9.html |date=2007-10-01 }} at ''stats.rleague.com''</ref>
|manofmatch= [[Wally Lewis]] }}
Queensland were motivated by the announcement that New South Wales coach [[Frank Stanton (rugby league)|Frank Stanton]] had been appointed as [[
The Maroons won the match
==Game II==
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|date = Tuesday, 19 June 1984<ref>[http://www.nrlstats.com/origin/match.cfm?MatchID=11172 1984 State of Origin game 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304214936/http://www.nrlstats.com/origin/match.cfm?MatchID=11172 |date=4 March 2012 }} at ''nrlstats.com''</ref>
|report = [http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game10.html (Report)]
||team1 = [[File:Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[Queensland State of Origin Team|Queensland]]
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|stadium = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]]
|attendance = 29,088
|referee= [[Barry Gomersall]]<ref>[http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game10.html State Of Origin - Game 2, 1984] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815221028/http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game10.html |date=15 August 2007 }} at ''stats.rleague.com''</ref>
|manofmatch= [[Wally Lewis]] }}
Game II was played on a
Blues prop [[Steve Roach (rugby league)|Steve Roach]] triggered an all-in brawl in the second tackle of the match with players trading blows for more than a minute afterwards in three separate melees. The sight of [[Chris Close]], his jumper torn off, going blow-for-blow with New South Wales lock [[Ray Price (rugby footballer)|Ray Price]] became an enduring Origin image. When order was finally restored, Gomersall merely awarded a penalty against the Blues (which he had already called just as the fight started) and allowed play to continue.
Both sides dug in for a slogging defensive contest and not surprisingly, when Gomersall called a halt for half-time, neither side had scored. So bad were conditions, Blues second-rower [[Noel Cleal]] attempted a line drop out only for the ball to stick in the gluey mud and trickle a metre forward. In contrast, [[Wally Lewis]] had earlier kicked a drop out some 40 metres downfield which drew a glare from Gomersall, especially as a quarter line drop out from Lewis just 10 minutes into the game had barely travelled 10 metres. Lewis later admitted that he had distracted Gomersall by calling for his team to stay onside. When Gomersall looked away to check, Lewis kicked the ball but caught it before it hit the ground. The deadlock was only broken when [[Mal Meninga]] landed a penalty goal. shortly
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| title = State of Origin - 1980s
| work = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]
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The Blues responded with a penalty goal to winger [[Ross Conlon]] reducing the Queensland lead to a converted try but when Maroon centre [[Gene Miles]] powered his way over the line from dummy half, the Queensland lead extended to
==Game III==
With the series decided in Sydney, game III at [[Lang Park]] became a dead-rubber but was significant for the selection of [[Canterbury Bulldogs]] half-back [[Steve Mortimer]] as captain of New South Wales for the first time after [[Ray Price (rugby footballer)|Ray Price]] had elected to stand down from representative football following the third Ashes Test.
New South Wales selectors took the opportunity to blood a number of young players for the first time like [[Chris Mortimer]], [[Pat Jarvis (rugby league)|Pat Jarvis]] and [[Peter Wynn]] who along with Mortimer would play dominant roles in the Blues revival of 1985.
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|date = Tuesday, 17 July 1984<ref>[http://www.nrlstats.com/origin/match.cfm?MatchID=11173 1984 State of Origin game 3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304214942/http://www.nrlstats.com/origin/match.cfm?MatchID=11173 |date=4 March 2012 }} at ''nrlstats.com''</ref>
|report = [http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game11.html (Report)]
|team1 = [[File:New South Wales colours.svg|16px]] [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]]
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|stadium = [[Lang Park]]
|attendance = 16,559
|referee= Kevin Roberts<ref>[http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game11.html State Of Origin - Game 3, 1984] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819231323/http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game11.html |date=19 August 2007 }} at ''stats.rleague.com''</ref>
|manofmatch= [[Steve Mortimer]] }}
Mortimer inspired New South Wales to a
==Teams==
===New South Wales Blues===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="100"|Position▼
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! Wing
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! Centre
| colspan="2" | {{leagueicon|Parramatta|
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! Wing
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! Halfback
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! Prop
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! Prop
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! Second
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! Second
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! Lock
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| colspan="2" | {{leagueicon|Illawarra|size=16}} [[Brian Hetherington]]▼
| colspan="2" | {{leagueicon|Parramatta|size=16}} [[Steve Ella]]▼
| colspan="2" | {{leagueicon|Canterbury|size=16}} [[Mick Potter]]▼
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! Interchange
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! Interchange
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| colspan="4" |
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! Coach
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===Queensland Maroons===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="100"|Position▼
|-
! style="width:150px;"|Game 1
▲| colspan="6" | {{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} [[Colin Scott (rugby league)|Colin Scott]]
! style="width:150px;"|Game 2
! style="width:150px;"|Game 3
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! Fullback
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! Wing
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! Centre
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| colspan="6" | {{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} [[Wally Lewis]] (c)
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! Halfback
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! Prop
| colspan="6" | {{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} [[Greg Dowling]]
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! Prop
| colspan="6" | {{leagueicon|Manly|
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! Second
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! Second
| colspan="6" | {{leagueicon|Redcliffe Dolphins|16}} [[Wally Fullerton
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! Lock
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| colspan="4" |
▲| colspan="2" | {{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} [[Brett French]]
| colspan="2" | {{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|size=16}} [[Bob Lindner]]▼
▲| colspan="2" | [[Bob Kellaway]]
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! Interchange
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! Interchange
| colspan="2" | {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} [[Tony Currie (rugby league)|Tony Currie]]
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| colspan="4" |
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! Coach
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==Sources==
{{Reflist|40em}}
* ''Big League's 25 Years of Origin Collectors' Edition'', News Magazines, Surry Hills, Sydney
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