Game II 1989 State of Origin series

queensland wrapped 1989 series in game ii in courageous effort in origin history. lost allan langer broken leg, mal meninga fractured eye socket , paul vautin elbow injury half-time. in second half, michael hancock came off bruised shoulder while bob lindner played on fracture in ankle carried of match before retiring 5 minutes end, leaving maroons down 12 men.

lindner, stayed on field despite injury there no reserves left, claimed toughest match in had played , wally lewis, scored memorable 40-metre try, rated queensland s greatest performance. maroon s coach beetson irate @ blues intimidating tactics, claiming new south wales hard man peter kelly allowed referee manson away illegal tackling.

the day before game, nsw players entered jack gibson s hotel room talk him , reportedly shocked find coach entertaining enemy. in room, long-time friends gibson , maroons coach arthur beetson enjoying drink , playing cards.

despite 36-6 thrashing in game 1, nsw public got behind team resulted in capacity crowd of 40,000 attending game 2 @ sydney football stadium. date second largest sydney crowd in origin history after 42,048 had attended game 2 of 1987 series @ sydney cricket ground.