1997 Under-17 State of Origin
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 1997
Referee: Mogsheen Jadwat
Venue: Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, New South Wales, Australia

New South Wales U17 38 – 14 Queensland U17
Illawarra Luke PATTEN 1 FB 1 Chris FLANNERY Kawana
North Sydney Matthew PINK 2 WG 2 Leon WALLIS Innisfail Brothers
North Sydney Joel PENNY 3 CE 3 Casey McGUIRE Caloundra
Sydney City Anthony MINICHIELLO 4 CE 4 Mark EACOTT South Queensland
Newcastle Trent ESTATHEO 5 WG 5 Peter MLADENOVIC Valleys Toowoomba
Lismore Damien BOWER 6 FE 6 Stephen ROBINSON Wattles Toowoomba
Balmain James GAMGEE 7 HB 7 Denny LAMBERT Ipswich Brothers
Western Suburbs Tevita AMONE 8 PR 8 Nathan DOYLE Valleys Gladstone
Macleay Valley Grant COLEMAN 9 HK 9 Nathan VENN (c) Aspley
Parramatta Chad ROBINSON 10 PR 10 Ben ROSS Nambour
Parramatta Scott GEDDES 11 SR 11 James BROWN Southport
Inverell Phil BAILEY 12 SR 12 Tony JENSEN Newtown
Newcastle Kurt RUDDER 13 LK 13 Ben COOK Caloundra
Sydney City Mark RIDDELL 14 BE 14 Matthew WHEELER Souths Brisbane
Parramatta Jason CAYLESS 15 BE 15 Bevan COSTELLO Murgon
Parramatta Anthony MAROUN 16 BE 16 Max JOHNSON Mareeba
North Sydney Kurt HANCOCK 17 BE 17 Nick BOWMAN Dalby
David BROOKS Coach  Neil WHARTON
Trent ESTATHEO Tries Leon WALLIS (2)
James GAMGEE Chris FLANNERY
Scott GEDDES
Luke PATTEN
Joel PENNY
Matthew PINK
Mark RIDDELL
Matthew PINK (4) Goals Denny LAMBERT
Anthony MAROUN