New South Wales 38 def. Queensland 14
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 1997
Referee: Mogsheen Jadwat
Venue: Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, NSW, Australia
| New South Wales U17 (38) | Queensland U17 (14) | ||
| 1 | Luke PATTEN (Illawarra) | 1 | Chris FLANNERY (Kawana) |
| 2 | Matthew PINK (North Sydney) | 2 | Leon WALLIS (Innisfail Brothers) |
| 3 | Joel PENNY (North Sydney) | 3 | Casey McGUIRE (Caloundra) |
| 4 | Anthony MINICHIELLO (Sydney City) | 4 | Mark EACOTT (South Queensland) |
| 5 | Trent ESTATHEO (Newcastle) | 5 | Peter MLADENOVIC (Valleys Toowoomba) |
| 6 | Damien BOWER (Lismore) | 6 | Stephen ROBINSON (Wattles Toowoomba) |
| 7 | James GAMGEE (Balmain) | 7 | Denny LAMBERT (Ipswich Brothers) |
| 8 | Tevita AMONE (Western Suburbs) | 8 | Nathan DOYLE (Valleys Gladstone) |
| 9 | Grant COLEMAN (Macleay Valley) | 9 | Nathan VENN (Aspley) – (c) |
| 10 | Chad ROBINSON (Parramatta) | 10 | Ben ROSS (Nambour) |
| 11 | Scott GEDDES (Parramatta) | 11 | James BROWN (Southport) |
| 12 | Phil BAILEY (Inverell) | 12 | Tony JENSEN (Newtown) |
| 13 | Kurt RUDDER (Newcastle) | 13 | Ben COOK (Caloundra) |
| 14 | Mark RIDDELL (Sydney City) | 14 | Matthew WHEELER (Souths Brisbane) |
| 15 | Jason CAYLESS (Parramatta) | 15 | Bevan COSTELLO (Murgon) |
| 16 | Anthony MAROUN (Parramatta) | 16 | Max JOHNSON (Mareeba) |
| 17 | Kurt HANCOCK (North Sydney) | 17 | Nick BOWMAN (Dalby) |
| Coach | David BROOKS | Coach | Neil WHARTON |
| Tries | Tries | ||
| Trent ESTATHEO | Leon WALLIS (2) | ||
| James GAMGEE | Chris FLANNERY | ||
| Scott GEDDES | |||
| Luke PATTEN | |||
| Joel PENNY | |||
| Matthew PINK | |||
| Mark RIDDELL | |||
| Goals | Goals | ||
| Matthew PINK (4) | Denny LAMBERT | ||
| Anthony MAROUN |
18TH MAN 