becoming the club's first State of Origin representative when he played for Queensland in the first State of Origin match in 1989. Unfortunately Lindner's appearances for the Giants were limited to only 10 games. Lindner would leave the club after only one season. The Giants won seven games and drew one in the 1989 season which was a great improvement on their first season. The month of June proved to be a memorable on. They went undefeated for four weeks drawing with Western Suburbs 12 all, and defeating; the Newcastle Knights 12–6, the North Sydney Bears 6–4, and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 29–6. The Victory against The Sea Eagles was the club's biggest win at the time. Young halfback Geoffrey "Geoff" Bagnall stood tall for The Giants during that period. Particularly playing well in the draw against The Magpies. The experience of players such as Ron Gibbs, Chris Close and Billy Johnstone proved invaluable to the club during what was a very good season for the team. They were consistently among the best players and many of the younger players in the side benefited from their expertise. Keith Neller suffered several injuries during the 1989 campaign that limited his effectiveness for the Giants Home crowd attendances improved despite very poor weather. The club's leading points scorer for the 1989 season was again Mike Eden who scored a mere 63 points (3 tries, 25 goals, 1 field goal). The leading try scorer was Peter Benson who scored 7 tries. The worrying aspect for the club overall was that the team could only score 34 tries, 3 fewer than in 1988. Although the club showed great improvement in defense conceding 101 fewer points than the previous season. Major Sponsor Seagulls Leagues Club Gold Coast Seagulls 1990 Season The Gold Coast Giants' name was changed to Gold Coast Seagulls, but although the Tweed reference was dropped from the name, they continued to play out of Seagulls Stadium. Along with a change of name came a change of colours to black, white, and red. The biggest news in the history of Gold Coast followed the Seagulls most traumatic year in the NSWRL. The revelation that former Australian captain and State of Origin King Wally Lewis, would be joining the club for the 1991 season after a falling out with the Brisbane Broncos and their coach Wayne Bennett. This news came upon a season where