New South Wales women's rugby league team
The New South Wales Women's rugby league team represents the Australian state of New South Wales in Women's rugby league football. Also known as the Blues due to their sky blue jerseys, the team competes in the annual State of Origin series against the neighboring team, the Queensland Women's rugby league team .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
History
The first state of Origin match began in 1999. Since that time, a 17-year reign had been completed by the Queensland side.
New South Wales won their first interstate challenge in 2016 after coming so close to winning in 2015, drawing with Queensland 4 all. New South Wales would then win back to back title winning in 2017. In 2018 New South Wales won the first ever Women's State of Origin match which was held at North Sydney Oval in mid-2018.NSW retained the shield with a win once again at North Sydney Oval in 2019.
Coaches
The current coach of the New South Wales team is John Strange .
The table is incomplete, with the coach unknown for 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, and 2011.
Players
Current squad
On 23 April 2025, the NSWRL announced the squad for the first match of the three-match series, which was subsequently played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on 1 May 2025.[ 22] [ 23] Jersey numbers were announced for the first match on 23 April and for the second match on 7 May 2025.[ 24] [ 25] The same jersey numbers were retained for the third match, apart from a swap between reserves.
Tallies in the table include all three matches of the 2025 series against Queensland.
Table last updated 30 May 2025.
Notes
Key to icons used in the above table
Results summary
Note: New South Wales score is given first.
Results From 1999 to present
Date
Opponent
Score
Competition
Venue
Attendance
Ref.
4 July 1999
Queensland
16–18
1999 Interstate Challenge
ANZ Stadium , Brisbane
[ 27] [ 28]
2000
Queensland
–
2000 Interstate Challenge
22 July 2001
Queensland
14–34
2001 Interstate Challenge
ANZ Stadium , Brisbane
[ 29]
23 June 2002
Queensland
16–26
2002 Interstate Challenge
Ipswich
[ 30] [ 31]
2003
Queensland
–
2003 Interstate Challenge
24 July 2004
Queensland
0 8–40
2004 Interstate Challenge (QLD win series 2–0)
Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane
[ 32]
31 July 2004
Queensland
0 8–46
EnergyAustralia Stadium , Newcastle
[ 33]
6 August 2005
Queensland
18–20
2005 Interstate Challenge
Henson Park , Marrickville
[ 34]
30 July 2006
Queensland
24–40
2006 Interstate Challenge
Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane
[ 35]
13 August 2007
Queensland
16–38
2007 Interstate Challenge
CUA Stadium , Penrith
[ 36]
8 July 2008
Queensland
6–8
2008 Interstate Challenge (QLD win series 2–0)
CUA Stadium , Penrith
[ 37]
9 August 2008
Queensland
0 4–46
Kougari Oval , Brisbane
[ 38]
18 July 2009
Queensland
14–20
2009 Interstate Challenge
CUA Stadium , Penrith
[ 39]
26 June 2010
Queensland
0 6–36
2010 Interstate Challenge
Albert Park, Gympie
[ 40]
25 May 2011
Queensland
0 0–26
2011 Interstate Challenge
Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane
[ 41]
23 June 2012
Queensland
10–34
2012 Interstate Challenge
Centrebet Stadium , Penrith
[ 42]
7 April 2013
Queensland
12–30
2013 Interstate Challenge
Davies Park , Brisbane
[ 43]
19 July 2014
Queensland
10–26
2014 Interstate Challenge
Leichhardt Oval , Sydney
[ 44]
27 June 2015
Queensland
4–4
2015 Interstate Challenge
1300SMILES Stadium , Townsville
[ 45]
23 July 2016
Queensland
8–4
2016 Interstate Challenge
Cbus Super Stadium , Gold Coast
[ 46]
23 July 2017
Queensland
22–60
2017 Interstate Challenge
WIN Stadium , Wollongong
[ 47]
22 June 2018
Queensland
16–10
2018 State of Origin
North Sydney Oval , Sydney
6,824
[ 48]
21 June 2019
Queensland
14–40
2019 State of Origin
North Sydney Oval , Sydney
10,515
[ 49]
13 November 2020
Queensland
18–24
2020 State of Origin
Sunshine Coast Stadium , Sunshine Coast
4,833
[ 50]
25 June 2021
Queensland
6–8
2021 State of Origin
Sunshine Coast Stadium , Sunshine Coast
7,183
[ 51]
24 June 2022
Queensland
20–14
2022 State of Origin
GIO Stadium , Canberra
11,321
[ 52]
21 June 2023
Queensland
10–18
2023 State of Origin (1–1, QLD win on aggregate score)
Commbank Stadium , Sydney
12,972
[ 53]
22 June 2023
Queensland
18–14
Queensland Country Bank Stadium , Townsville
18,275
[ 54]
16 May 2024
Queensland
22–12
2024 State of Origin (QLD win series 2–1)
Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane
25,492
[ 55]
6 June 2024
Queensland
10–11
McDonald Jones Stadium , Newcastle
25,782
[ 56]
27 June 2024
Queensland
0 6–22
Queensland Country Bank Stadium , Townsville
22,819
[ 57]
1 May 2025
Queensland
32–12
2025 State of Origin (NSW win series 2–1)
Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane
26,022
[ 58]
26 May 2025
Queensland
26–60
Allianz Stadium , Sydney
16,026
[ 59]
29 May 2025
Queensland
14–18
McDonald Jones Stadium , Newcastle
Results detail
2006
2007
Queensland Women
38 – 16
New South Wales Women
Tries Rachele Whelan 2 Bianca Ambrum 1 Teresa Anderson 1 Kellie Batchelor 1 Suzanne Johnson 1 Leah Williams 1 Goals Kellie Batchelor 5
Report HT 12-10
2008
The Woman's Interstate Challenge was played as a two-game series in 2008.
Game 1
Game 2
2009
Queensland Women
20 – 14
New South Wales Women
Tries Erin Elliott 1 Tahnee Norris 1 Nive Moefaauo 1 Tarah Westera 1 Goals Natalie Dwyer 1 Tegan Rolfe 1
Report
Tries 1 Poihaera Clark 1 Natalie Levy 1 Jessica Palmer Goals 1 Renee Gloss
2010
Albert Park,
Gympie Referee: Jon Kennedy
[ 63] Player of the Match:
Latisha Gary
2011
Queensland Women
26 – 0
New South Wales Women
Tries: Natalie Dwyer 1 Bianca Ambrum 1 Natasha Baggow 1 Natalie Gala 1 Karyn Murphy 1 Steph Hancock 1 Goals: Natalie Dwyer 1
Report[ 64]
Tries: nilGoals: nil
2012
Penrith Park
Player of the Match:
Heather Ballinger
2013
Davies Park, West End, Brisbane
2014
2015
2016
Notes:
This was the first time New South Wales won the trophy in all women's interstate challenge history.
2017
2018
Notes:
First official Women's State of Origin match.
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
The two-match series was decided — as the teams won one match each — on aggregate, with Queensland winning 32–28.[ 66]
Game 1
Game 2
2024
Game 1
Game 2
Thursday, 6 June 2024 7:45 PM
Game 3
Thursday, 27 June 2024 7:45 PM
2025
Game 1
Game 2
See also
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