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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.

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. <br> 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. Jersey numbers were announced for the first match on 23 April and for the second match on 7 May 2025. The same jersey numbers were retained for the third match, apart from a swap between reserves.<br> Tallies in the table include all three matches of the 2025 series against Queensland. <br> 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 detail

2006

2007

2008

<small>The Woman's Interstate Challenge was played as a two-game series in 2008.</small>

Game 1

Game 2

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

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 3228.

Game 1

Game 2

2024

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

2025

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Records

Margins and streaks

Biggest winning margins

Biggest losing margins

See also

References

External links