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The New South Wales Women's rugby league team represents the Australian state of
New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
in
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football. Also known as the Blues due to their sky blue jerseys, the team competes in the annual
State of Origin series The State of Origin series is an annual best-of-three rugby league series between two States and territories of Australia, Australian state representative sides, the New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales Blues and the Queensland ru ...
against the neighboring team, the
Queensland Women's rugby league team Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west ...
.


History

The first state of Origin match began in 1999. Since that time, a 17-year reign had been completed by the
Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
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
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announced the squad for the first match of the three-match series, which was subsequently played at
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in
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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.
Tallies in the table include all three matches of the 2025 series against Queensland.
Table last updated 30 May 2025. Notes * Age is at 24 April 2025. * Emma Verran (née Tonegato) played for the New South Wales women's rugby league team in 2012 and 2013. * Millie Elliott and Caitlan Johnston-Green are unavailable for the series due to their respective pregnancies. * Brydie Parker replaced Kirra Dibb in the squad of twenty for the second match. Key to icons used in the above table * Tests: , and * All Stars: Indigenous All Stars, Māori All Stars, All Stars


Results summary

:''Note: New South Wales score is given first.''


Results detail


2006


2007


2008

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


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


See also

* New South Wales State team * New South Wales Residents team * New South Wales Under-20 team * New South Wales Under-18 team * New South Wales Under-16 team * Holden Women's Premiership * Harvey Norman NSW Women's Premiership * New South Wales Women's Rugby League * List of Women's Interstate Challenge results


References


External links

* {{Rugby League in New South Wales New South Wales rugby league team Rugby League State of Origin Rugby league representative teams in New South Wales Women's rugby league teams in Australia Women in New South Wales