Women's State of Origin

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Women's State of Origin
Current season or competition:
Rugby football current event.svg 2024 Women's State of Origin
Ampol Women's State of Origin.jpg
Sport Rugby league
Instituted 2018
Inaugural season1999
Number of teams2
Country Australia (ARLC)
Shield Holders Queensland colours.svg Queensland (2024)
Website NRL website
Broadcast partner Nine Network
Fox Sports
Related competitions

The Women's State of Origin is an annual rugby league fixture between two Australian state representative women's sides, the New South Wales Blues and the Queensland Maroons. [1]

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First played in 1999 as the Women's Interstate Challenge, the game was rebranded as State of Origin for the 2018 season. [2] [3] Queensland won the first game in 1999 and were unbeaten for 17 years until New South Wales won for the first time in 2016. [4] [5]

History

Women's Interstate Challenge (1999–2017)

Despite women's rugby league first being played in Australia in 1921, the first official game between Queensland and New South Wales was not held until 1999. The two teams met at Brisbane's ANZ Stadium with Queensland winning 16–6. [6]

Accurate records were not kept in the early years of the Interstate Challenge by either the QRL or the NSWRL, with many player records and game information still unknown. [7] For many years, the women's teams were run by their own governing bodies, the Queensland Women's Rugby League and the New South Wales Women's rugby league, who were affiliated with the QRL and NSWRL. [8] [9]

Before coming under the State of Origin banner in 2018, the sides were not known as the 'Blues' and 'Maroons', with the Queensland side being known as the 'Brolgas'. [10] In 2005, the teams began playing for the Nellie Doherty Cup. Nellie Doherty was a pioneer of the women's game in Australia, helping to launch the sport in 1921. [11]

Although the majority of early Women's Interstate Challenges were one-off fixtures, the sides would occasionally play a series of games, such as in 2004 and 2008. [12]

In 2015, Queensland failed to defeat New South Wales for the first time, with the sides drawing 4–all at Townsville's 1300SMILES Stadium and Queensland retaining the Nellie Doherty Cup. [13] On 23 July 2016, New South Wales defeated Queensland for the first time, ending Queensland's 17-year undefeated streak, with an 8–4 victory at the Gold Coast's Cbus Super Stadium. [14] On 23 July 2017, in the final game played under the Women's Interstate Challenge name, New South Wales defeated Queensland for the second time, winning 22–6 at WIN Stadium in Wollongong. [15]

State of Origin (2018–present)

On 6 December 2017, the National Rugby League announced that the Women's Interstate Challenge would be rebranded as the Women's State of Origin. [16] The game which, was previously played as a curtain-raiser, would now be a standalone fixture broadcast on the Nine Network and Fox Sports. With the game under the State of Origin banner, the Nellie Doherty Cup was replaced by a shield, with the player of the match now receiving the Nellie Doherty Medal. [17]

On 22 June 2018, New South Wales won the first Women's State of Origin game, defeating Queensland 16–10 at North Sydney Oval. [18] Blues' centre Isabelle Kelly, who scored two tries in the win, won the inaugural Nellie Doherty Medal. [19] On 21 June 2019, New South Wales defeated Queensland for the fourth consecutive year, winning 14–4 at North Sydney Oval, with Blues halfback Maddie Studdon being awarded the Nellie Doherty Medal. [20]

The 2020 game was originally due to be played in June at Sunshine Coast Stadium, but was moved to the post-season for the first time, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The game was played in Queensland for the first time under the State of Origin banner and for the first time overall since 2016. [21] [22] Queensland defeated New South Wales 24–18, winning their first official State of Origin game and their first game since 2014. [23]

The 2021 match is historically notable for being the first Women's State of Origin fixture where the players, coaches and on-field officials were all women. [24]

Broadcasting

Within Australia, the game is simulcast on the Nine Network and Fox Sports. [25]

In 2013 and 2014, the game was livestreamed. [26] In 2015 and 2016, the game aired on Fox Sports as a replay the day after the game. [27] In 2017, the game aired live on Fox Sports for the first time. [28]

Selection rules

Prior to 2019, the Queensland and New South Wales teams were largely selected under residency rules, meaning a number of players represented both states. [7] For example, Tahnee Norris (who captained Queensland) and Natalie Dwyer, both represented New South Wales before moving to Queensland. Innisfail's Tarah Westera represented Queensland before moving to Penrith, where she represented New South Wales, later returning to and playing for Queensland. [29]

In 2019, the eligibility rules were revised to be more inline with the men's State of Origin rules. [30] The residency rule was removed, which saw New Zealand representatives Maitua Feterika (Queensland) and Nita Maynard (New South Wales) ruled ineligible. [31] Queensland lock Rona Peters, who had previously represented New Zealand, was also originally ruled ineligible. This was later overturned and she was given special dispensation, as she had retired from international rugby league in 2015, before she first represented Queensland in 2016. [32]

Nellie Doherty Medal

The Nellie Doherty Medal is awarded to the player of the match. The medal was first awarded in 2018 to New South Wales' centre Isabelle Kelly after the first official Women's State of Origin game [33] and Kelly became the first player to win the award twice winning it again in 2022 [34]

Recipients
YearPlayerStatePositionClubRef.
2018 Isabelle Kelly New South Wales Centre Newcastle colours.svg CRL Newcastle [33]
2019 Maddie Studdon New South Wales Halfback Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
2020 Tarryn Aiken Queensland Five-eighth Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
2021 Tazmin Gray Queensland Second-row Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears
2022 Isabelle Kelly New South Wales Centre Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters [34]
2023 Tazmin Gray Queensland Second-row Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos [35]
2024 Shannon Mato Queensland Prop Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans [36]

Results

Accurate records were not kept in early years of the Women's Interstate Challenge by either the QRL or the NSWRL. In 2004, 2008 and 2023 two games were played instead of a one-off fixture. [7]

YearWinnerWinsLossesDrawn
1999 Queensland100
2000 Queensland100
2001 Queensland100
2002 Queensland100
2003 Queensland100
2004 Queensland200
2005 Queensland100
2006 Queensland100
2007 Queensland100
2008 Queensland200
2009 Queensland100
2010 Queensland100
2011 Queensland100
2012 Queensland100
2013 Queensland100
2014 Queensland100
2015 Draw001
2016 New South Wales100
2017 New South Wales100
2018 New South Wales100
2019 New South Wales100
2020 Queensland100
2021 Queensland100
2022 New South Wales100
2023 Queensland110
2024 Queensland210

Match details

2006

30 July 2006
12.15pm
Queensland Queensland colours.svg 40 – 24 New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales
Tries
Steph Hancock 2
Leah Williams 2
Teresa Anderson 1
Karyn Murphy 1
Megan Spicer 1

Goals
Neena Fraser 4
Steph Hancock 1
Megan Spicer 1
Report
Tries
1 Teina Clark
1 Dahlia Tahu
1 Nadine Schmidt
1 Johnnie Tukwaho

Goals
4 Teina Clark

2007

13 August 2007
3.30pm
New South Wales New South Wales colours.svg 16 – 38 Queensland colours.svg Queensland
Report
Tries
2 Rachele Whelan
1 Bianca Ambrum
1 Teresa Anderson
1 Kellie Batchelor
1 Suzanne Johnson
1 Leah Williams

Goals
5 Kellie Batchelor

2008

Game 1

8 July 2008
New South Wales New South Wales colours.svg 6 – 8 Queensland colours.svg Queensland
Tries
Jessica Palmer 1

Goals
Teina Clark 1
Report
Tries
1 Steph Hancock
1 Tegan Rolfe
CUA Stadium, Penrith
Player of the Match: Queensland colours.svg Renae Kunst

Game 2

9 August 2008
Queensland Queensland colours.svg 46 – 4 New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales
Tries
Bianca Ambrum 3
Suzanne Johnson 2
Tarah Westera 2
Tegan Rolfe 1
Renae Kunst 1
Steph Hancock 1
Goals
Steph Hancock 3
Report
Scores [37]
Tries
1 Lisa Fiaola

2009

18 July 2009
New South Wales New South Wales colours.svg 14 – 20 Queensland colours.svg Queensland
Tries
Poihaera Clark 1
Natalie Levy 1
Jessica Palmer 1

Goals
Renee Gloss 1
Report
Tries
1 Erin Elliott
1 Tahnee Norris
1 Nive Moefaauo
1 Tarah Westera

Goals
1 Natalie Dwyer
1 Tegan Rolfe
CUA Stadium, Penrith
Player of the Match: Queensland colours.svg Tahnee Norris [38]

2010

26 June 2010
Queensland Queensland colours.svg 36 – 6 New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales
Tries
Latisha Gary 2
Tegan Rolfe 2
Karina Brown 1
Natalie Dwyer 1
Suzanne Johnson 1

Goals
Natalie Dwyer 4
Report
Tries
1 Kylie Hilder

Goals
1 Teina Clark
Albert Park, Gympie
Player of the Match: Queensland colours.svg Latisha Gary
Referee: Jon Kennedy [39]

2011

25 May 2011
Queensland Queensland colours.svg 26 – 0 New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales
Tries
Bianca Ambrum 1
Natasha Baggow 1
Natalie Dwyer 1
Natalie Gala 1
Steph Hancock 1
Karyn Murphy 1

Goals
Natalie Dwyer 1
1st: 14–0
2nd: 12–0
Report

2012

23 June 2012
New South Wales New South Wales colours.svg 10 – 34 Queensland colours.svg Queensland
Tries
Sam Bremner 1
Tarah Westera 1

Goals
Maddie Studdon 1
1st: 10–16
2nd: 0–18
Report
Tries
4 Bianca Ambrum
2 Natalie Dwyer
1 Karina Brown
1 Karyn Murphy

Goals
1 Amber Saltner

2013

Sunday, 7 April 2013
Queensland Queensland colours.svg 30 – 12 New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales
Tries
Bianca Ambrum 1
Jo Barrett 1
Steph Hancock 1
Renae Kunst 1
Tahnee Norris 1
Amber Saltner 1

Goals
Amber Saltner 3
1st: 10–6
2nd: 20–6
Report
Tries
2 Tegan Chandler

Goals
2 Margaret Watson
Davies Park, Brisbane
Player of the Match: Queensland colours.svg Steph Hancock

2014

Saturday, 19 July 2014
New South Wales New South Wales colours.svg 10 – 26 Queensland colours.svg Queensland
Tries
Kezie Apps 1
Teina Clark 1

Goals
Maddie Studdon 3
1st: 0–16
2nd: 10–10
Report
Tries
1 Steph Hancock
1 Kellye Hodges
1 Jenni-Sue Hoepper
1 Renae Kunst
1 Deanna Turner

Goals
2 Ali Brigginshaw
1 Jenni-Sue Hoepper
Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
Player of the Match: Queensland colours.svg Renae Kunst

2015

Saturday, 27 June 2015
Queensland Queensland colours.svg 4 – 4 New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales
Tries
Chelsea Baker 1
1st: 4–0
2nd: 0–4
Report
Tries
1 Isabelle Kelly

2016

Saturday, 23 July 2016
Queensland Queensland colours.svg 4 – 8 New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales
Tries: 1
Ali Brigginshaw (79') 1
Goals: nil
Chelsea Baker 0/1
1st: 0–0
2nd: 4–8
Match Stats (NRL)
Report
Tries: 1
1 (52') Simaima Taufa
Goals: 2
2/2 Maddie Studdon
(54', 76' pen)
Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Jakson Shearer
Player of the Match: New South Wales colours.svg Kezie Apps

2017

Sunday, 23 July 2017
New South Wales New South Wales colours.svg 22 – 6 Queensland colours.svg Queensland
Tries: 5
Jessica Sergis (6', 11', 61') 3
Corban McGregor (51') 1
Vanessa Foliaki (55') 1
Goals: 1
Caitlin Moran 1/5
(12')
1st: 10–6
2nd: 12–0
Match Stats (NRL)
Report
Tries: 1
1 (21') Jenni-Sue Hoepper
Goals: 1
1/1 Chelsea Baker
(23')
WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Referee: Chris Treneman
Player of the Match: New South Wales colours.svg Kezie Apps

2018

Friday, 22 June 2018
New South Wales New South Wales colours.svg 16 – 10 Queensland colours.svg Queensland
Tries: 3
Isabelle Kelly (7', 54') 2
Nakia Davis-Welsh (36') 1
Goals: 2
Maddie Studdon 2/3
(9', 55')
1st: 6–6
2nd: 10–4
Highlights
Match Stats (NRL)
Report
Tries: 2
2 (12', 45') Karina Brown
Goals: 1
1/2 Chelsea Baker
(13')
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Attendance: 6,824
Referee: Jon Stone, Peter Gough
Player of the Match: New South Wales colours.svg Isabelle Kelly

2019

Friday, 21 June 2019
New South Wales New South Wales colours.svg 14 – 4 Queensland colours.svg Queensland
Tries: 3
Jessica Sergis (38') 1
Shakiah Tungai (44') 1
Maddie Studdon (50') 1
Goals: 1
Kirra Dibb 1/2
(51')
Maddie Studdon 0/1
1st: 0–4
2nd: 14–0
Highlights
Match Stats (NRL)
Report
Tries: 1
1 (24') Tazmin Gray
Goals: nil
0/1 Meg Ward
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Attendance: 10,515
Referee: Grant Atkins, Belinda Sharpe
Player of the Match: New South Wales colours.svg Maddie Studdon

2020

Friday, 13 November 2020
7:45 PM
Queensland Women Queensland colours.svg 24 – 18 New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales Women
Tries: 4
Tamika Upton (14', 43') 2
Tarryn Aiken (51') 1
Steph Hancock (57') 1

Goals: 4
Lauren Brown 4/4
(15', 44', 52', 58')
1st: 6–6
2nd: 18–12
Highlights
Match Stats (NRL)
Report
Tries: 4
1 (24') Kezie Apps
1 (59') Tiana Penitani
1 (57') Filomina Hanisi
1 (69') Botille Vette-Welsh
Goals: 1
1/1 Melanie Howard
(26')
0/1 Hannah Southwell
0/2 Quincy Dodd
Sunshine Coast Stadium
Attendance: 4,833
Referee: Belinda Sharpe
Player of the Match: Queensland colours.svg Tarryn Aiken

2021

Friday, 25 June 2021
7:45 PM
Queensland Women Queensland colours.svg 8 – 6 New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales Women
Tries: 1
Destiny Brill (26') 1
Goals: 2
Lauren Brown 2/2
(24', 69' pen)
1st: 6–4
2nd: 2–2
Highlights
Match Stats (NRL)
Report
Tries: 1
1 (4') Isabelle Kelly
Goals: 1
1/1 Maddie Studdon
(52')
0/1 Hannah Southwell
Sunshine Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,183
Referee: Belinda Sharpe
Player of the Match: Queensland colours.svg Tazmin Gray

2022

Friday. 24 June 2022
7:45pm
New South Wales New South Wales colours.svg 20 – 14 Queensland colours.svg Queensland
Tries: 3
Emma Tonegato (13') 1
Kirra Dibb (15') 1
Isabelle Kelly (67') 1
Goals: 4
Rachael Pearson 4/5
(14', 17', 27' pen, 41' pen)
1st: 14–10
2nd: 6–4
Highlights
Match Stats (NRL)
Reports [40] [41] [42]
Tries: 3
1 (8') Destiny Brill
1 (21') Tarryn Aiken
1 (56') Evania Pelite
Goals: 1
1/2 Ali Brigginshaw
(22')
0/2 Lauren Brown
GIO Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 11,321
Referee: Belinda Sharpe
Player of the Match: New South Wales colours.svg Isabelle Kelly
(Nellie Doherty Medal)

2023

The two-match series was decided as the teams win one match each on aggregate. [43]
Queensland won by four points, 32–28.
Game 1

Thursday, 1 June 2023
7:45 PM
New South Wales New South Wales colours.svg 10 – 18 Queensland colours.svg Queensland
Tries: 2
Jessica Sergis (16') 1
Jaime Chapman (50') 1
Goals: 1
Jesse Southwell 1/2
(18')
1st: 6–10
2nd: 4–8
Highlights
Match Stats (NRL)
Reports [44] [45]
Tries: 4
2 (7', 45') Julia Robinson
1 (32') Tazmin Gray
1 (40') Emily Bass
Goals: 1
1/4 Zahara Temara
(34')
CommBank Stadium, Parramatta
Attendance: 12,972
Referee: Adam Gee
Player of the Match: Queensland colours.svg Keilee Joseph
(Nellie Doherty Medal)

Game 2

Thursday, 22 June 2023
7:45 PM
Queensland Queensland colours.svg 14 – 18 New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales
Tries: 3
Tamika Upton (17') 1
Emily Bass (25') 1
Tarryn Aiken (27') 1
Goals: 1
Zahara Temara 1/3
(29')
1st: 6–14
2nd: 8–4
Highlights
Match Stats (NRL)
Reports
[46] [47] [48]
Tries: 3
2 (3', 40') Tiana Penitani
1 (68' penalty try) Yasmin Clydsdale
Goals: 3
3/5 Jesse Southwell
(9', 45', 69')
Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville
Attendance: 18,275
Referee: Belinda Sharpe
Player of the Match: Queensland colours.svg Tazmin Gray
(Nellie Doherty Medal)

2024

For the first time, in either the residential selection or Origin period, a three-match series was scheduled.
Game 1

Thursday, 16 May 2024
7:45 PM
Queensland Queensland colours.svg 12 – 22 New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales
Tries: 2
Tamika Upton (53') 1
Emily Bass (67') 1
Goals: 2
Zahara Temara 2/2
(53', 68')
1st: 0–14
2nd: 12–8
Highlights
Match Stats (NRL)
Reports
[49] [50]
Tries: 3
1 (5') Emma Tonegato
1 (9') Jaime Chapman
1 (64') Caitlan Johnston
Goals: 5
Rachael Pearson 5/5
(6', 10', 18' pen, 38' pen, 65')
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 25,492
Referee: Kasey Badger
Player of the Match: New South Wales colours.svg Yasmin Clydsdale

Game 2

Thursday, 6 June 2024
7:45 PM
New South Wales New South Wales colours.svg 10 – 11 Queensland colours.svg Queensland
Tries: 2
Keeley Davis (24') 1
Tiana Penitani (58') 1
Goals: 1
Rachael Pearson 1/2
(25')
1st: 6–0
2nd: 4–11
Highlights
Match Stats (NRL)
Reports
[51] [52] [53]
Tries: 2
1 (54') Shenae Ciesiolka
1 (61') Tarryn Aiken
Goals: 1
1/2 Lauren Brown
(63')
Field Goals: 1
1 Lauren Brown
(68')
McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 25,782
Referee: Belinda Sharpe
Player of the Match: Queensland colours.svg Shannon Mato

Game 3

Thursday, 27 June 2024
7:45 PM
Queensland Queensland colours.svg 22 – 6 New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales
Tries: 3
Evania Pelite (1') 1
Julia Robinson (29') 1
Tazmin Rapana (67') 1
Goals: 5
Lauren Brown 4/4
(3', 8' pen, 31', 68')
Romy Teitzel 1/1
(38' pen)
1st: 14–0
2nd: 8–6
Highlights
Match Stats (NRL)
Reports
[54] [55]
Tries: 1
1 (58') Jaime Chapman
Goals: 1
Rachael Pearson 1/1
(59')
Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville
Attendance: 22,819
Referee: Belinda Sharpe
Player of the Match: Evania Pelite [56]
Nellie Doherty Medal for Player of the Series: Queensland colours.svg Shannon Mato [36]

See also

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