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NSW Under 19s Women’s State of Origin team announced

NSW Under 19s Women’s State of Origin team announced (Photo : NSWRL)

The NSWRL is pleased to announce the following players have been selected to represent the Westpac NSW Under 19s Women for the Under 19s Women’s State of Origin match at North Sydney Oval on Thursday 18 June.

The 20-player squad includes seven players from the Westpac NSW Under 19s Women’s team that defeated Queensland last year.

Logan Fletcher (Sydney Roosters), Khyliah Gray (Parramatta Eels), Liesl Hopoate (Sydney Roosters), Ava Jones (Parramatta Eels), Tori Shipton (Illawarra Steelers), Fontayne Tufuga (Parramatta Eels) and Ella Walker (Penrith Panthers).

The squad has been chosen from players from the NRLW, NSW Women’s Premiership and Westpac Tarsha Gale Cup (Under 19s Women).

The Westpac NSW Under 19s Women are the current Shield holders after winning the Under 19s Women’s State of Origin for the past two years.

WOMEN’S STATE OF ORIGIN UNDER 19S

North Sydney Oval, Thursday 18 June

Westpac NSW Under 19s Women squad (in alphabetical order)

Freedom Crichton Ropati (Parramatta Eels)
Lacey Cross (Newcastle Knights)
Tyra Dymock (Sydney Roosters)
Taylah Falaniko (Parramatta Eels)
Logan Fletcher (Sydney Roosters)
Khyliah Gray (Parramatta Eels)
Liesl Hopoate (Sydney Roosters)
Ava Jones (Parramatta Eels)
Anastasia Leatupue (Sydney Roosters)
Stella Lewis (Newcastle Knights)
Emily McArthur (Newcastle Knights)
Kiara McGregor (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Tahlia O’Brien (Illawarra Steelers)
Irae Savea (Parramatta Eels)
Tori Shipton (Illawarra Steelers)
Aaliyah Soufan (Parramatta Eels)
Skye Spencer (Illawarra Steelers)
Fontayne Tufuga (Parramatta Eels)
Mia Vaotuua (Sydney Roosters)
Ella Walker (Penrith Panthers)

Coach: Courtney Crawford

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Author : Tayla Micallef NSWRL Media

NSW U19s Women go back-to-back

The Westpac NSW U19s Women’s team secured back-to-back wins in the annual State of Origin clash after defeating Queensland 26-10 at Sunshine Coast Stadium tonight.

Our stripes run blue

With seven players taking the field from last year’s winning team, NSW once again proved too strong for their counterparts ensuring the shield returns back to Sydney for another year.

The opening 10 minutes saw both sides struggle to complete sets with each team making costly errors however once each team cleaned up their discipline the game turned into set-for-set football.

Queensland found the try line first through prop Reegan Hicks who crashed through the defensive line to score the first four-pointer of the game in the 15th minute.

Despite conceding the first points, NSW bounced back quickly through forward Bronte Wilson who made an immediate impact off the bench, scoring in her first touch of the game.

For the remaining 15 minutes of the half NSW had all the momentum and were marching up the field into Queensland territory with ease.

Five-eighth Evie McGrath added another four points on the board chasing a loose ball – dropped by QLD on the fifth – to regather and score in the corner.

Holding all momentum, NSW made QLD pay once more just before half-time, shifting the ball quickly out left creating an overlap for centre Tyra Ekepati who ran through a hole in the defensive line to score.

A successful conversion goal from fullback Logan Fletcher saw NSW head into half-time with a 16-6 lead.

Queensland came out of the blocks firing to start the second half, and in what felt like déjà vu to the opening 30, they were first to add points to the scoreboard.

Regathering the ball through a lucky bounce of the ball, QLD winger Jennifer Kimber raced 20 metres downfield to score.

Clicking back into gear in the 47th minute, hooker Tori Shipton found space through the middle of the field before offloading to lock Ryvrr-Lee Alo.

Alo raced down field before passing the ball to halfback Kasey Reh who scored under the posts.

Where the Blues fans unite

NSW proceeded to go back-to-back, finding themselves back within 10m of Queensland’s try line before the left edge combined to send winger Maria Paseka over in the corner.

Finding themselves defending their line for the remaining six minutes of the game, NSW proved too strong holding out QLD until the full-time buzzer rang.

Full Time

QLD u19 Women 10

TRIES : Reegan Hicks, Jennifer Kimber
GOALS : Ella-Jaye Harrison-Leaunoa

NSW u19 Women 26

TRIES : Bronte Wilson, Evie McGrath, Tyra Ekepati, Kasey Reh, Maria Paseka
GOALS : Logan Fletcher 3

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NSW Under 19s Women’s State of Origin squad announced

The NSWRL is pleased to announce the Westpac NSW Under 19s Women’s squad has been named for the Women’s State of Origin Under 19s match at the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Queensland on Thursday 19 June.

The 20-player squad includes seven players from last year’s team which defeated Queensland 46-4 at Leichhardt Oval in Sydney – Ryvrr-Lee Alo, Indie Bostock, Evah McEwen, Evie McGrath, Maria Paseka, Kasey Reh and Bronte Wilson.

The team includes eight players from Westpac Tarsha Gale Minor Premiers Illawarra Steelers, and five from Premiers Parramatta Eels.

The Westpac NSW Under 19s Women will be coached by Courtney Crawford, who coaches the Illawarra Steelers in the Westpac Tarsha Gale Cup (Under 19s), with Ryan Walker (Parramatta Eels) and Melissa Spero (Sydney Roosters) appointed as her assistants.

The squad will come into camp on Friday 13 June and train at the NSWRL Centre of Excellence at Sydney Olympic Park before heading to the Sunshine Coast on Monday 16 June.

WOMEN’S STATE OF ORIGIN UNDER 19s

Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast Thursday 19 June

NSW Under 19s Women:

Ryvrr-Lee Alo (Parramatta Eels)
Indie Bostock (Illawarra Steelers)
Tyra Ekepati (Sydney Roosters)
Logan Fletcher (Sydney Roosters)
Khyliah Gray (Parramatta Eels)
Kayla Henderson (Penrith Panthers)
Liesl Hopoate (Illawarra Steelers)
Ava Jones (Parramatta Eels)
Evah McEwen (Newcastle Knights)
Evie McGrath (Wests Tigers)
Kiara McGregor (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Tess McWilliams (Parramatta Eels)
Tahlia O’Brien (Illawarra Steelers)
Maria Paseka (Illawarra Steelers)
Kasey Reh (Illawarra Steelers)
Siulolo Richter (Illawarra Steelers)
Tori Shipton (Illawarra Steelers)
Fontayne Tufuga (Parramatta Eels)
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Bronte Wilson (Illawarra Steelers)

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Author : Tayla Micallef NSWRL

NSW Under 19s Women’s go down fighting

The Harvey Norman NSW Under 19s Women’s team have gone down fighting 20-14 against Queensland in the Women’s State of Origin Under 19s at Kayo Stadium in Redcliffe.

NSW had the lead 10-4 at half-time but a second half surge from Queensland proved to be the difference with the home team securing their first win since the concept started in 2019.

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“You can’t doubt them on effort and courage; it was really courageous to keep going up until the end,” Williams said.

“It really stings though. I know the girls worked really hard for this and we just lost our way a little bit there.

“I’m a bit sore, I’m not going to lie but that’s the beauty of footy.

Seeing girls put on physicality like that is what we want for our game and what we want to people to see we’re capable of so giving out the big shots and taking them is just as important.”

NSW lock Losana Lutu was one of best on the night

NSW lock Losana Lutu was one of best on the night despite playing out of her normal position of five-eighth.

She looked threatening in both attack and defence, while her kicking game questioned Queensland’s back three the whole night.

Queensland opened the scoring early in the game after centre Skyla Adams dived on a loose ball, but they were unable to land the conversion to leave the score at 4-0.

NSW hooker Chelsea Makira found space out of dummy-half before fooling the goal-line defence to dive through a gap and cross for the first NSW try of the night.

Monalisa Soliola successfully landed the conversion to take her team to a 6-4 lead.

NSW dominated through the middle, gaining good metres on every run which placed them in good field position from each set.

Off the back of strong attacking sets close to their line, NSW found space out on their left edge and shifted the ball out to winger Grace-Lee Weekes, who crossed over in the corner to extend the lead to 10-4.

Off the back of a penalty, Queensland were in good field position only 20 metres out from NSW’s line but some impressive defence from the visitors proved to be too good and they were turned away on each play.

Queensland finally hit back in the 43rd minute with halfback Sienna Lifipo passing the ball out to fullback Destiny Mino-Sinapati, who found the line while carrying three defenders on her back.

Utility Emily Bella missed the conversion from out wide leaving her team trailing 10-8.

The home team then made it back-to-back tries after Bella dived out of dummy-half to score underneath the posts. She successfully converted her own try to extend her team’s lead to 14-10.

With momentum behind them, Queensland scored another four pointer when five-eighth Chantay Kiria-Ratu through a cut-out pass to centre Libby Surha to shoot through a hole in the defensive line and score.

The conversion was successful taking the lead to 20-10 with only nine minutes remaining.

Makira bagged her second four pointer of the night, jumping out of dummy-half to burrow her way over the line. Soliola’s conversion attempt was unsuccessful and although NSW tried to the very end, time would defeat them.

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NSW Women’s Under 19s team named for Origin match

The NSWRL has announced the Harvey Norman NSW Women’s Under 19s squad for the Women’s Under 19s State of Origin match at Kayo Stadium in Redcliffe on Thursday 13 July.

The squad will be coached by Kate Mullaly, who is an assistant coach for the Harvey Norman NSW Sky Blues, and includes players who took part in the 2023 Harvey Norman Tarsha Gale Cup. The team is yet to be named.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs forward Monalisa Soliola played in last year’s Harvey Norman NSW Women’s Under 19s team which scored a decisive 22-6 win over Queensland.

The Harvey Norman NSW Women’s Under 19s team has not been beaten since the concept first started in 2019, winning every year apart from 2020 when the game was not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Harvey Norman NSW Women’s Under 19s Squad (in alphabetical order)

Charlotte Barwick (Newcastle Knights)
Marley Cardwell (Penrith Panthers)
Kate Fallon (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Tatiana Finau (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Litia Fusi (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Kalosipani Hopoate (North Sydney Bears)
Chloe Jackson (North Sydney Bears)
Evie Jones (Newcastle Knights)
Noaria Kapua (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Chelsea Makira (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Leah Ollerton (Newcastle Knights)
Latisha Smythe (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Monalisa Soliola (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Brooke Talataina (Sydney Roosters)
Alexis Tauaneai (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)
Lindsay Tui (Parramatta Eels)
Grace-Lee Weekes (North Sydney Bears)
Georgia Willey (Canberra Raiders)
Sienna Williams (North Sydney Bears)

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Jada Taylor runs 110m to score incredible try

Roosters star Jada Taylor lit up representative round with this stunning solo try on a night in which Jonah Pezet announced himself as a star of the future.

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Hold the phone. We have a contender for try of the year after one of the greatest solo efforts we’ve seen in a long time.

Sydney Roosters’ Indigenous Academy Tarsha Gale Cup fullback Jada Taylor stole the show for the NSW under-19s.

With an incredible length-of-the field try in the Blues’ win over Queensland at Leichhardt Oval on Thursday night which still has fans buzzing.

UNBELIEVABLE.

Jada Taylor! #U19Origin pic.twitter.com/y4Xwr1AVEA

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Taylor, who played in the Roosters’ grand final-winning Tarsha Gale Cup side in April, fielded a kick deep in her in-goal before she hit the turbo button and raced the length of the field to score a classic try.

Taylor was crowned player of the match with the try the cherry on the top of a five-star performance.

“I think it is just important to get out here and put on a good show for our state and our families,” Taylor said.

“It is very important and special to receive this award but it was won off the back of a lot of hard work by my team.”

It was the highlight of a great night of women’s and men’s under-19 action in Sydney.

Jada Taylor scored a tremendous try for NSW in the U19 Origin. Picture: Gregg Porteous

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NSW Women’s Under 19s claim Origin three-peat

The Harvey Norman NSW Under 19s Women’s team has made it a three-peat in the Women’s State of Origin Under 19s match after a comprehensive 22-6 win over Queensland at Leichhardt Oval.

NSW were headed only briefly 6-4 in the first half but fought their way back to take an 8-4 lead into the break and emerged in the second half to run away with the match.

NSW won the match when it was first played as an Under 18s match in 2019, and have now made it back-to-back wins after the concept was changed to Under 19s for 2021-22.

NSW Center Andie Robinson dives in for her 3rd try in the 2022 Women’s Under 19 State of Origin (Photo : NSWRL)

Centre Andie Robinson scored a hat-trick

Centre Andie Robinson scored a hat-trick, five-eighth Losana Lutu was constantly scheming and winger Petesa Lio came up with a couple of telling runs but the star of the show was fullback Jada Taylor.

Taylor was a deserved Player of the Match after coming up with two tries, a try assist and three line breaks with the highlight clearly being a length of the field try in the final 10 minutes to seal the result and break Queensland’s hearts in the process.

“We had a special week in camp so it was very important for us to get out here and put on a really good performance for our state, our families and all of the crowd,” Taylor said.

“It’s very important and very special to receive it (Player of the Match award) but I definitely think it’s off the back of a lot of hard work – of my team not me.”

Lutu was proving a handful for the Queensland defence early on and had her fingerprints all over the opening try after passing for Taylor who quickly tipped the ball on for Andie Robinson.

The NSW centre then stepped her way back infield and dummied her way past Queensland fullback Chantay Kiria-Ratu to establish a 4-0 lead for the home team.

Queensland hit back through their five-eighth Jada Ferguson who sparked a break down the sideline through winger Jetaya Faifua. Ferguson backed up in support and finished the move off with Kiria-Ratu landing the conversion for a 6-4 lead.

NSW took the advantage after Taylor caught the Queensland goal-line defence off guard; barging her way through two defenders from dummy-half before wheeling around to plant the ball down.

NSW hooker Rueben Cherrington was unable to land the conversion but the home team had their noses back in front 8-6.

A mistake from the kick-off opened the door for Queensland to score but the NSW defence held tough to bundle Faifua into touch. Taylor then showed nerves of steel to defuse a kick after an awkward bounce and find the ground before she could be driven back into goal.

Queensland had one final opportunity to score before the break after Ferguson got an offload away for Otesa Pule but replays showed the back-rower had lost the ball in the process of grounding it to leave NSW just in front 8-6 at half-time.

NSW were under siege shortly after play resumed but the defence held tough with Queensland forward Jacinta Carter losing the ball as she tried to rush to her feet.

Queensland winger Helen Uitualagi had a chance after making a beeline for the corner but again was denied by the defence.

Jayda Taylor was brilliant in her Player of the Match performance in this years Women’s Under 19 State of Origin played at Leichhardt Oval (Photo : NSWRL)

Winger Petesa Lio then produced a big run to get NSW out of trouble and although the Queensland defence was able to shut her down the damage had been done. Lutu shaped to go one way before stepping back the other for Robinson to accelerate through a gap and grab her second.

It was Taylor’s turn then to produce a massive run, turning the Queensland fullback inside out along the way, to get NSW out of trouble and put them on the attack again.

With the Queensland defence on the back foot, NSW shifted the ball wide for Robinson to dive over for her hat-trick.

“It feels pretty good (to score a hat-trick) but that comes off the back of my team’s work and it’s my job to finish the tries,” Robinson said.

Taylor then saved the best moment for last when she defused a grubber kick in-goal before finding a way back into the field of play.

She then pinned the ears back and set sail upfield to score length of the field try and put the exclamation point on a memorable victory.

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