| Badge Size: | 50 |
| Nickname: | Sky Blues |
| Governing Body: | New South Wales Women's Rugby League |
| Region: | New South Wales |
| Coach: | Kylie Hilder |
| Home Stadium: | North Sydney Oval |
| First Game: | (1999) |
| Largest Win: | New South Wales 22–6 Queensland (WIN Stadium, Wollongong, NSW; 23 July 2017) |
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 Sky 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.[1] [2] [3]
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.
New South Wales women's squad for the first match of the three-match series was announced on 8 May 2024.[4] The first match was played on 16 May 2023. The second match was played on 6 June 2024 with an unchanged team. The squad named for the third match was also unchanged, although Olivia Kernick was named in jersey 13, reflecting the position, lock, which she played in the first two matches.[5]
Table last updated 28 June 2024. Tallies in the table include the third match of the 2024 series against Queensland.
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| J# | Player | Age | Position(s) | New South Wales | 2024 State Club | NRLW | Tests | All Stars | ||||||||||||
| Dbt | Pts | Club | 2024 Club | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | align=left | 29 | 2012 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | align=left | 9 | 22 | align=left | 9 | align=left | 1 | |||||
| 2 | align=left | 22 | 2023 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | align=left | 1 | align=left | 9 | 23 | align=left | 5 | align=left | 4 | ||||
| 3 | align=left | 26 | 2017 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | align=left | 18 | 28 | align=left | 7 | |||||||
| 4 | align=left | 27 | 2015 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | align=left | 30 | 32 | align=left | 13 | align=left | 1 | |||||
| 5 | align=left | 28 | 2019 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | align=left | 9 | 25 | align=left | 1 1 | |||||||
| 6 | align=left | 30 | 2015 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | align=left | 22 | 22 | align=left | 7 | align=left | 1 4 | |||||
| 7 | align=left | 30 | 2022 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 0 | align=left | 6 | 18 | |||||||||
| 8 | align=left | 26 | 2019 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | align=left | 8 | 28 | align=left | 1 | |||||||
| 9 | align=left | 31 | 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | align=left | 18 | 25 | |||||||||
| 10 | align=left | 23 | 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | align=left | 18 | 21 | align=left | 4 | align=left | 4 | |||||
| 11 | align=left | 33 | 2014 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 8 | align=left | 3 | align=left | 7 | 26 | align=left | 15 | align=left | 2 | ||||
| 12 | align=left | 30 | 2020 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | align=left | 18 | 29 | align=left | 6 | |||||||
| 13 | align=left | 23 | 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | align=left | 4 | align=left | 23 | 23 | align=left | 6 | align=left | 2 2 | ||||
| 14 | align=left | 25 | 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | align=left | 1 | 14 | align=left | 1 3 | align=left | 4 | |||||
| 15 | align=left | 23 | 2021 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | align=left | 4 | align=left | 9 | 32 | align=left | 6 | ||||||
| 16 | align=left | 23 | 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | align=left | 9 | 9 | align=left | 1 | |||||||
| 17 | align=left | 26 | 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | align=left | 7 | 26 | align=left | 1 | |||||||
| 18 | align=left | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | align=left | 2 | align=left | 0 | 11 | align=left | 1 | |||||||
| 19 | align=left | 26 | 2019 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | align=left | 9 | 27 | align=left | 1 | align=left | 3 | |||||
| 20 | align=left | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | align=left | 9 | 24 | ||||||||||
Key to icons used in the above table
| 1999 | July 4 | Queensland[7] | align=center | 16–14 | New South Wales | ANZ Stadium (Brisbane) | |
| 2000 | July 9 | Queensland | New South Wales | ANZ Stadium (Brisbane) | |||
| 2001 | July 22 | Queensland | align=center | 34–14 | New South Wales | ANZ Stadium (Brisbane) | |
| 2002 | Queensland[8] | align=center | 26–16 | New South Wales | Ipswich | ||
| 2003 | Queensland | New South Wales | |||||
| 2004 | July 24 | Queensland | align=center | 40–8 | New South Wales | Suncorp Stadium | |
| Queensland | align=center | 46–8 | New South Wales | Newcastle | |||
| 2005 | Aug 6 | Queensland | align=center | 20–18 | New South Wales | Henson Park |
The Woman's Interstate Challenge was played as a two-game series in 2008.
Notes:
Notes:
The two-match series was decided as the teams won one match each on aggregate, with Queensland winning 3228.[9]