Brilliant finishes, experience trumping youth and some big gambles that did not pay off defined the second women's State of Origin match. Here are five key points from New South Wales' 18-14 victory.
abc.net.au/news/womens-state-of-origin-new-south-wales-queensland/102513724The Women's State of Origin series was split at one win each but Queensland have claimed overall victory by the slimmest of margins after going down 18-14 to New South Wales in Townsville.
In such an environment, the Blues had to start fast to have any hope of winning the game by enough points to claim the series and, thanks to hooker Keeley Davis and winger Tiana Penitani, they certainly did. In the space of a few minutes, Gray put Queensland in control of the match and even if they went on to lose, it gave them pole position to win the series.One day, New South Wales halfback Jesse Southwell is probably going to be the best player in women's rugby league.
Experienced Queensland pivot Aiken showed Southwell she's still finding her way when she sold the Sky Blues half a dummy and raced 40-odd metres to score an incredible individual try.Loading Twitter contentThe archaic two-game structure of this year's series meant a win wasn't enough for New South Wales – they had to get up by at least nine points to retain the shield.
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