Queensland women's under-18 rugby league team

Queensland Women's Under-18

Team information
Nickname	Maroons
Governing body	Queensland Rugby League
Head coach	Ben Jeffries
Captain	Lyllian Mikaio
Top try-scorer	Courtney Tamati (1)
Top point-scorer	Courtney Tamati (4)
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
First game
New South Wales 24–4 Queensland (North Sydney Oval, Sydney; 21 June 2019)
Biggest defeat
New South Wales 24–4 Queensland (North Sydney Oval, Sydney; 21 June 2019)

The Queensland Women's Under-18 rugby league team, also known as Queensland Women's Under-18s or Queensland U18 Women's, represents Queensland in the sport of rugby league at an under-18 age level. Established in 2019, the team played their first fixture against the New South Wales Women's Under-18 team as a curtain raiser to the Women's State of Origin game. They are administered by the Queensland Rugby League.

History

In December 2017, the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) announced an under-18 women's Emerging Origin development squad and camp after running an under-15 camp earlier that year. The squad, coached by current under-18 women's coach Ben Jeffries, was held over three days in January 2018.^[1] In January 2019, a second under-18 squad was selected, which he featured a number of players who would go onto be selected in the inaugural Queensland women's under-18 side.^[2]

On 11 April 2019, it was announced that the first every under-18 women's State of Origin game would be held as a curtain raiser to the Women's State of Origin fixture at North Sydney Oval.^[3] On 7 June 2019, the inaugural side was selected, which included Rhiannon Revell-Blair, who played for the senior Queensland side a year earlier as a 17-year-old.^[4] On 21 June 2019, the side lost to New South Wales 24–4 in the inaugural under-18 women's Origin fixture.^[5]

Players

The majority of the players selected for the Queensland women's under-18 side play in either the SEQ Senior Women's Division 1 competition, the premier women's rugby league competition in Queensland, or the SEQ under-18 Girls competition. Each pre-season the Queensland Rugby League will select an under-18 squad featuring players in contention for the mid-season fixture. The squad participates in a weekend camp at the Queensland Academy of Sport.

2019 squad

The 27-woman training squad selected for the 2019 season:^[2]

Results

2019

Played as a curtain raiser to the 2019 Women's State of Origin.

21 June 2019

New South Wales U18	24 – 4	Queensland U18
Tries Teagan Berry 2 Caitlan Johnston 1 Olivia Kernick 1 Goals Emily Curtain 4	Report	Tries 1 Courtney Tamati

North Sydney Oval, Sydney Referee: Tom Cambourn

See also

• Queensland women's rugby league team

References