Harvey Norman Queensland Maroons will look to hit back in the final game of the women’s State of Origin series after a tough night out against the New South Wales Blues.
The Blues outplayed the Maroons 26-6 in wet conditions in Sydney to clinch the 2025 series.
But all is not lost for the Maroons, who will regroup after the Game Two loss and throw everything they have at NSW in the final game of the series at Newcastle’s McDonald Jones Stadium on May 29.
"You've got a Queensland Maroons (logo) on your chest," Maroons coach Tahnee Norris said.
"It's easy, we're playing for pride now.
"We've got to be stronger defensively. That was something we talked about after the first game and you can't win an Origin game with 50 missed tackles. That's just reality, you can't do it. It's something we'll have to look at again for Game Three and make sure in Newcastle we're better defensively.
"We're playing for pride. This Maroons jersey means so much to us. The girls have got to have a real good look at it and fix our defence up."
In a challenging night for the Maroons, hooker Lauren Brown and winger Julia Robinson stood tall after teammate Tamika Upton opened the scoring.
However, Upton was unable to finish the game in a major blow for Queensland.
NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES 26 (Simaima Taufa, Olivia Kernick, Jayme Fressard, Jaime Chapman, Olivia Kernick tries; Jesse Southwell 3 goals) def HARVEY NORMAN QUEENSLAND MAROONS 6 (Tamika Upton try; Lauren Brown goal) at Allianz Stadium, Sydney.
Attendance: 16,026
