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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
	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]

Name	Club
Reeghyn Beardmore	Toowoomba Junior League Girls
Tamika Bray	Townsville Junior Girls
Indee Brown	Waterford RLFC
Skye Girard	Hervey Bay JRL
Abbey Holley	Toowoomba Junior League Girls
Keilee Joseph	Waterford RLFC
Jayda Lofipo	Redlands Rugby League
Emma Manzelmann	Mackay Junior Girls
Lyllian Mikao	Southern Suburbs JRLFC
Jasmine Peters	Northern Suburbs JRLFC
Tiana Raftstrand-Smith	Runaway Bay Seagulls RLFC
Jessikah Reeves	Brothers St Brendans RLFC
Moehau Mele Hawera	Mounties Rugby League
Diaz Seumanutafa	Aspley Devils RLFC
Abelee Stanley	Toowoomba Junior League Girls
Courtney Tamati	Waterford RLFC
Aaria Tapsell	Beenleigh JRFL
Chante Temara	Burleigh Heads RLFC
Xanthe Topping	Townsville Junior Girls
Fetau Unite	Magpies Junior RLC
Georgia Voll	Toowoomba Junior League Girls
Jasmin Walters	Emerald Tigers
Melanie Watherston	Kawana JRL
Shanaye Watson	Townsville Junior Girls
Makenzie Weale	West Arana Hills RLFC
Tiamo Williams	Aspley Devils RLFC
Acacia Wulf	Aspley Devils RLFC

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

Queensland under-18
2019 team								Coaching staff
1 China Polata – FB 2 Jasmine Peters – WG 3 Tyesha Mikaio – CE 14 Chante Temara – CE 5 Rosemary Vaimili-Toalepai – WG 6 Rhiannon Revell-Blair – FE 7 Courtney Tamati – HB 8 Jessikah Reeves – PR 9 Emma Manzelmann – HK 10 Lyllian Mikaio (c) – PR 11 Keilee Joseph – SR 12 Jasmon Tupou – SR 13 Nakita Sao – LK		15 Acacia Wulf – PR 16 River Smalley – PR 17 Tiamo Williams – SR 18 Keisharn Hala – SR						Head coach Ben Jeffries Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 7 June 2019 Source(s): QRL