The women’s representative showpiece expands to a full three-match series for the first time this year with a crowd of 25,000 expected in Brisbane.
It’s been years since the Queensland and NSW team buses have travelled down Caxton Street before a State of Origin opener – but that doesn’t mean the women’s teams cannot.The Maroons’ team bus will travel down the infamous stretch of pubs on the way to Suncorp Stadium for a last-minute sugar-hit of inspiration tonight.Oh, how things have changed.About a decade ago, the NSW women’s side stayed in a Penrith caravan park with the team manager given $1000 to spend on food for the week.
When Apps made her debut for the Sky Blues in 2014, she spent countless hours driving to and from her home in Bega in the state’s south-east for training.The match was played on a cold Saturday night at Leichhardt Oval before a handful of people.“There was nobody there,” she recalls. “It wasn’t advertised, wasn’t well-known, there was limited media. The field didn’t open until right on kick-off because they didn’t want to pay people to open them earlier. That’s where our game was then.
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