# Queensland women's under-18 rugby league team

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. 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.
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. 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. On 21 June 2019, the side lost to New South Wales 24–4 in the inaugural under-18 women's Origin fixture.

## 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:
| 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