The NSWRL is pleased to announce the Westpac NSW Under 19s Women's squad has been named for the Women's State of Origin Under 19s match at the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Queensland on Thursday 19 June.
The 20-player squad includes seven players from last year’s team which defeated Queensland 46-4 at Leichhardt Oval in Sydney – Ryvrr-Lee Alo, Indie Bostock, Evah McEwen, Evie McGrath, Maria Paseka, Kasey Reh and Bronte Wilson. The team includes eight players from Westpac Tarsha Gale Minor Premiers Illawarra Steelers, and five from Premiers Parramatta Eels.
The Westpac NSW Under 19s Women will be coached by Courtney Crawford, who coaches the Illawarra Steelers in the Westpac Tarsha Gale Cup (Under 19s), with Ryan Walker (Parramatta Eels) and Melissa Spero (Sydney Roosters) appointed as her assistants.
The squad will come into camp on Friday 13 June and train at the NSWRL Centre of Excellence at Sydney Olympic Park before heading to the Sunshine Coast on Monday 16 June.
WOMEN'S STATE OF ORIGIN UNDER 19s
Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast
Thursday 19 June
Westpac NSW Under 19s Women: Ryvrr-Lee Alo (Parramatta Eels), Indie Bostock (Illawarra Steelers), Tyra Ekepati (Sydney Roosters), Logan Fletcher (Sydney Roosters), Khyliah Gray (Parramatta Eels), Kayla Henderson (Penrith Panthers), Liesl Hopoate (Illawarra Steelers), Ava Jones (Parramatta Eels), Evah McEwen (Newcastle Knights), Evie McGrath (Wests Tigers), Kiara McGregor (South Sydney Rabbitohs), Tess McWilliams (Parramatta Eels), Tahlia O’Brien (Illawarra Steelers), Maria Paseka (Illawarra Steelers), Kasey Reh (Illawarra Steelers), Siulolo Richter (Illawarra Steelers), Tori Shipton (Illawarra Steelers), Fontayne Tufuga (Parramatta Eels), Ella Walker (Wests Tigers), Bronte Wilson (Illawarra Steelers). Coach: Courtney Crawford.
