Southwell smashes it into the touch. Here we go. Blues shift it and Southwell meekly kicks it away. FULLTIME. Blues win the game but Maroons win the series.
Blues have one more play!
Blues had one play. Yasmin Clydesdale dies with the ball. She is down and hurt. HIP DROP PENALTY.
Here we go. Blues got one play to win this.
Southwell kicks the conversion quickly.
GREEN LIGHTS.. TRY! Blues. The first knock on was cleared. Then it was ruled that Shenae Ciesiolka kicked it out of Yasmin Clydsdale hands. PENALTY TRY.
BUNKER TIME! Yasmin Cydesdale tries to lunge over. She is denied. We're checking the grounding. Also the build up play.
Joseph dies with the ball on last. Blues have one final shot.
Southwell kicks on fourth and finds Upton.
Keilee Joseph spills it off the kick-off. Queensland will CHALLENGE. UNSUCCESSFUL.
Aitken kicks through and Blues have to kick it dead.
Sergis spills it trying to crash through.
Lovely take from Evania Pelite. Had a lot of pressure from the Blues and took it with aplomb.
PENALTY QUEENSLAND! Offside.
Blues lost their way at the end of that set. Also remarkably, Bass is still on.
Bass loses it under heavy contact from Sergis.
Romy Teitzel dies with the ball on last. Blues have to ruck it out here.
Isabelle Kelly gets caught in the ruck and loses it.
Fuimaono kicks through and Upton is there again.
Olivia Kernick spills it trying to get up quickly. Blues CHALLENGE. It will be successful. Kernick never lost the ball. Tackle five.
Southwell spills it on the wraparound.
Evania Pelite knocks it down again. Blues ball.
Jess Sergis with a steal to get NSW back with it.
Blues opt to take the points. Southwell converts.
PENALTY NEW SOUTH WALES! Strip.
Quincy Dodd tries to surge over. She is held up.
New South Wales muscle up in defense and force an error.
Southwell with a quick run up and hits the crossbar and away.
Blues get the start they need. Quick hands on the left and Penitani crosses again.
Blues get lost on last but get a touch. Another set coming for the Sky Blues.
Both sides through their first set in this second half.
KICK-OFF! Blues kick it high into the Townsville sky.
Here we go for the second half. A huge task is facing the Blues. They need to win by eight to take the shield. Queensland absorbed the early pressure and struck thrice.
Blues end with the ball. HALFTIME. Queensland lead by eight. The margin is 16 for the series. HALFTIME.
Jesse Southwell goes for the hero play and spills it.
Bang! Tazmin Gray with a huge hit, it did hit her hand though so it will be a NSW ball.
Aitken punches a kick through for Gray. It goes dead. Seven tackle set for the Blues.
Blues just compounding their errors now. Kick off out on the full.
Temara swings this one over.
Tarryn Aitken has been everywhere and gets a four-pointer. She slices through the line and races to the line.
Temara with a kick from out wide. She swings it wide left this time.
Queensland refused to die with the ball there. Tazmin Grey goes on a charge, fed the ball wide and it gets out to Emily Bass who dives over.
PENALTY QUEENSLAND! Offside. Nice chip kick on last and they get a result. It goes off one Blue into another forward.
Millie Boyle cut in half and loses it.
Blues unable to convert on that chance. Taliah Fuimaono dies with the ball on last. Changeover.
Oh dear! Queensland fail to make touch.
PENALTY QUEENSLAND! Mato with a good run and then is held down in the ruck.
Zahara Temara looking to level things. She can't swing it back.
Queensland strike back! Tarryn Aitken with a wonderful short pass to Tazmin Grey who finds a flying Tamika Upton to go over.
PENALTY QUEENSLAND! Isabelle Kelly catches Tamika Upton high.
Jesse Southwell evades a marker and kicks it for Jess Sergis. She spills it.
Queensland with their first set in a while and put in a high kick. Emma Tonegato counter attacks down the wing and almost breaks them. Another good tackle from Tamika Upton.
Jesse Southwell converts.
PENALTY NEW SOUTH WALES! Once again they spread it right on first. Tiana Penitani streaks down the wing and goes into contact. Blues get the whistle on the next ruck and opt for two.
Now Keilee Joseph spills it.
Just as you wrap them, Kezie Apps spills it.
Blues are munching metres early in this contest. They are also throwing the ball wide on a lot of occasions.
Jesse Southwell with kicking duties. She studies the kick and pushes it wide.
That is the start the Blues needed! Good kick from Keeley Davis who grubbered through and Tiana Penitani gets it down just inside the ingoal.
PENALTY NEW SOUTH WALES! Ruck infringement.
PENALTY QUEENSLAND! Millie Boyle was caught offside.
KICK-OFF! Here we go.
Wonderful ceremony all round. Here we go. Origin time.
We will have the welcome to country followed by the anthem then it will be game on.
Quickly following them out is Queensland. They get a wonderful reception from the Townsville crowd as they look to retain the shield. Led out by Ali Brigginshaw, this is shaping up to be a big game.
Here come the Sky Blues! Isabelle Kelly has made a massive recovery from her throat injury to be in the side tonight. Their side is stacked with talent and look ready for a big game.
Good evening everyone! We have game two of the Womens State of Origin series to enjoy tonight in Townsville. Due to the weird nature of the series (only being two games) Blues need to win by 9+ tonight to take the shield while Queensland can hold them off with a loss by less than that margin.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Belinda Sharpe
Touch Judges: Darian Furner, Wyatt Raymond
Video Referee: Kasey Badger
QUEENSLAND WOMEN (14)
Tries: Tamika Upton, Emily Bass, Tarryn Aiken
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Zahara Temara (1/3)
Penalty Goals:
NEW SOUTH WALES WOMEN (18)
Tries: Tiana Penitani (2), Yasmin Clydsdale
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Jesse Southwell (1/3)
Penalty Goals: Jesse Southwell (2/2)