PENALTY QLD - They find touch 12m shy of halfway
Southwell with another great kick to force another drop out
PENALTY NSW - QLD attempts a short restart but it fails to travel 10m
Southwell converts
Kernick powers through two tackle efforts and scores under the posts
Rain pouring down. Blues on the attack
Aiken managed to regather the ball before a Blue hand could plant it for a try.
Aiken gets a panicked pass in her own ingoal and she briefly loses it and regains it in a tackle. Bunker checking for a try
Robinson drops a tricky pass running back inside
PENALTY QLD - 10m from the Blues line
PENALTY NSW - Piggy back out of their own red zone
Both fullbacks in the wars. Play stopped after Church got bent back awkwardly in a tackle. Meanwhile Upton has come off clutching her hamstring.
Southwell wide out on the right side, misses the conversion.
Nice ball movement by the Blues to the right side to Chapman who steps either side, eventually wrongfoots Upton and then gets ankle tapped but slides across the line and scores.
PENALTY NSW - They find touch 15m inside the Maroons half
Southwell from the sideline is just wide.
Southwell with a great long cut-out pass to Kelly, who draws and passes to Fressard in space and she scores in the corner
Southwell forces a QLD drop out.
Blues coming out strong so far, especially in defence.
The ladies got a bit cranky there
Queensland with a short kick off and they get the ball back. 2 tackles later they turn it over.
Southwell from in front converts
Kernick slips out of a low tackle and then brushes off the cover defence to score a strong solo try under the sticks
Penitani throws a rushed pass as she's tackled and the ball bounces in front of Chapman and goes into touch, with the tryline open and just 10m away
SCRUM NSW - Owen drops the ball in the play-the-ball, 25m from the QLD line
Great low kick into the Blues ingoal and Southwell regathers brilliantly and then bulldozes her way back into the field of play and out to the 10m line despite having 3 defenders on her. Phenomonal!
PENALTY QLD - 35m from the Blues line. Take the tap. The ground is getting muddy and sloppy, but the play is still very good and open
SCRUM QLD - Clydsdale working the ball towards halfway, drops it in a heavy tackle.
Southwell converts
Taufa goes on a barnstorming run, changing her line just as she receives the pass, busts through the line and then slides over despite the tackle effort from Upton
Brigginshaw's kick is off the side of the boot and is fielded on halfway. Big set for the Blues here
Blues turning the defence on big time this set
Johnston drops it on the second tackle and the Maroons claim the loose ball.
PENALTY NSW - Blues take the tap 10m from the QLD line
Lovely grubber by Southwell forces a drop out
SCRUM NSW - 30m from the QLD line. Upton gets a 7 tackle set for QLD but after she take the tap, Kezie Apps hits her with a dominant tackle and forces the ball loose.
PENALTY QLD - They find touch 10m shy of halfway
PENALTY NSW - They take the tap instead of kicking for touch
Brown converts
Brown with a crafty grubber from dummy half, 1m from the Blues line. Kernick tries to pick the slippery ball up but fails to do so and Upton falls on the ball to score
SCRUM QLD - Aiken with a clever grubber and the Blues knock-on close to their own line.
PENALTY QLD - They find touch on halfway
Peters with a great take under the high ball with Chapman bearing down on her
Good opening set by the Maroons. Brown with a perfectly placed kick into the Blues left corner
Blues kick-off
Not sure if we'll be watching footy or water polo tonight. Ground is covered in puddles.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Belinda Sharpe
Touch Judges: Kieren Irons, Daniel Luttringer
Video Referee: Gerard Sutton
NEW SOUTH WALES (W) (26)
Tries: Simaima Taufa, Olivia Kernick (2), Jayme Fressard, Jaime Chapman
Conversions: Jesse Southwell (3/5)
QUEENSLAND (W) (6)
Tries: Tamika Upton
Conversions: Lauren Brown (1/1)