{"id":187212,"date":"2025-10-03T09:39:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T09:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/187212\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T09:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T09:39:16","slug":"nrl2025-roosters-broncso-nrlw-grand-final-liked-to-state-of-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/187212\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL2025: Roosters-Broncso NRLW grand final liked to State of Origin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ali Brigginshaw played down the Wally Lewis-type reception she received when introduced at the NRL Fan Fest in Sydney, but the Queensland great admitted there was a State of Origin feeling about Sunday\u2019s NRLW grand final.<\/p>\n

Brigginshaw, who is considered a future Hall of Famer, is one of seven Maroons in the Brisbane team, while the Roosters boast six members of the victorious Blues team, along with coach John Strange.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it is going to be a great match up,\u201d Brigginshaw said. \u201cWith so many representative players, they have got big game performances and big game experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Roosters have got a lot of strike through the middle but then their outside backs are also strong, as are my forward pack and my outside backs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think both sides are quite balanced so it is going to be interesting, and will come down to moments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about the overwhelming support for the Roosters when players from the two clubs were introduced to the crowd, Brigginshaw said: \u201cI heard some cheers \u2026 but it has got a bit of a Queensland-NSW rivalry about it, that\u2019s for sure\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Roosters are undefeated in 12 matches this season and have won 18 in a row, while the only loss incurred by the Broncos was a 30-26 defeat by the 2024 premiers in Round 3.<\/p>\n

Strange described last weekend\u2019s 17-16 semi-final win against the Sharks as feeling like a loss, and the Roosters are without superstar halfback Tarryn Aiken after the 2024 Golden Boot winner ruptured her ACL three weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Yet in true Queensland fashion, Broncos coach Scott Prince \u2013 the former Maroons halfback who helped Wests Tigers to the 2005 NRL premiership \u2013 claimed underdog status.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are undefeated, they\u2019ve won 18 games,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Prince then outlined why the Broncos can win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess when you look back at Round 2, we are a totally different team in regards to the way we play and more so with our defence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n


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\n 2025 Dally M Medallist Tamika Upton and the 2024 winner Olivia Kernick headline star studded Broncos and Roosters grand final teams.
\n \u00a9Gregg Porteous\/NRL Photos
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\u201cEveryone talks about our attack but over the course of the past month the highest points that were scored against us was 12 so that is something we pride ourselves on. We know we have the attack to score points but it is more around our \u2018D\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you cast your mind back to Round 3 against the Roosters, they got off to a great start and that is what they are renowned to do; they like to blow teams off the park early and they pride themselves on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey use their power and strength through the middle, and they have got Isabelle Kelly and Jess Sergis on an edge. That\u2019s where they try to destroy you.<\/p>\n


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\n Broncos co-captain Ali Brigginshaw and Roosters skipper Isabelle Kelly are among the big name stars in Sunday’s NRLW grand final.
\n \u00a9Gregg Porteous\/NRL Photos
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\u201cWe understand what\u2019s coming this Sunday. I am sure they are going to bring their A-game, just like us and then it comes down to whoever has got the will to make those plays and those moments.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Broncos won the first three NRLW grand finals when the competition involved just four teams, but they haven\u2019t beaten the Roosters since the 2021 decider, played in early 2022 because of COVID.<\/p>\n

However, Strange said past results would mean nothing in the grand final and also said his players couldn\u2019t afford to focus on trying to complete a perfect season.<\/p>\n


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\n The rival Roosters and Broncos grand final teams faced off at NRL Fan Fest.
\n \u00a9Gregg Porteous \/NRL Photos
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\u201cEvery venture I take on I just want to do the best I can as a coach and help the players achieve what they want to achieve \u2013 whether it is an Origin series or a premiership,\u201d Strange said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am just really glad it us two teams in the grand final if I am an independent fan, because I think we have been the two most consistent teams and I think it is going to be the game we all want to see.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ali Brigginshaw played down the Wally Lewis-type reception she received when introduced at the NRL Fan Fest in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-187212","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}