Ali Brigginshaw has confirmed she will focus on her NRLW commitments with the Brisbane Broncos in her final year of rugby league.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As a proud and passionate Queenslander who first fell in love with the game in the rugby league heartland of Ipswich, Brigginshaw has been an inspirational force for the Harvey Norman Queensland Maroons team over many years.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter many restless nights over the off-season, I have decided to end my time in the Origin arena and focus all my energy on the Broncos for the upcoming season, which will be my last in rugby league,\u201d Brigginshaw said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t put into words what playing for Queensland meant to me. Pulling on the Maroon jersey made me feel bulletproof.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHistoric moments, amazing teams and great mates. Thank you Maroons family for all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brigginshaw played seven interstate games for Queensland and 13 State of Origin matches for her beloved Maroons. She captained the Maroons in 12 of those Origin games.<\/p>\n
Harvey Norman Queensland Maroons head coach Nathan Cross acknowledged Brigginshaw\u2019s enormous contribution to the Maroons and the women\u2019s game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe respect and understand Ali\u2019s decision to focus on the Broncos in her final year of rugby league,\u201d Cross said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve marvelled at Ali\u2019s performances at club and representative level for a long time now.<\/p>\n
\u201cAli was made for Origin \u2026 the arena ignited a spark inside her, and her toughness, skill and passion lifted her team and those around her.\u201d<\/p>\n
QRL chief executive officer Ben Ikin said: “It’s been a privilege to watch Ali brilliantly ply her trade over the past 15 years, what a player.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is an icon in women’s rugby league and there are now thousands of young girls across Queensland who dream of wearing the Maroon jersey because of what Ali achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ali Brigginshaw: Representative Career<\/p>\n
Played seven interstate games for Queensland (2009-10, 2012-14, 2016-17)
\nPlayed 13 State of Origin games for Queensland (2018-25)
\nCaptained Maroons in 12 State of Origin games
\nCaptained Maroons to State of Origin series victories in 2023 and 2024
\nPlayed 29 Tests for Jillaroos (2009-25)
\nSecond most capped Jillaroos player behind Tahnee Norris (33)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ali Brigginshaw has confirmed she will focus on her NRLW commitments with the Brisbane Broncos in her final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-415965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415965","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=415965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}