{"id":623010,"date":"2026-04-22T06:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623010\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:55:12","slug":"nsw-blues-womens-team-announcement-womens-state-of-origin-team-selections-john-strange-news-videos-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623010\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Blues women\u2019s team announcement, women\u2019s State of Origin, team selections, John Strange, news, videos, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Blues have unveiled their team for the Women\u2019s State of Origin series opener, with a key star returning after a missing out last year.<\/p>\n<p>Millie Elliott missed the most recent Origin series due to pregnancy, but she returns alongside debutant Teagan Berry who has been named on the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Jocelyn Kelleher has been named in the No.6 while the experienced Tiana Penitani Gray shifts into the back row.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/nrl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rima Butler, meanwhile, has been named in the extended squad and is yet to make her NSW debut while Isabelle Kelly will once again captain the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really excited about the squad that we\u2019ve named, it\u2019s a very well-balanced team from 1-17,\u201d Westpac NSW Blues Women\u2019s coach John Strange said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe six-week training block was very enjoyable and bringing the players and staff together gave them a great opportunity to connect both on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p>Bulldogs&#8217; inconsistency in the spotlight | 02:33<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest NRL news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=NRLArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to camp starting and can\u2019t wait to get to work to defend the Shield.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series opener will be played on April 30 at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle before the Blues travel to Brisbane\u2019s Suncorp Stadium for Game II.<\/p>\n<p>NSW BLUES WOMEN\u2019S SQUAD<\/p>\n<p>1. Abbi Church (Parramatta Eels)<\/p>\n<p>2. Jaime Chapman (Gold Coast Titans)<\/p>\n<p>3. Jess Sergis (Sydney Roosters)<\/p>\n<p>4. Isabelle Kelly (Sydney Roosters)<\/p>\n<p>5. Jayme Fressard (Sydney Roosters)<\/p>\n<p>6. Jocelyn Kelleher (Sydney Roosters)<\/p>\n<p>7. Jesse Southwell (Brisbane Broncos)<\/p>\n<p>8. Millie Elliott (Sydney Roosters)<\/p>\n<p>9. Keeley Nizza (Sydney Roosters)<\/p>\n<p>10. Ellie Johnston (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks)<\/p>\n<p>11. Tiana Penitani Gray (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks)<\/p>\n<p>12. Yasmin Meakes (Newcastle Knights)<\/p>\n<p>13. Olivia Kernick (Sydney Roosters)<\/p>\n<p>14. Olivia Higgins (Newcastle Knights)<\/p>\n<p>15. Kennedy Cherrington (Parramatta Eels)<\/p>\n<p>16. Kezie Apps (Wests Tigers)<\/p>\n<p>17. Teagan Berry* (St George Illawarra Dragons)<\/p>\n<p>18. Corban Baxter (Sydney Roosters)<\/p>\n<p>19. Rima Butler* (Sydney Roosters)<\/p>\n<p>20. Quincy Dodd (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks)<\/p>\n<p>Coach: John Strange<\/p>\n<p>*Denotes yet to play for NSW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NSW Blues have unveiled their team for the Women\u2019s State of Origin series opener, with a key&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-623010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623010","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=623010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}