Blues claim first blood against Maroons

Blues claim first blood against Maroons

State of Origin 2025 features Queensland vs. Blues, with new coach John Strange and captain Isabelle Kelly.

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State of Origin has returned with a bang for 2025 as the game's showpiece pitted defending champions Queensland against arch-rivals the Blues at Suncorp Stadium for the series opener.

After losing Game One last year the Maroons hit back to win Game Two in a thriller and then took the decider convincingly in Townsville to take the honours in the first ever three-game women's Origin series.

Queensland will be drawing on that inspiration again after going down to the Blues, with new coach John Strange, new captain in Isabelle Kelly and new halves pairing of Jesse Southwell and Tiana...

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