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The two New South Wales teams head to the Sunshine State looking to continue their winning ways after both posted victories in last year’s interstate games.

The Westpac NSW Under 19s Women’s team includes seven players from last year’s team that beat Queensland 46-4 at Leichhardt Oval with Ryvrr-Lee Alo, Indie Bostock, Evah McEwen, Evie McGrath, Maria Paseka, Kasey Reh and Bronte Wilson back in action.

The junior Blues squad includes five players from the team that beat Queensland 14-10 in Connor Votano, Hayden Buchanan, Mitchell Woods, Jacob Halangahu and Cody Hopwood, while Zane Harrison was 18th player in 2024.

New South Wales young guns to watch

Jacob Halangahu

At 19, talented back-rower Halangahu already has nine appearances in NSW Cup for the Dragons under his belt and will be one for Queensland to look out for come game day. Experiencing a huge 2024 where he won the NSW Schoolboys Cup title with Blacktown Patrician Brothers and helped guide the Dragons to an SG Ball premiership, Dragons fans are predicting more to come for their rising star.

Jacob Halangahu playing for the Dragons.
Jacob Halangahu playing for the Dragons. ©NRL Images

Evah McEwan

McEwan well and truly announced herself through her two NRLW appearances for the Knights in her debut season. Since representing the winning NSW Under 19 Women last year, the second-rower has since played for Fetu Samoa in the Pacific Championships where they posted two key wins to qualify for the next Rugby League World Cup. Earlier this year, she debuted in Jess Skinner’s winning Indigenous All Stars team, adding to her recent run of success.

Cody Hopwood

A big winner at the Junior Reps presentation night for the Knights last season for his exploits in the SG Ball – taking home the Andrew Johns Medal for Player of the Year and the Players’ Player trophy – the West Maitland Wallaroos junior has continued to impress in 2025, getting more opportunity with the club's NSW Cup side. A schoolboys star as well representing Australia last year, the lock/prop is one of five players returning to the NSW Under 19 Men's team this year.

Ryvrr-Lee Alo

One of seven players returning from last year’s winning team where she scored in the 46-4 victory, Eels lock Alo has plenty of representative experience to draw from as New South Wales set out to go back-to-back against Queensland. Awarded player of the year honours in this year’s Under 19 Tarsha Gale Cup competition, Alo was also part of the Cook Islands team in the Pacific Championships last year.

Toby Rodwell

Roosters halfback Rodwell helped his side claim the SG Ball Cup title this year, kicking a late field goal to ice a remarkable comeback from 26-18 down with 90 seconds left. Rodwell capped of a great season by being named the club's SG Ball player of the year. The 19-year-old is the son of former Blue Brett Rodwell, while his older brother Tom plays on the wing for the Roosters NSW Cup side.

Indie Bostock

Upgraded from an NRLW development contract with the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2024 to become part of the Dragons Top 24 in 2025, Bostock scored a try for the NSW Under 19 Blues in their win last year and is back for more. Part of a talented crop of players in the Illawarra Steelers pathways, winning two premierships with the club in 2024, the centre was also selected for the Australian Schoolgirls team for the second consecutive year. Her brother Jack Bostock has also had success in the junior Origin game, winning with the NSW Under 19 Men in 2022.

Cooper Clarke

Another Cooper playing in the Storm system, but unlike former Maroons star Cooper Cronk, Clarke is an out and out Blue. Originally from Western Sydney, the prop played in Queensland’s Mal Meninga Cup competition for the Sunshine Coast Falcons where he was voted the ‘weapon of the year’. This past season, he was crowned the Storm’s Greg Brentnall Award as the 2025 SG Ball Player of the Year and has since graduated to the Jersey Flegg Cup.

Tori Shipton

A rising star at the Dragons after choosing rugby league over rugby union and soccer, 18-year-old Shipton represented NSW Combined High Schools in both rugby league and rugby sevens before deciding to pursue an NRLW career. One of eight members of the Illawarra Steelers Tarsha Gale Cup team in the NSW squad, Shipton made the rapid transition from Lisa Fiola Cup Under 17s to Harvey Norman Women’s Premiership in 2024. Originally a fullback or halfback, she is now at home at hooker and will wear the No.9 jersey for the Blues. 

The 2025 Under 19 Origin matches will take place at Sunshine Coast Stadium this Thursday and you can follow all the action on NRL.com's live blog.

Tickets for Thursday's Under 19s Origin are available from NRL Tickets.