13 Maroon wins

They are the Black Caviar’s of the rugby league world – I am referring to the Queensland’s women’s rugby league side who took their impressive winning streak against NSW to 13 straight in the curtain raiser to Origin. The ladies thumped the Blues 26-0 after leading 14-0 at half-time and ran out winners with six unanswered tries.
In a record Black Caviar and Peter Moody would be proud of the female Maroons have not lost an interstate game against the Blues since they first met in the Nellie Doherty Cup in 1999.
Wonder how Ricky Stuart would feel about those stats.
Led by policewoman Kay Murphy, Queensland were too big, strong and fast in their annual interstate clash.
Renae Kunst was outstanding for Queensland, wreaking havoc with her powerhouse runs in the middle and clever offloads.
The Maroons opened the scoring through hooker Natalie Dwyer in the 15th minute, before left winger Bianca Ambrum produced a big fend and sidestep after swooping on a loose ball to sprint 60 metres to make it 8-0 after 23 minutes.
NSW defended stoutly and Redfern’s Candice Clay was pulled down centimetres short by Queenslanders Stephanie Hancock and Nicole Curtis midway through the second half.
Stephanie Hancock, daughter of former Queensland and Australian forward Rohan Hancock who played in the first State of Origin in 1980, was rewarded for her efforts, crashing over for the final try just before full-time. Both Hancock and team mate Jo Barrett were flying the flag for the Southern Downs with strong connections to Killarney and Warwick.