Changes as Maroons fight to avoid women's Origin sweep
Brisbane's Hayley Maddick will replace injured talisman Tamika Upton (hip) at fullback for the third game of the women's series, while Cronulla playmaker Georgia Hannaway is named on the bench.
Neither has previously featured at Origin level, but both enjoyed strong 2024 NRLW campaigns.
Brigginshaw has shifted to lock to replace Keilee Joseph, set to miss next Thursday's Origin III in Newcastle for medical reasons.
Veteran Brigginshaw has been unable to spark the Queenslanders in two hefty losses this series and reverts to the position where she has played five of her 12 Origin games.
That pushes utility Lauren Brown into the halves to partner Tarryn Aiken in Newcastle, with Destiny Brill returning to the starting side in Brown's hooker spot.
Queensland will hope Brown can repeat her heroics from last year's trip to Newcastle, where she iced the Maroons' game-two victory with a field goal.
The Maroons' middle forward rotation remains unchanged despite being completely dominated by their NSW counterparts in the first two matches.
NSW have named an unchanged team from the one that posted a 26-6 win over Queensland in last week's second match.
A neck injury meant Jess Sergis could not finish that game, but she has been named in the centres opposite NSW captain and Sydney Roosters teammate Isabelle Kelly.
Olivia Higgins usurps Shaylee Bent as replacement player for NSW.
QUEENSLAND:
Hayley Maddick, Julia Robinson, Shenae Ciesiolka, Rory Owen, Jasmine Peters, Tarryn Aiken, Lauren Brown, Makenzie Weale, Destiny Brill, Jessika Elliston, Sienna Lofipo, Romy Teitzel, Ali Brigginshaw, Georgia Hannaway, Sophie Holyman, Chelsea Lenarduzzi, Tavarna Papalii, Jada Ferguson (replacement player)
NEW SOUTH WALES:
Abbi Church, Jaime Chapman, Jess Sergis, Isabelle Kelly, Jayme Fressard, Tiana Penitani Gray, Jesse Southwell, Simaima Taufa, Keeley Davis, Ellie Johnston, Kezie Apps, Yasmin Clydsdale, Olivia Kernick, Kennedy Cherrington, Sarah Togatuki, Emma Verran, Olivia Higgins (replacement player)
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