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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 01: The Blues celebrate winning game one of the Women's State of Origin series between the Queensland Maroons and New South Wales Blues at Suncorp Stadium on May 01, 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Women’s Origin bumper ratings smash AFL

Women’s State of Origin continues to be a television juggernaut, out-rating Thursday night’s AFL clash between Essendon and North Melbourne by almost double on free-to-air.

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Keeley Davis talks to referee Belinda Sharp.

Blues star opens up on shock eye gouge allegation

NSW hooker Keeley Davis was reluctant to discuss the ugly eye gouge allegation which rocked Origin I – but she says that while she’s not certain who the culprit was she has no doubts that she felt an eye gouge.

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