Growing up, like most young girls until now, Bremner never saw women playing league.

When she turned on the TV, she would see the men playing the game and never thought girls could play at such a high level but with the introduction of the NRL Women's Premiership, this is changing.

Young girls will now have the chance to turn on their TV's in September, when the inaugural season kicks-off, and see women playing rugby league.

Not only this but pathways have allowed them to keep playing.

"I'm honoured to be part of what can be inspirational for young girls, they can not just turn on the TV and watch women play rugby, they can join up to their local club and they don't have to stop when they are 12 years old, they can keep playing," Bremner said.

"I'm so happy there is a pathway for girls.

"I know how much opportunity it has brought me, I'm feeling so excited that it can do the exact same thing for girls to come in the future," she said.

That's just the tip of the iceberg for women's rugby league this year with the inaugural Women's State of Origin to come on June 22 at the famous North Sydney Oval. 

 

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But up until now, the match between the Queensland Maroons and New South Wales Blues, a series which first started in 1980 for the men and in 1999 for women, has been known at the Interstate Challenge. 

For the players, they never understood why it was a different name despite everything else about the game being the same.

"We knew we played the same game, the same rules, we played against Queensland and we did the hard yards, we weren't sure why it wasn't Origin," Bremner said.