IT was a long time coming and finally breaking Queensland’s 17-year stranglehold on the Nellie Doherty Cup came with an added sweetener for NSW star Kezie Apps, who picked up player of the match in the Blues epic 8-4 win at Cbus Super Stadium on Saturday.
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Apps has a tremendous outing with a threatening presence on the attack, including an early line-break.
The Bega and Helensburgh second rower joined up with Australian and Tigerlillies team-mates to close out NSW’s first win in almost 20 years.
The victory quickly began trending on twitter as #uptheblues with messages of congratulations flowing through for the Blues.
Apps’ former team-mate Sam Bremner told NRL.com that emotions were running high after the win.
“I've watched NSW get better and better and the margin get closer every single year,” she said.
"We spoke today about confidence. It's something you can't train to get, it just happens when you believe in the people around you.”
