Aiken speechless after Origin triumph

Well, Alana and I are now joined by one of the superstars of the Maroons, Tara Aiken Taron. Well, congratulations. Really tough conditions here in Townsville. You've pulled it off. Can you sum up the emotions right now? Yeah, I don't know. I was just talking to Robert. What are you saying? It doesn't feel real at the moment. I mean, to come out in conditions like this. But the atmosphere was unreal. The crowd was so good. And yeah, it was unreal. Taz, you just were chatting to me before we came over saying that that was the hardest game of rugby league you've ever played. Yeah, for sure. I mean, it was so hard out there. It was the hardest game I've ever played. I think that second-half. I was just trying to hang on. I think we made a big point during the week on our effort areas and that our defensive wins the game, so it got us there in the end. I thought the defence, the intensity, didn't laugh at any point during that game. But your attack, you were absolutely humming, You're everywhere, you're playing both sides of the rock. But also quite early on, obviously it started raining just before kick off. Was your mindset always we've got to have a crack earlier here? Not really. We spoke before the game that we're just gonna get energy off our defence and just complete and do our effort areas right and we knew our attack would come into place we've got in our team. So yeah, it wasn't our mindset but I'm happy it worked out that way. First ever Woman's Origin decider Queensland win Do you have a highlight from the game? I don't know if I've got a highlight, probably vinyl score in the first try. She's been unreal campaign and I'm so happy for her. Her defence was unreal but to cross the line to start with was so good. What was this crowd like? 22,000 I know, so good it was. We could hear them the whole time, especially that last 10 minutes. They're getting us home. We'll let you go and soak it up with your teammates at a really special moment, an iconic moment for women sport. Well done. Thank you. Thank you.