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by Nick Campton

New South Wales prodigy Jesse Southwell is destined to make her mark on State of Origin football

Southwell was superb in her maiden NRLW season last year and will make her New South Wales debut on Thursday night.  (Getty Images: Mark Kolbe)

Jesse Southwell is a vision of the future of women's rugby league but the New South Wales playmaker will draw on visions of the past as she prepares for her State of Origin debut. 

The first women's interstate match played under the Origin banner was back in 2018 and five years might not seem like long ago but for Southwell it must feel like a lifetime. She's still just 18 after all.

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