Origin enforcer playing for flood-ravaged hometown

NSW Blue Mitch Barnett is heartbroken by the flood damage on the mid-north coast where he was born. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

After the siren sounds on the State of Origin series opener, Mitch Barnett hopes to roll up his sleeves and lend a hand on NSW's flood-ravaged mid-north coast.

Warriors co-captain Barnett has had to watch from afar as flood waters ravaged the Manning Valley area where he was born and raised, and where his parents still live.