In the past five years, most NRL teams have had twice as many State of Origin representatives as struggling Wests Tigers.
So to be selected for a NSW recall feels all the more "incredible" for Tigers co-captain Api Koroisau.
Normally stocked with Kiwi talent ineligible for Origin, the Warriors are the only team who have had fewer representatives than Wests in the last five series.
Other than Manly, St George Illawarra and Canberra, each with five representatives, every other NRL team has had at least six reps in that time - twice as many as the Tigers' three.
Stefano Utoikamanu, Jarome Luai and Koroisau are the only men's Tigers players to have represented their state since the beginning of 2022.
Even then, Luai and Koroisau had already made their Origin debuts prior to arriving at the Tigers.
