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Jasper Bruce

The day NSW's star of the future blew Cleary away

Emerging NRL star Isaiya Katoa has been turning heads from the time he was 13 years old. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

NSW have earmarked Isaiya Katoa as Nathan Cleary's successor by calling him into camp for State of Origin III, but the incumbent still remembers the day eight years ago when he first realised just how elite the young gun would become.

It comes as Brian To'o and Payne Haas once again trained separately from their teammates on Saturday, the final day of NSW's Blue Mountains camp for the decider on July 9.

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