The Queensland Maroons will go for a fourth series win in five years on Wednesday evening, but the ever brutal demands of State of Origin mean the player pathways is always going to be explored beyond the current side.
The Queensland side also have some players at the back-end of their Origin careers.
Kurt Capewell could be in his swansong series, Cameron Munster, joking as he may have been after Game 2, indicated he knows his time is closer to the end than the start, and even then, Billy Slater has made it clear during his time coaching he has no hesitation making an enormous call if he thinks it needs to be made.
Queensland do have some excellent young talent on the way through, and others who could well have made an argument to play this year.
Here are the most likely players to debut next year for the Maroons.
6. Tom Chester (North Queensland Cowboys)
Chester has shot through the ranks at the Cowboys in recent years, and is among the more talented young backs in the sport.
He does have some issues in terms of not reading the game all that well in attack, often refusing to pass the football, but other than that, he is nailing just about every area of the game for a player of his age.
The Cowboys have a big decision to make around who replaces Scott Drinkwater next year, and Chester is most certainly part of that discussion.
Whether he gets the spot or not remains to be seen, but there is an argument that suggests his versatility and defensive reads could land him a spot in Billy Slater's Origin side, with the coach no stranger to taking a big risk.
