Both Brad Fittler and Billy Slater have been forced into some enormous calls ahead of the 2022 State of Origin series, with a total of 12 debutants across the 44 players selected, including eight likely to play next Wednesday.
They have come as a result of surprise form runs through the opening 12 rounds of the competition and injuries, but nonetheless will create an intriguing sidestory heading into rugby league's biggest event.
Here are all the big talking points ahead of Game 1 after both teams were named on Sunday night and Monday morning.
4. Which debutants will handle the pressure best?
12 debutants across the two squads. It's a lot of new blood injected into the Origin camps.
Even more so when eight of them are expected to play. For the Blues, all of Stephen Crichton, Kotoni Staggs, Ryan Matterson and Nicho Hynes will play, while for Queensland, it's Selwyn Cobbo, Reuben Cotter, Patrick Carrigan and Jeremiah Nanai.
All eight of those players are going to be watched and talked about over the next week, and then will face the Origin furnace.
But who is best equipped to handle the pressure cooker environment? It could well decide the opening game of the series when the two teams run out at Homebush next Wednesday.
It's hard to argue Reuben Cotter isn't the most ready.
His 63 tackles without a miss against the defending premiers on Friday evening prove that beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Carrigan is also definitely ready for his debut, having likely been in the side last year if not for an ACL injury sustained just weeks out from Game 1. Jeremiah Nanai and Selwyn Cobbo, for defensive and other reasons, are the two that will raise the most eyebrows for Queensland.
On the New South Wales side of the coin, their two bench debutants in Ryan Matterson and Nicho Hynes are potentially the two most in-form players in the competition, even if Hynes has dropped off a little in the last month.
Staggs and Crichton, as mentioned earlier, share some defensive fragilities, but also have the power to put on an attacking masterclass, and playing outside the likes of James Tedesco, Damien Cook and Nathan Cleary, could be incredibly dangerous at this level.
