Representative footy is the pinnacle of rugby league.
The State of Origin series is always casting a shadow over the NRL while the end of year World Cup has players auditioning for spots in a big way.
There are often arguments about what constitutes an "Origin or rep player" but the simplest way of putting it is the best players play rep footy.
Today we are going to look at seven players who are certain future rep players.
Whether that be Origin or international (often both), each of the below players will be running out at the top level before too long.
Below are seven, certain future representative players:
Noah Martin
If you don't think of Tallis Duncan next time you hear "Origin player" then it's probably because you're thinking of Noah Martin.
The 21 year-old is a tearaway in every sense of the word. He's currently 15 games into an NRL career that already has rep honours written all over it.
Martin has been a real bright spot in an otherwise below par season in the capital. His injury certainly hurt the momentum for the Green Machine.
At 185 cm and already weighing close to 100 kilos, he already looks ready for Origin. It must be the glorious, flowing mullet.
A workhorse in defence, a maniac in attack, don't be shocked if he and Hudson Young form an all representative back row for Canberra.
He still has a boat load of improvement in him yet but what I've seen from the youngster during his early NRL career has me in no doubt rep footy is in his future.
