Kezie Apps will become just the fifteenth player to make 15 or more appearances for her country on Saturday, ten years after watching the Jillaroos win the women's world cup in England.
It's been quite a journey for the 32-year-old Wests Tigers Co-captain, sparked by a lightbulb moment in her loungeroom on the NSW South Coast.
It was watching Australia claim its very first World Cup on television that sprung Apps into action. There and then she knew that she too wanted to wear the green and gold.
That match in the north of England - won 22-12 by Australia - ended a long stretch of dominance by New Zealand, including three consecutive World Cup triumphs.
That event, 17,100 kilometres as the crow flies from Apps and her sofa in Bega, prompted a then 22-year-old to chase a dream, rekindling her love of rugby league.
Quite remarkably, just twelve months later Kezie did pull on her country's colours for the first time, becoming Jillaroos Player #126 when she lined up against the Kiwi Ferns at WIN Stadium in Wollongong in 2014.
Fast forward a decade, and Apps - like her captain on Saturday, Ali Brigginshaw - has become one of the greats of the women's game.
The Bega Roosters junior has ticked pretty much all but a NRLW Premiership off her rugby league bucket list.
She was named Dally M Player of the Year in 2016, has won the last two World Cups with the Jillaroos, and this year became the most capped State of Origin player for New South Wales.
Just as the Kangaroos acknowledge milestones for the Australian men's team, with different coloured chevrons for 20, 30 and 40 test appearances, so too do the Jillaroos.
To mark 15 appearances for the Jillaroos, Kezie will carry a white milestone patch on the left side of her jersey on Saturday night.
Brigginshaw, who was part of that World Cup-winning team which inspired Apps more than a decade ago, is the only player in the current Jillaroos squad to have reached this milestone.
The Broncos veteran has played 22 games and counting for the Jillaroos.
Jillaroos Fifteen-plus Club
Tahnee Norris 33
Karyn Murphy 28
Natalie Dwyer 26
Teresa Anderson 25
Katrina Fanning 24
Ali Brigginshaw 22
Steph Hancock 21
Loretta O’Neill 20
Erin Elliott 19
Veronica White 17
Tracey Thompson 16
Renae Kunst 16
Tarah Westera 15
Tarsha Gale 15
Debbie Merritt 15
As for the town that gave us Kezie Apps, with a population slightly north of 4000, it certainly has a strong rugby league pedigree.
Most known for dairy farming and its famous Bega Cheese, it has also produced a string of elite footballers.
There is Kezie's junior teammate from the Bega Roosters, Dale Finucane, Newcastle Knights forward Adam Elliott, former Canberra Raiders outside back David Boyle, and the list goes on.
Boyle's daughter Millie, who recently married Elliott, is one of the best forwards in the women's game who has played alongside Apps for the Jillaroos.
But top of the list of Bega's 'most notable' people is Kezie Apps. Google Bega's Wikipedia page and you'll see.
Granted, the list is in alphabetical order, but don't let that detract from the story. Along with cheese, Kezie is Bega's greatest export.
