Martha Harvey was just two when her father - Narrabri stalwart Denis - hung up the boots.
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But rugby and the Blue Boars remained a big part of her life growing up, with her dad transitioning into the refereeing ranks and her younger brother Sid suiting up in the blue in the Central North junior competition.
Now the teenager is blazing her own path in the sport.
She is on the cusp of swapping the Narrabri blue for the blue of her state after being selected in the NSW under-17s 7s train-on squad.
Being a year young, Harvey said the selection was "very exciting" but "very surprising". She really just went to the state championships for the experience.
"I went to Bowral just to play football, I didn't even think I was a chance of getting selected at all," she said.
The squad was meant to have a training session in Sydney before Christmas but it was postponed after the coronavirus flare-up.
From the train-on squad, a side will be selected to play in a 'State of Origin' style series in Brisbane at the end of the month (that was the plan before recent events).
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Harvey would love to make the side, but whatever happens she said it will be a good experience. And it has shown her that the opportunities are out there.
Always playing some sport or another from when she was old enough to, Harvey said while she "loved the idea" of rugby she never really had the inclination to play in the Sunday carnivals. Mainly because she was playing other sports and enjoying those.
But then in Year 8, Narrabri High entered a girls team in the gala day at Coonabarabran for the first time.
"I loved it and was waiting for the next opportunity," she said. That opportunity came the next year with Harvey playing for the Central North under-15s at the Country Championships.
She "absolutely loved it".
Then last year the Blue Boars joined forces with the high school and got involved in the North West Youth Rugby competition, fielding an under-14s and under-16s girls team.
The regular competition wasn't something Harvey had had before and her passion for the game only grew.
Playing under the Blue Boars banner, she said it was pretty special pulling on the same jersey that not only her dad had, but also her brother and older sister Mae (she joined the seniors squad last season).
A 'chip off the old block' as the saying goes, Martha is like her dad, a speedy winger.
She is intending to start training with the Blue Boars seniors side this year, but isn't sure yet whether she will play.
