‘I do pinch myself’: From Ron Massey Cup to NSW Origin camp in half a season

‘I do pinch myself’: From Ron Massey Cup to NSW Origin camp in half a season

Six months ago, Thomas Jenkins was on the rugby league scrapheap. Now he’s rubbing shoulders with the NSW squad as they prepare for Origin II.

‘I do pinch myself’: From Ron Massey Cup to the NSW Origin squad in half a season

Since then, he hasn’t missed a game for the champions, stringing together 11 appearances, culminating in a career-best performance in Penrith’s 18-14 win against Wests Tigers last week. Jenkins scored a hat-trick of tries, made five line-breaks, 12 tackle-breaks and carried the ball 253 metres in attack. Just when he thought life could not get much better, he was called into the NSW squad this week as a development/shadow player to help the Blue…