How footy star went from losing his dad aged just seven and dropping out of school at 15 to making history with State of Origin call-up
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J'Maine Hopgood is the only debutant in coach Billy Slater's Queensland side for the first Origin match next Wednesday - and he took a very hard road to cracking the side.