Kezie Apps says no one, not even Jillaroos selectors or coach Brad Donald, expected her to recover from a knee injury in time to play for Australia in Pacific Championships.
But after proving everyone wrong once, the veteran second-rower is ready to again to silence those doubting Donald's decision to pick her ahead of Olivia Kernick for the Test series.
It was only when Donald called around to Jillaroos players late in the NRLW season that Apps entered selection calculations for the campaign that begins against Papua New Guinea in Brisbane on Friday night.
