NSW star James Tedesco is confident he will recover from his ankle injury in time to play in next week’s State of Origin decider in Brisbane.

Tedesco and the Blues’ preparations will kick up a gear when they hit the training paddock for the first time on Wednesday in Kingscliff.

“I’ve been looking after it the last week, icing it and getting treatment on it. I’ll have a run today and see how it goes, but I’m pretty confident it’ll be sweet,” Tedesco said on Wednesday.