The Black Ferns take on the Wallaroos in the first match of their two-test series in Perth on Saturday night as part of a double header with the All Blacks and Wallabies.
For one player, it marks the beginning of her journey out from the shadow of former captain Fiao'o Fa'amausili.
Dual rugby and rugby league international - and now Black Ferns hooker - Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate is forging her own path in the black jersey and is helping to blaze a trail for rugby loving girls in Northland.
Rugby reporter Joe Porter has more.
