Dylan Pietsch enters the front doors of rugby headquarters in Sydney and, all of a sudden, the burden of representing the nation's Aboriginal mobs runs to his head and shoulders.

The distinct image of Mark Ella, not only Australia's greatest Indigenous player, but by the estimation of many pundits the greatest Wallaby too, Indigenous or not, adorns the walls in the Moore Park building along with twin brother, Glen, and younger sibling, Gary.

It is a timely reminder in the final weeks and days before Pietsch ran out for his Test debut on Saturday night around the corner at the rebuilt Sydney Football Stadium.

"I know the Ellas really well," Pietsch said.

"I talk to them about their stories and their struggles, and what they went through and get a bit of perspective on that.

"When I got to do my designs (for NSW Waratahs), they'd never got to play in an Indigenous jersey and they didn't get do anything after that to get recognised.

"For them to create that (legacy) for me to be able to have that is just so cool because they are such good role models.

"They still live down at 'Lapa' (La Perouse) and I get to see them a fair bit."

The Ella brothers were the third, fourth and fifth Indigenous players to represent Australia out of 622 Wallabies before them dating back since 1899, and by the last of the trio's inclusion in 1982, the brothers spread out along the dynamic backline seemed to usher in a new era for good.

But the strides that were made by their appearance is relatively short-lived, and Australia only produces 11 more caps for Indigenous players in more than 40 years until Pietsch, a proud the Wiradjuri man, added another to a list, as the first in 14 years since Matt Hodgson last debuted.

There was nothing explicitly noticeable in Pietsch's closing five or so minutes of the contest, coming off the bench that assured that cap was official in the opening Test of the two-match series with Wales.

He touched the ball once and ran down a tackle up the left side of the field to finally shut down the Welsh attacks amid a 25-16 victory in front of proud family and friends.

But Pietsch was unperturbed by his short stint out in the middle, instead looking at the bigger picture than just personal accolades.

"Being the 15th (Indigenous player) – there's only been 14 – is still really cool," Pietsch said.

"Not only for me, but hopefully whatever it can create for other people, like other Indigenous players within rugby – that's my goal with that.

"Hopefully I can do a good job and can create a genuine, really good pathways for Aboriginal people coming through rugby union."

Pietsch understands probably more than most Indigenous Wallabies – which includes former rugby league stars where Indigenous representation is commonplace – of what the profound effect of being a part of a rare sporting lineage can create for future generations.

To look to the future, he looks to the past.

Not only the Ellas from the Yuin nation, but strong blackfullas of the 20th century like the late Wakka Wakka man Lloyd McDermott, Bidjigal man Lloyd Walker, and the first of the line of Indigenous Wallabies, Cecil Ramalli, who was the son of an Indian Muslim trader and an Aboriginal mum, a fact that was downplayed during his playing days in 1938-39.

That knowledge of the past and his connections tied to land and culture is strengthening the resolve of Pietsch to play a lot more Tests than just the one towards becoming a talking point across Australia to the extent that the winger is also a household name to embrace diversity in the national team.

"It's probably the main driver in my career – I really want to create change within the sport in that area," he said.

"I feel myself, KB (Kurtley Beale) and Triston Riley (of the NSW Waratahs) have a really strong connection to culture.

"I think we can drive that and change a fair bit that was born in the past.

"We want to create more than 15 (Indigenous) Wallabies – 30 or more, whatever it is."

For Test Match No.2, Pietsch this weekend will be running out in an Indigenous-designed Wallabies jersey of Kamilaroi man, Dennis Golding Weatherall that Australia first wore back in 2017 against the All Blacks.

The unique design which retains key elements of the traditional gold jersey worn since a 1961 tour of South Africa to avoid a colour conflict had been initially pushed by Beale, and it will be rolled out again to coincide with NAIDOC Week.

It was originally designed with 14 waterholes spread over the fabric that paid tribute to every Indigenous player that represented Australia, but a 15th waterhole image will need to feature in the jersey to include Pietsch's debut.

The very thought strikes at the passion of the 26-year-old artist, who for the last two seasons had cultivated an Indigenous strip for Super Rugby outfit, New South Wales Waratahs.

"I would absolutely love to design one," he said.

"The dream was to be able to get the Wallabies' jersey first and hopefully design a jersey in the future.

"Hopefully it becomes a thing that you get more Indigenous designs for Indigenous artists coming in, creating different jerseys and really connecting back to Community."