After receiving a special invitation, a 14-year-old football prodigy has attended a offseason training session with Australia's women sevens side, planting a vision to pursue rugby's modified version amid a proverbial tug-of-war battle with rival codes vying for her services.
Sienna-Estelle Burraston's appearance at E S Marks Athletics Field in Sydney was another step towards deciding on what kind of football she wants to focus on during her formative playing years.
The practice came after Indigenous manager of Dharawal men's sevens star Maurice Longbottom, Kevin Heath, was an acting conduit for Burraston with Australian coach Tim Walsh.
The Ngemba and Mandandanji girl has been of great interest of late to no less than four different codes.
"What she's achieved has come due to her hard work, determination and courage," Dad Rhett Burraston recently wrote on social media.
"Whether or not Sienna goes on to make a career out of (sevens) footy, she got to experience elite excellence today – (and) money can't buy that."
Not even attending with a broken bone she sustained among her pursuit of the codes could spoil the teen's enjoyment.
Burraston's first response, her dad told National Indigenous Times, after coming off the field with the green and gold stars of the Paris Olympics was, "Oh my God, that was so cool".
The rising prospect has come to prominence on the back of selection for New South Wales primary schools' rugby league, Australian rules, rugby union and sevens' squads last year.
While Burraston almost unequivocally has proven to be the top standout for three of those state sides in the one year – a unique state first – her inclusion in the rugby league's lineup incredibly was for the boys – a gender first of its own.
As a consequence of Burraston's proficiency for every football she touches, the teenager last year was offered a spot in an AFLW development program with the Greater Western Sydney Giants, just as West Tigers NRLW coach Brett Kimmorley and multiple talent scouts from rugby union's NSW Waratahs were spotted watching her games.
Despite having a tough time on a brief under-14 development tour of Japan in 12-a-side abbreviated matches for the Australian Raptors Rugby Academy, Burraston's interest with rugby over the other codes has soared since February.
The Australians won all three games, but only after Burraston broke her thumb ahead of the tour opener, got sick on a train trip before the next game and was left hunched over with a blanket before copping a bad knock near the knee and left running on one leg.
Despite the setbacks, she still scored three tries and set up teammates numerous times from incisive line breaks.
"When Sienna said she wanted to pursue this more seriously, she gained a bit more direction of where she wants to go," Mr Burraston said.
"I said we got to look at the competitions you play in, the sides you play in and start caring for her body properly."
That experience has led Burraston to sign up with union's 15-a-side Penrith junior females.
She is not ruling out a tilt at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, despite not turning 17 years old until earlier that year, yet internal sevens' recruiters are pencilling Burraston in to make the national squad four years later at the Brisbane Games to live out a dream on Yuggera Country.
"She was like a little girl hearing the team call out her name, and having her jump in and train with them," Mr Burraston said.
"Sienna's been lucky to do some pretty cool stuff for her age, but a whole lot of it has nothing to do with luck.
"After that morning, Sienna said she wants to make this side.
"When Sienna wants to do something, there's no stopping her; if you tell her she can't do nothing, she'll prove you wrong."
A broken finger was no barrier in rubbing shoulders with the likes of captain Charlotte Caslick or star Maddison Levi.
Burraston did not let that kind of adversity stop the loose forward on the pitch.
She took part perfecting repetitive drills and learned in a hurry that no training session is wasted.
"Everything is done with purpose and to 100 per cent," Burraston said.
"The effort is always there and there are no shortcuts.
"Everyone trains super hard, but at the same time (they) make sure they have fun."
Both Caslick and Levi previously had to battle cross-code allegiances, after respectively playing a couple of games for NRLW side Sydney Roosters and an AFLW season at Gold Coast Suns.
That gives Burraston confidence she can make the transition after the great-niece of rugby league great Artie Beetson has felt torn between putting the game that is in her blood on hold.
"I would love to one day play in this side and represent the country playing sevens," Burraston said.
"I know it is getting closer to having to pick one sport, but until that time I'm focusing on having fun and learning more skills where I can be a better player and teammate."