Glen Innes local Sarah Byrne backed up her recent women's Country Rugby League championships efforts with another berth at a country level.
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Byrne switched codes and turned out for Central North as country NSW's best rugby players starred at the sevens country championships in Armidale.
Her rugby league campaign only ended one week earlier, ironically at the same venue, but Byrne said wasn't hard to adjust back to sevens from league.
"Changing from 13-a-side rugby league to 7s was a bit different but it came pretty naturally because in 7s there's so much more room to move," she said.
"It's a bit more technical than making a tackle and having a set tackle count. But the disciplines of both sports are similar and are both unreal to play."
Battling it out with top players from across the state, Central North impressed during the two-day tournament, eventually finishing fourth overall.
Hunter went onto win the tournament with a dominant grand final victory over Mid-North Coast.
"The champs for me were a lot of fun, the girls on all of the teams we came up against played hard and showed great sportsmanship," Byrne said.
"It was a great effort from Central North, being a young side who has only had a couple of training sessions together, coming up against girls who have been in the same squad for a few years.
"I think there's a lot of potential to finish on top of podium in the next few years if we keep the same squad together and continue to work hard."
Despite the losses, Central North coach Dale Beattie was full of praise for his side.
"We didn't really gel as a team throughout the tournament, especially on the second day," Beattie said.
The second day losses were a crash back to earth for the Central North team, which had secured close victories on day one.
"We did have some brilliant individual efforts on day one, which helped us scrap out a couple of wins," Beattie said.
"That's why our losses on day two were a bit disappointing. However, it is a pretty young group and they will continue to grow from tournaments and carnivals such as this."
Beattie said the overall quality of this year's competition was "excellent".
"For someone who has been involved with women's rugby for 15 years, this is a huge success and it is just great to see how far it has come," he said.
"The opportunities these girls are getting are just fantastic and hopefully we will see that continue into the future."
Beattie said he expected several of the side's players to dominate the weekly Central North competition.
"To be honest, I thought Daisy Robinson from Narrabri was extremely good for us throughout the tournament," he said.
"Scone's Lucy Prudden and Inverell's Sarah Byrne were also really good for us as well. I'm sure all of our girls will take a lot out of the competition that they can use for their clubs during the season."
The Central North season begins on Saturday, April 6.