When Corellas' coach Paddy Bowen left a message on Amelia Tunamena's phone telling her she had made the NSW Country Rugby women's squad, she had to turn to her siblings Alisa and Isaiah to confirm she had heard correctly.
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The Tunamenas were travelling home from Moree after the Magpies' rugby league fixtures against the Boars when the dual code star received a message from the women's rugby union coach.
"I was on the way home from Moree yesterday and this number came up, I didn't know it and I didn't answer it because we were driving," Amelia said.
"Pulled up at Delungra and listened to my message bank; 'Hi Amelia, this is Paddy Bowen, just a bit of a congratulations call on making the Corellas' squad.'
"I replayed it like seven times and was like 'Alisa, Isaiah, can you please listen to this? I think I just made the country side.'"
She returned Bowen's call who confirmed she had made the team.
Surprise doesn't even begin to cover what Amelia felt when she received the news.
Last weekend's NSW Country Rugby Union championships, where she played for Central North, saw her back on the paddock for the first time in a month after she tore her calf on the league tag field.
While she threw her hat in the ring to be considered for further representative honours, Amelia admitted she was more concerned about getting through the weekend without re-injuring her leg.
"I was just so happy with how my body pulled up, I put my name down to trial but I wasn't thinking about it much," she said.
"It was very exciting.
"It is always in the back of your mind that people are going to be selected for the country side.
"My priority was for injury and being able to run again so that I could continue to play.
"It was right on the brink of my rehab and a make or break weekend.
To add to the feat, it was Amelia's first attempt at 15s rugby union.
"I still was running around without my head because I had never played 15-a-side before," she said.
"It is a completely different game to sevens. It is slow and you are just chipping away slowly at everything. I am excited to just keep learning more and more."
The Corellas will gather later in the year for training and games.