Breanna Green selected for First Nations rugby squad with eye on Olympic Games selection

Seventeen-year-old Breanna Green is within sight of the Olympics - provided she impresses the right people.

But the teenager has already made a decent step in the right direction.

After a lengthy selection process run by Rugby Australia's High Performance team, the winger or outside centre is one of 46 females who will head to Sydney for a three-day camp next month.

Their skills will be put to the test in front of a panel of coaches and experts.

Following the camp, two First Nations sevens squads of 30 will be chosen to compete around the country with a chance of being plucked for the 2020 or 2024 Olympic Games.

"It's pretty exciting to get to represent my mob and show everyone what I can do," Green said.

"I only got into rugby a few years ago and I've only started to enjoy it the last two or three years, but now it's definitely a goal of mine to go to the Olympics and play in the big leagues of rugby union."

While the Thunder were putting the cleaners through Wallamba on Saturday, Green was in Sydney at a training camp.

The #dreamBigTime tour kicked off on March 25 in Bathurst and weaved through some of the most remote parts of Australia searching for the next faces of our Australian sevens teams.

When she had to decide between a training camp with the First Nations squad or the Thunder, it was an easy one to make.

Green, however, is under no illusions as to how difficult and high-pressured the next step will be as 46 is cut to a squad of 30.

That squad of 30 will be further cut ahead of the Olympic Games.

"I am working hard and training a lot because I want to be someone that stands out," she said.

"As you get higher in the levels, everyone is basically the same and has the same skills so you have to show the selectors something that everyone else doesn't have."

Being heard out on the field is an attribute the Thunder outside back believes she holds an edge in.

"If someone is more vocal on the field, someone will look at you more whereas if someone was really quiet on the field you wouldn't really notice them," she said.

Former Australian men's sevens assistant coach Jarred Hodges has led the project and said contacting the chosen talent was incredibly rewarding.

"The best part for me was phoning 133 individuals to let them know they made the cut," he said.

"They were so overwhelmed with happiness...some cried, others were speechless, and a few put the phone on loudspeaker so their family could hear the news.

"It's a lot to take in when you find out you've been given the opportunity to trial for Rugby Australia's First Nations sevens sides."

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