Despite her success and putting her best foot-forward in attaining national selection, Lafai remains grounded and humble.

“Moving forward we’re definitely not going to take Melbourne lightly," she said.

“We’re still going to have to be in good form when we go up against them.

“We’ll treat them just the same as the other teams and hopefully we can make the finals and come out on top”, she said.

The first half of that equation has already been solved, with NSW and Queensland already pencilled in as finalists with one competition round to play.

Fans will have to wait three weeks for the final with a break being taken for the Rugby 7's tournament at the Commonwealth Games.

Lafai and her teammates will be putting their best foot-forward against a determined Queensland.