Most importantly the Super W competition will provide ample opportunity for young players hungry for their chance to play on the national stage and it will create a presence for female players everyone.

The biggest factor will be visibility and young girls everywhere will dare to dream and with the competition being telecast on television and women’s players representing known brands such as the Waratahs, Reds, Rebels, Force and Brumbies, role models will pop up and a largely invisible game will now become visible to the masses and most importantly young girls will be inspired to play.

We’ve already seen this happen with sevens rugby, as young girls scramble to be the next Charlotte Caslick, Elia Green, Emma Tonegato as they grow into women.

“You cannot be what you cannot see” will be a thing of the past.

Most parents will be happy with the opportunity their daughters now have if they so happen to be athletically gifted.

With both rugby codes joining the AFLW, Women’s Big Bash and W-League in a professional setting, the once traditional pathways of tennis, netball and track and field now aren’t the only pathways to fame and fortune for female athletes in this country. 

Those Wallaroos who have come before including Bronnie Macintosh, Nicki Wickert, Louise Ferris, Lisa Fiaola to name a few, plus our 1994 Wallaroos - our first ever national rugby union team - who played the New Zealand Black Ferns for a 37-0 loss at North Sydney Oval... well, all these former trailblazers of women’s rugby, including those who weren’t quite good enough to play for the national team will be so proud seeing the Wallaroos improve over coming years on the world stage.

This journalist and former rugby player has already witnessed how Australia winning on the world stage in sevens rugby have already positively affected some of those who have come before.

Kudos Rugby Australia.