Moerewa's Janna Vaughan is one of two new faces in the 22-strong squad of contracted players for the 2016 New Zealand Women's Sevens squad.
The 27-year-old Far North athlete certainly kicked the new year off in spectacular fashion after helping Manawatu claim the women's national sevens title on Sunday, beating Wellington 26-19 in the final, and clearly doing enough at the Rotorua tournament to impress New Zealand coach Sean Horan.
Well aware the selection also offered an opportunity to make the New Zealand team heading to this year's Olympics, Vaughan said her focus was on doing the damage on the field when the second leg of the Women's Sevens Series kicks off in Brazil next month.
"Just shows what you can do, when you put your head down," she said.
The selection means there are now two players of Northland origin in the team, the other being Kaikohe-born 2015 Women's Sevens Player of the Year, Portia Woodman.