As the first girl to ever captain a North Shore rugby team, 7-year-old Jackie Smith let nothing stand in her way of throwing the ball around with the boys - not even her long locks.
"I was adamant I wasn't going to cut my hair, you see," Smith laughs.
"And all the boys used to pull on it. I was quite fast so they didn't really like me."
Pictured is Smith in 1977, leading her team to victory 32-0 against Glenfield.
With no rippa division or girls' league available at the time, Smith tackled among the boys until she was 11.