Purchase tickets to our next home game on Saturday 18 April with a 7:55pm kick-off at HBF Park – Force vs Crusaders (Party At The Park) – tix from $28<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIt was a surreal debut,” she told reporters.
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\u201cWhen you go out there, I want to just do my job for the team, so for it to turn out that way and get the win with the girls was awesome.
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\u201cIt\u2019ll be awesome to build on that and take that confidence into Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n
The debut continued her sharp rise after a disappointing Super Rugby W season with the Force, finding her limited for minutes as she shared the playmaking roles with Grace Freeman.<\/p>\n
This saw her focus on her life post-Rugby, before a call-up to the Wallaroos end-of-year camp earned her one of the last remaining contracts.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuper was a little hard for me, being in and out of the line-up, and then I graduated Uni, so Rugby took a bit of a back burner as I finished my degree,” she explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got the call-up just after I finished that, so it was good timing\u2026it\u2019s been a rollercoaster ride, and I got that invite in November\/December with no expectations, just wanting to go and do the best I could and I was then lucky enough after that camp to be offered a contract.<\/p>\n
“To be standing here in the States with a cap under my belt, I wouldn\u2019t have thought that even a year ago today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ledington has relied upon club teammate Samantha Wood to help guide her through the process and the step up to Test Rugby.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t so long ago that the duo were tearing it up for Kalamundra, with the flyhalf reflecting on their journey together.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s been an awesome help for me. We\u2019ve played club together for quite a few years and known each other for ages so we\u2019ve really built on that combination,” Ledington believes.
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\u201cShe\u2019s always there with an answer for everything so it\u2019s awesome to connect with her and get her side of things.
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\u201cIt\u2019s pretty surreal looking back at where we were a couple of years ago and her way through into the Aussie team\u2026that moment debuting beside her is one I won\u2019t forget.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Kiwi-born playmaker knows the step up from Fijiana to Canada will be significant, with Ledington keeping the focus internal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are a good side, and you can’t take credit away from that, but I think our focus this week has been on us and what we can take from that Fiji test and then what we can build for that Canada Test,” she added. <\/p>\n
“I think at this stage, we’re focusing more on ourselves and what can we do to beat them.”<\/p>\n
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