NRL Women's

At some NRL clubs, the women's team is told to sit up the back of the bus and not bother anyone. When the Roosters men gatecrashed the women's Mad Monday last season, Nita Maynard realised her club is different.

Her father was murdered when she was 12. Injury robbed her of an Olympic gold medal in rugby. When Tiana Penitani steps out for an Origin debut she will carry a memento from her dad and a new sense of purpose.

She remembers her mum bawling her eyes out, because the fear was that she couldn't feed her family. Now her tattoos remind Jayme Fressard to be fearless.

When she’s not working or training, Jasmin Allende helps out at La Perouse Youth Haven, where kids go to do homework.

Her niece and nephews were put into foster care. She took them in. This is the story of how Eunice Grimes balances foster care and a footy career.

Karri Doyle plays footy for the love of South Sydney. And she studies to save lives.