Rugby Sevens

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.

People laughed when Alicia Quirk left touch footy for full-contact rugby sevens. This is what she discovered going against what society expects of women and girls.

Less than three years ago Chloe Dalton won a gold medal at the Rio Olympics playing rugby sevens. On Sunday, she will take the field for Carlton in the AFLW grand final.

Kellie Gibson has gone full circle. The former Adelaide marquee selection is back home playing for the Dockers - via Olympic glory in China.

Aussie Rugby Sevens player Jesse Parahi came to the aid of a boy with special needs. That one act started a therapy program that is now helping hundreds of kids and their families.

Two years ago, Chloe Dalton was an Olympic gold medalist taking selfies with Rafa Nadal in the athletes' village at Rio. Today she's a new player, in a new sport, in a new town.

It's only now that Sione Katoa is beginning to understand his family's story. It is the story of how love triumphed over financial hardship, hunger and cancer.

No one works harder, or works longer hours than farmers. Even farm kids have to help out, and that work ethic was the making of rugby sevens star Demi Hayes.

If Demi Hayes wasn't an Australian Rugby Sevens player, she'd have been a jillaroo. No, not a Test rugby league player – a stockwoman driving cattle on a vast Northern Territory property.