Rugby league utility Sarah Field's sacrifice to chase dream with Rabbitohs leads to Indigenous All Stars recall

It didn't matter that she had to live by herself above a pub, in a big city that was an 18-hour drive from everything and everybody she knew – Sarah Field was going to play for South Sydney, no matter what.

The Indigenous All Stars utility hails from Emu Park, outside Rockhampton, and a family of Rabbitohs tragics.

When she was 19 years old, she learned Souths were looking for players for their 2020 Harvey Norman Women's Premiership side.

Given she had made her Indigenous All Stars debut as a 17-year-old in 2017, she knew she had the ability to compete at representative level.

«I saw them asking for players on Facebook, and I knew Dean Widders [former Rabbitohs and Parramatta Eels player], who was coach, from the first time I played Indigenous All Stars back in 2017. So I asked him if I could come down and try out. He said yes, so I made the move,» Field said.

«I was 19 and I found it really difficult because I'm such a family person. In Emu Park, I can walk down the street and pass three of my cousins' houses.

»It's an 18-hour drive from Sydney to see everyone and I was driving home every three weeks or so, just for the weekend, then I'd come back to training.

«I lived above the Moore Park pub. It wasn't much, just a single bed in a room, with a shared bathroom and kitchen.

»It was so different to home, mainly older men were staying there, I think there just one other lady. I just kept to myself and hung out in my room."

Field, who will make her second appearance for the Indigenous All Stars on Saturday, gave up everything to become a Rabbitoh.

And when it finally happened, it was better than she dared dream.

«It was incredible, one of the best experiences of my life. The team was very welcoming, the staff were amazing, Dean