It turned out to be one of the best emails the former Wagga Kangaroos leaguetag player has ever sent.

A week later, she received a reply from Orchids coach Nigel Hukal confirming she'd been chosen to represent Papua New Guinea in her first international game against Fiji at Leichhardt Oval.

The match is the pre-cursor to the men's pacific Tests double header, and the 23-year-old said she will have her late great grandmother Rose at the forefront of her mind when she runs out.

"It might be emotional. All I can think about is her since I've been here, she passed away about three years ago," Brown-Niki said.

"She was a massive rugby league fan.

"I've got in touch with a few family members and I've learned some sayings from the girls in camp. Getting in touch with the cultural side is really good."

Brown-Niki's Papua New Guinea heritage comes from her father's side, who moved to Australia when he was three.

After playing most of her football at centre in Wagga, she has found a home at second row for Sydney's Wentworthville Magpies in the Harvey Norman league.

The 22-year-old said sending off her on-field highlights was a massive stab in the dark she didn't expect to come off.

"I didn't even think I'd make the PNG side, I just put my name down and sent through a few videos," she said.

"Because it was my first year playing Harvey Norman league they asked for a few highlights videos. I sent through one with my best runs and some tackling, I guess they liked it.

"I was thinking maybe this is a foot in the door for the next team. I definitely wasn't expecting an email a week later saying 'congratulations, you're in my top 17 squad.

"My step family is all rugby league driven. Without the push from my mum and step dad and brothers, I probably wouldn't have sent through that video.

"It's come really quick, a girl from Wagga playing international league is crazy."

The Bidgee Bulls compete in Canberra's Katrina Fanning Shield, but Brown-Niki would love to see the game become more prevalent in Wagga and the Riverina.

"It'd be good to get women's rugby league noticed more in the country and around Wagga, because it's such a rugby union and leaguetag-based town," she said.

"There's so many girls in Wagga and surrounding areas with the potential to play rugby league."

Saturday's clash gets underway at 3.40pm.

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