Newly crowned World Rugby women's sevens player of the year Charlotte Caslick has set herself the goal of becoming a triple Olympian.
Caslick, who has been nominated for the world award for the past three years, was one of the standout players in the Australian team that won the first women's sevens rugby gold medal.
"I'm going to set my bar high and I guess being the first group of rugby players to be fulltime, we don't really know the lifespan of our career," Caslick said.
"But I'm confident that if everything goes to plan I might be able to get two more (Olympics ) in."
Recruited from touch football, Caslick recognises there are plenty of opportunities for women with several sports recently offering significant pay rises.
"At the moment I can't see myself changing sports (again), but you never know in the future, they are all becoming bigger and better," Caslick said.
She doesn't believe the Australians will need to make any major changes to stay ahead of the chasing pack, with the start of their defence of the World Series title looming less than a month away.
"I think our game plan can pretty much remain the same," she said.
"We're obviously doing something right, so we've just got to keep getting stronger, faster and fitter and we all know how to play footy."
Caslick expects the quest for improvement internally will drive the group to get better.
'We're lucky the group of girls we've got in our squad are very competitive , they are not going to rest on their laurels," Caslick said.
"I know that we'll keep challenging each other and getting the best out of one another."
She says the Australian's aren't feeling any pressure after their Olympic and World Series conquests.
"At the moment we're just going with the flow," she said.
"I think if we let the pressure get to us we won't perform like we can and we always play best when we're having fun.
"'Walshy (Australian coach Tim Walsh) feels very strong about keeping us grounded and down to earth, so he's not letting anyone get ahead of themselves.
"He knows this season is probably going to be our most important. To be able to back up what we did last year shows a lot of character."
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