With a Sevens World Cup, Commonwealth Gold and a full shelf of SVNS silverware, Tia Hinds knows a thing or two about being the hunted species.
Now, she's ready to embrace her new role as hunter when Australia tackle tournament hosts England on Sunday morning (1:30 AEST).
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The Red Roses have already wrapped up a quarter final berth after heavy wins over USA (69-7) and Samoa (92-3) and hold a 7-0 record against the Wallaroos since their first clash back in 1998.
Australia enter Sunday's clash as outsiders but require just one competition point to secure second spot in Pool A following last week's dramatic 31-all draw with the Eagles, over whom they boast a +135 points differential.
"Yeah, a little bit disappointing to come away with the draw there. You go through any game, win, lose or draw, there are learnings from it and we'll take a lot of those learnings into our next game," Hinds told reporters.
"It's always great to be the [dark] horse, you know, the pressure isn't on us. The pressure is on England and there's really nothing for us to lose in this game.
"They're not unbeatable - history says they've been beaten before - and it doesn't say we can't do that.
"If we just go out there and execute our game plan, you just don't know what's going to come from it if we go in with confidence and we execute.
"Obviously the reason we play rugby is to win and we always want to go into a game winning, but the reality is USA will play first, we'll see how they go against Samoa and that'll give us insight.
"If it gets down to the nitty gritty end of the game, [we'll] know what we need to achieve to make it through to quarters."
At just 22, Hinds has already racked up 100 SVNS caps and added a further eight Test caps after making her Wallaroos debut in Fiji earlier this year.
While the two-time Olympian admits she's still plenty to learn, her SVNS and big-game experience puts her in strong stead to help Australia tackle their biggest challenge yet.
"It was difficult initially and a lot to wrap my head around, but the girls have been great," Hinds said of her transition from sevens to fifteens.
"The coaching staff have been really good at getting me as quick into action as possible and get my head around the game.
"I really wanted to pursue fifteens, I've always loved the game of fifteens .… just the more game time and more training sessions I have, the more confident I start to feel.
"I just want to do my job, distribute where I need to distribute and really just come on - whether it's a crucial moment or just to ice out the game - just whatever I can do to benefit the team and just do my role. Nothing more than that.
"[The World Cup] is the pinnacle of sport, it's a major event and it's always high stakes and such a cool pressure moment to be in," Hinds added.
"I love pressure situations and this is just another one of those and it's what you train your whole life to be a part of, and, yeah, I'm just really happy to be here."
