She is regarded as one of the most exciting young prospects in the New England women's 7s competition and at Tamworth Rugby Park on Saturday Tori Brazier showed why.
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There was an audible sense of anticipation whenever the teenager got her hands on the ball as the Barbets kept their hopes of defending their title alive.
Needing to beat the Magpies to wrap up fourth spot, the defending champions scored two hard-fought wins. After sneaking home 17-12 in the first game they then scored three unanswered tries to win the second 15-5.
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Barbets coach Will Green was happy with his side with the Magpies throwing everything at them.
"They were good and my girls had to bring their A game to knock them off," he said.
Determined to finish their season on a positive note, the Magpies came out firing in the second game. They had all the play in the opening minutes, and capitalised on that through Katerina Hinton.
But the Barbets hit straight back, Brazier burning the Magpies defence and racing almost the length of the field to score. Kasey Gaukroger then scored after the half-time siren to take a 10-5 lead into the break.
Gaukroger crossed again in the second half as they ensured they take winning form into the finals series.
Brazier also almost had a double but the bounce of the ball just eluded her as she went to ground it after another brilliant solo effort. From deep inside Baa Baas half, backing her pace, she kicked the ball into the open space behind the advancing Tamworth defence before then soccering the ball forward.
It highlighted the game smarts that coupled with her blistering speed has made the schoolgirl a revelation in the competition.
Green recalled first seeing her playing schoolgirl rugby a couple of years ago.
"I thought I reckon I could coach her in a couple of years. I was lucky enough for her to come and have a run with us and it's brought some other good young girls in like Kasey Gaukroger and Molly Dooner," he said.
One of the features of their second game was their ability to hold the Magpies' attackers up off the ground. It was something they had identified from the first game.
"We looked at how Tamworth keeps the ball alive and then we used our strength, particularly in that middle third to hold them up and then get those turnovers from the maul," Green said.
He was also really happy with their defence in that second game and the way they were able to react quickly and get set in attack.
"If we can do that in the next couple of weeks it gives us an opportunity to keep going," he said.
They will however need to improve their discipline.
"If you look at half-time of that first game I think we had four penalties called against us," Green said.
"And as the season progresses you can't do that."
They will play Armidale in the minor semi-final after Glen Innes jumped ahead of the Blues into second on the back of two commanding victories over St Alberts. They won 57-nil and 36-nil.
