NRLW: Black Ferns duo eye Olympic gold and NRLW title

St George Illawarra five-eighth Tyla King is at home in Tauranga, on the North Island of New Zealand, with two playbooks in front of her.

One acts as the key to winning a second rugby sevens Olympic gold for New Zealand, the other is a how-to guide on claiming her maiden NRLW premiership ring at the Dragons.

A little further down the road in the land of the long white cloud, Brisbane centre Stacey Wakka is doing the same thing – preparing for her switch to rugby league while still eyeing off Olympic gold in the rugby sevens with New Zealand.

For all the talk of Mark Nawaqanitawase trying to win gold for Australia and an NRL title with the Sydney Roosters in the space of a few months, so too are the Kiwi women’s pair.

And they are doing it with the firm blessings of their NRLW clubs, with the Dragons holding back King’s arrival until round four of the season.

One of the club’s…