That's the carrot being dangled in front of some of the Western Women's Rugby League academy's best after Jillaroos coach Brad Donald made the trip to Orange last week and put 13 Rams players through their paces.

Donald said Western Division was viewed as a "hot spot" for women's rugby league and venturing back to a region he's very familiar with to help develop those players was key to broadening the game's talent pool.

The ex-Orange CYMS coach said members of the academy will gather once a month for the next five months and further develop their contact skills and strength and conditioning and the end result could be a green and gold jumper.

"We hope we can get somebody out of the program out there in Orange that can play for the women's Prime Minister's team this year in Fiji," Donald said.

It's the same opportunity former Parkes gun Sally Dwyer enjoyed in 2018.

The 2019 WWRL academy brings the likes of Phillips sisters Kaitlyn and Lailee, Bec Ford, Kiara Sullivan and Tabua Tuinakauvadra from Orange together alongside Woodbridge Cup speedsters Molly Hoswell and Heidi Regan and Blayney-based gun Demi Chapman.

From further afield, Georgia Ward (Mudgee), Britt Naden (Wellington), Chloe White (Condobolin) and Bathurst duo Zarlia Griffiths and Tilly Powell are also involved.

Donald said the most pleasing aspect out of the first session last week was every member of the squad raised their hands when asked who held aspirations to one day play in the NRLW - the National Rugby League women's premiership.

The current Australian women's coach said the key to helping those girls achieve that dream was two fold: educating the players and coaching staff in the region.

He said initial academies were established in Sydney and south east Queensland to essentially "fish where the fish are" but pilot programs in the bush was the next step.

"And these will be in areas that are little hot spots for women's rugby league and Western is certainly one of those," Donald added, looking at the potential expansion of the NRLW in the future.

Currently there's four sides - Brisbane, New Zealand, St George-Illawarra and Sydney Roosters - set to compete in the 2019 competition but there's a growing push for more teams, and in turn more players.

"We definitely have a lot of pressure to expand but one of the good things we've done is be really responsible for growing the game," Donald continued.

"Expansion is player driven and they're adamant you need to work hard to earn a NRLW jersey.

"You need a number of years training under your belt to ensure the game is something the punters want to see and the fans want to watch.

"As part of that we need strategies to develop talent."

Donald was confident it wouldn't be long before we see a bevy of Western players in the NRLW.

"There's some good quality already. Three or four girls are travelling to Sydney to play the highest level they can play in NSW at the moment," he said.