The Orange City junior became the first Sudanese-born rugby talent to represent Australia in any format when he took to the field against Canada in the World Series opener in Dubai.

"I was absolutely stoked obviously to represent Australia, but the fact that I had worked so hard from injury to make it back to be able to play this tournament makes it feel like all the hard work had paid off," he said.

"I grew up playing rugby in Orange for City and at Stannies as it was all 'the boys' did and playing with my best mate Hunter Ward made it way better. Making the same teams and basically going on this rugby journey has been amazing."

Yool has been injury plagued in the past and unfortunately for him, suffered a setback in that debut match.

"Highlights were seeing how good the boys went," he said.

"We missed out on the finals but with such a young squad there's a lot of talent and rugby to be played and for the fans of sevens rugby I'd be very excited for this group.

"Ben Dowling, Dietrich Roache and Corey Toole, some young boys are already killing it, so that was a great highlight but a lowlight was hurting my ankle in the first game. It's not ideal getting injured but even worst when it's your first tournament."

Australia won their first two games of the tournament against Canada and France but then fell to Fiji and South Africa in consecutive matches.

The green and gold finished off strong though, defeating Ireland and Great Britain to end their tournament.

Now that Yool has had a taste at the top, he is determined to stay there.

"I was in awe that I've actually made it this far," he said.

"The fact that I genuinely play this for the fun of it with mates is why I could never get tired of it and to be doing it at this level is almost unbelievable. I'm just a kid playing footy out there.

"Now that I've got an international cap, I'm keen to keep piling them on and making a name for myself and representing my family, friends my culture and the country which took me in with open arms."

Yool Yool, who moved to Australia from Sudan when he was four years old, became the first Sudanese-born rugby talent to represent Australia in any format.

There is a second tournament now scheduled for December 3-4.

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