The competition will be a lead in to the third season of the NRL Women's Premiership which will see the Broncos vie for their third straight title.

Marshall is one of 16 players named in the Broncos squad and is another boost to a career already on an upwards trajectory.

She made history in 2019 when she played centre in Fiji's first ever women's rugby league team which beat Papua New Guinea 28-0 in June.

In October she played for the Fijian Prime Ministers XIII which narrowly lost 22-14 to Australia, having been the face of the team on posters for the game.

Based in Ipswich for Brothers, she comes from illustrious Mount Isa rugby league stock.

Her father is Brendon Marshall who played for Townies for many years while her grandfather Noah "Mr Footy" Savuro was a Foley Shield legend.

Tanika went to Barkly Highway State School before the family moved to Ipswich so dad Brendon could further his own footy career with the Jets.

Tanika is contracted to the Broncos development squad and was training with the Australian PM's XIII when she suffered a shoulder injury and chose to trial with Fiji.

The men's and women's 2020 NRL Nines tournaments will take place in Perth, running on February 14 and 15.

For the men's tournament former club great Corey Parker will come out of retirement to play for the Broncos.

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