Fairy floss cloud wisps across a twilight sky, merging peach and aqua hues over Sydney's west. In the east, a cluster of silhouettes huddle in a circle on a rectangular football field.
The figures cut various shapes: some shorter, some taller. Many with ripped arms or bulging hamstrings, clad in an assortment of green and white, the colours of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Raiders gridiron club.
Daylight may be dipping on Tuesday night training, but the women of this gridiron gang — the "Raidy Ladies" — are hoping their code's time in the Australian sun is only just kicking off.
