She wants her fourth and final year with the university club to bring with it an undefeated North Cup campaign.

Last season when the students claimed the inaugural North Cup they lost just one game along the way. So far in 2021, CSU has a perfect 10 from 10 record.

"We play rugby to have fun and be social, but this is also a competitive competition, the girls have discussed that and we all know the goal at the end of the year is to win," Brown, who forms part of the CSU forward pack, said.

"We want to go as far as we can, we don't want to play that game where people say it's good to have a loss, we don't want to do that.

"We just want to keep building and building and looking at aspects of each game that we can incorporate into training so we don't have to come to a point where we have to lose to get better again.

"I want a side to be strong and know they're strong and not have to lose to realise that. I think we do have that this year, there is a strong urge to win and a want for the ball as well."

Brown has seen plenty of talented players come and go in her time with CSU - big turnover is a constant for the university club - but in 2021 the balance of experienced campaigners and enthusiastic newcomers is a good one.

Along with coaches Peter Plunkett and Lizzie Butt, the experienced players have helped to develop that new talent.

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"There's a huge turnover every single year because obviously as the club grows you get more people that want to join," Brown said.

"You always then have the third and four years that go off and graduate and then the first years coming in, so every year you have a whole wide range of skills from people that have played for years to people who have never passed a ball before.

"We have a fairly even amount of returning girls and first year girls this year and those returning girls they won the premiership last year. They have a really good club and team morale and know how to support those newer girls."

CSU sits 20 points clear of its closest cup rival and averages more than 40 points per game in attack.

It does mean there is pressure to continue that sort of form and CSU also carries a very big target, Brown well aware that Parkes - who they have already beaten 48-0 and 61-12 will give their all to upset her side this Saturday.

However, Brown feels her side can handle that pressure and expectation.

"I think it's getting to the point of the season where there is a bit more pressure," she said.

"These teams want to beat us, we know that we are top of the table and have quite a big lead, and obviously when you're the other team as the underdog, you want to beat the bigger team. So there is self pressure now, but pressure is good, you've just got to turn it into a positive."

CSU will face Parkes at 12.50pm Saturday at University Oval, the action part of the club's family, charity and sponsors day.

"I we thought let's do one last big event at a home game and the more people there the better, we want to raise money for Headspace," Brown said.

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