NRL's Women in League Round is a special time for Canberra icon Katrina Fanning, but the events of the last week "diluted" important messages and hit very close to home for the former Jillaroo.
The Raiders board member has seen how much the contribution and appreciation of women in rugby league has evolved.
"It's the realisation of what we always believed the game could and should be - it's achieving it," Fanning told The Canberra Times.