Blues wing Caleb Clarke admits he has his sights set on a cross-code switch to the NRL.
Poised to sign a multi-year contract with NZ Rugby, Clarke confesses his immediate goal is to earn a recall to the All Blacks for next year's World Cup, but beyond that, the 23-year-old says he'd be eager to try his hand at the 13-man code.
"That's definitely one thing that I'd love to do," Clarke told AAP. "I'm a big Rabbitohs supporter, and I talk to the Rabbitohs boys every now and then.
"I'd love to and I don't know when, but it'll definitely be something that I want to tick off as a life goal."
Clarke has kept a keen eye on former All Blacks Sevens teammate William Warbrick, who has signed with NRL heavyweights Melbourne Storm.
Warbrick helped the All Blacks Sevens win silver medals at last year's Tokyo Olympics and is now poised to make his first-grade debut with the Storm, which may have taken place against NZ Warriors on Monday, if he hadn't contracted COVID-19.
"I'm really looking forward to Will making his debut," said Clarke, who was a travelling reserve with the Tokyo Olympic team. "He's such an athlete.
"When you see him, he's taller than me, he's stronger than me. A few of the boys were a bit surprised when he told us he'd signed with the Storm, but I was just like, I can see it.
"With his aerial skills, he's fast and strong, he really suits the game of league."
After a breakthrough season with the All Blacks, Clarke set those ambitions aside in a bid to win Olympic gold with the All Blacks Sevens and watching Warbrick chase his dreams has only further inspired him to test his limits.
"He wanted to have a shot at different things and he got to tick off an awesome achievement of playing in the Olympics, and as an athlete, there's not much more you can do," Clarke said. "I'm just really proud of him."
On Saturday, the Blues face Fijian Drua in the first game of their trans-Tasman foray, where they're hot favorites to add to their seven-game Super Rugby Pacific win streak.
With one week remaining on his three-week ban for dangerous contact, Clarke won't feature for the Blues this weekend, but will be available for their next match against the Force.
"We've all talked about how special it is to be in this sort of position and how much we've grown as a team over the last few years under Leon's [MacDonald] coaching," said Clarke.
"It's just been really awesome to just see it all come to fruition and we're excited to get stuck into the Aussie teams."
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