Young Gold Coast athletes have travelled to China to compete in the NFL Flag Asia Pacific Championships.
The under-15s team has been playing for less than a year but has already enjoyed major success.
Flag football will make its Olympic debut at the Los Angeles 2028 Games, with some team members eligible to play if Australia qualifies.
A team of high school athletes has travelled from the Gold Coast to China to compete against some of the world's best NFL flag football players.
The fast-emerging sport is a non-contact take on the United States's most beloved game and looks a bit like OzTag.
Teams of five run plays to pass a football down the field in the hope of scoring touchdowns, pulling flags from the belt of their opponents to stop play.
Khodi Fabian, 15, had spent most of her life excelling at Australian sports, including touch football, before putting on the flag belt.
Khodi plays the role of wide receiver, catching long balls down the field thrown by the quarterback.
"I never thought I'd get into NFL. My life has been all touch," she said.
Despite that, the teen didn't shy away from the new sport, and represented Queensland in a competition earlier this year.
