It is not an idle goal because she has impressed the Otago Rugby Referees Association with her skills this year.
Tyler (20), a third-year commerce and marketing student at the University of Otago, started refereeing in her home town, Wellington, five years ago.
"I just love being in the middle of the field and watching the game evolve around me," Tyler said.
The first game she controlled was between the under-12 teams of Wainui and Poneke in Wellington. She quickly moved up the ranks of Wellington referees and has continued her development in Dunedin over the last three years.
Last year, she was a referee at the South Island under-16 tournament and controlled the women's representative match between Canterbury and the Otago Spirit.
Her first full NPC game is between Canterbury and Manawatu in Christchurch next weekend, and she will control the Otago v Auckland game in Dunedin on August 27.
Tyler's pet hate is when coaches see her with the whistle and immediately downgrade her because she is a woman.
"But once I get on to the field with the whistle it is heaps better because they see that I can referee and I get respect from them," Tyler said.
She started playing rugby in boys teams as a young girl and was selected for the Wellington under-9 team, but her mother would not let her play in the game.
"I was always a keen rugby player when I was little," she said. "I played from under-9 to under-13 in boys teams." One of her favourite games when refereeing in Dunedin was the women's final last Saturday when Pirates beat University 27-19.
"I love games that are close and tense when the players are putting their all into it," she said. "I don't really enjoy games that are one-sided when one side is losing by heaps. I enjoy refereeing games with intensity."
She comes from a rugby family with her grandfather, John Miller, playing for Wellington in the 1950s and her father, Simon Tyler, playing for University A when he was a student in Dunedin in the 1980s. Her brothers, Nick (Wellington College) and James (Scots College), played First XV rugby in Wellington.
"When I referee in Wellington my parents always come and watch me," she said. "They are very supportive.
"I want to get as far as I can and I want to referee in the next women's world cup in 2014 and the sevens at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016.
"I also want to see how far I can go in men's rugby as well. I will try as hard as I can to reach my potential."
