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Australia v Fiji: Women’s Rugby League World Cup semi-final – live
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Updates as the Jillaroos and Fiji Bulikula meet at Allianz Stadium Kick-off time in Sydney is 5.45pm local/6.45am GMT Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email Anthems are done and I can confirm the Jillaroos were in full voice. The Bulikula are now forming a circle to sing the Ch
Updates as the Jillaroos and Fiji Bulikula meet at Allianz Stadium Kick-off time in Sydney is 5.45pm local/6.45am GMT Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email Anthems are done and I can confirm the Jillaroos were in full voice. The Bulikula are now forming a circle to sing the Christian hymn called “Oqo na Noqu Masu” (This is My Prayer).
This is a team “ built on faith, carried by sweat”. Voices soaring through the stadium, it’s a beautiful spine-tingling moment and a nice dose of gravity before the teams throw themselves into combat. It’s been a strange day in Sydney: baking sun, belting rain, swirling winds, strange chills.
Right now there’s blue skies and thick banks of cloud overhead but the field – a notoriously slow drainer - looks shipshape as the players prepare to take the field. Only a few thousand spectators in their seats so far but a steady stream coming in for this double-header. Continue reading...
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