Browsing: women’s rugby

The Wallaroos have done the quite improbable and qualified for the World Cup finals as the best pool runner-up with a cracking 61 – nil victory over South Africa.

Australia were 100% attacking mode from the outset, knowing they’d need a 55 point differential to make it through, after France caused an upset by beating Canada. The Wallaroo machine was looking decidedly more oiled than in the previous outings.

The best girl ruggers in Oz are headed to Canberra this weekend for the National Women’s Championships. Given this is also the last chance to press a claim for selection in the Wallaroos World Cup squad, my bet is there’ll be plenty of intense rugby in store.

Here’s a preview of what we might expect to see from the Championship division (QLD, Sydney, ACT and NSW Country:

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