Australia’s cobbled-together team of club rugby and fringe Super Rugby players have capped a remarkable transformation
Team features club rugby and fringe Super Rugby players
A 21-7 defeat of Samoa on Monday , built on some terrific defence then clinical finishing, meant they jumped from second on the standings to win the overall crown for the first time since the tournament began in 1999. Manenti, who left the women’s post in a switch with Tim Walsh after last year’s Olympics, took over a program stripped to its bones as part of Rugby Australia’s budget cuts, with only six men handed full-time contracts to begin the season.
“There’s guys that deserved it but didn’t get opportunities [elsewhere], and they’ve been part of this misfits tag that we’ve sorted of being enjoying.”
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