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Wild upwind delayed play for astir 3 hours earlier nan Wallaroos were outmuscled 33-12 by nan United States successful a Pacific Four Series rugby conflict that went beyond midnight successful Kansas.
Prop Hope Rogers scored a double arsenic nan hosts ran successful nan last 3 tries aft Australian winger Desiree Miller’s effort early successful nan 2nd half made it a two-point game.
Australia’s squad had bunkered successful a edifice hallway earlier successful nan week during a tornado warning, aft being beaten by Canada successful nan bedewed past weekend, and will admit their return location to look New Zealand connected nan Sunshine Coast, connected Anzac Day adjacent Saturday.
The Wallaroos conceded 9 first-half penalties and had only 30% of nan shot earlier nan first break.
“We tin decidedly opportunity that ill-discipline was nan logic why we astir apt weren’t capable to play nan rugby crippled that we wanted,” skipper Siokapesi Palu Sekona said post-match.
“Playing a big nation, they’re ever going to person an advantage successful that space, but there’s nary excuse from our end.
“We’ve ever been an us-versus-us mentality, and what it intends is that we’ve sewage a batch of activity to do erstwhile we spell back. We’ll recreation location and commencement moving towards that match.”
Rogers opened nan scoring and Maya Stewart was yellow-carded for Australia’s repetition infringements.
But nan Australians scored next, nan skipper crashing complete aft Samantha Wood’s smart 50-22 kick.
Georgie Perris-Redding scored a deserved effort for nan US earlier halftime but, aft Miller gave Australia hope, nan hosts unopen nan doorway successful an emphatic last 25 minutes.
