{"id":343790,"date":"2023-11-03T07:30:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T08:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=343790"},"modified":"2023-11-03T09:04:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T09:04:05","slug":"aussies-send-coach-back-to-school-with-emotional-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=343790","title":{"rendered":"Aussies send coach back to school with emotional win"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wallaroos sent coach Jay Tregonning back to school as a winner with a gutsy and emotional 25-19 win over Wales on Friday.<\/p>\n

Playing with 14 after Siokapesi Palu's red card, Australia had t\ufeffo repel one last Wales raid on their line to hold on for victory and finish their WXV1 campaign on a high.<\/p>\n

Tempers spilled over on the final whistle with pumped up players going at it before eventually calming down. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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\"Australia<\/p>\n

"I'm just so proud of the girls," player of the match and No.8 Kaitlan Leaney said.<\/p>\n

"I honestly can't believe it. We've worked so hard all week and coming off our game last week (upset win over France), I think we shocked the world and we knew we were going to back it up this week with a good performance. I just couldn't be more proud.<\/p>\n

"We fought, we were down to 13 players (at one stage) and we just never gave up."<\/p>\n

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Rugby Australia chief executive Phil Waugh watched the victory at Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium as prop Eva Karpani, substitute Lori Cramer and winger Ivania Wong scored second half tries.<\/p>\n

The Wallaroos are ranked fifth in the world and Wales are sixth.\ufeff<\/p>\n

France now play Canada and England take on New Zealand in a Saturday double header at the same venue.<\/p>\n

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England (10 points) lead the inaugural competition ahead of Australia (10) on points differential and New Zealand (six) are third.<\/p>\n

"We were just trying to check everyone's cardiac health," Wallaroos captain Michaela Leonard said after the nailbiter.<\/p>\n

"So I hope everyone's OK."<\/p>\n

\"Coach<\/p>\n

Leonard also paid tribute to Tregonning, who is stepping down after 16 Tests at the helm.<\/p>\n

"Jay's been incredible for this group. He's come in when we're in a transition period, we had a lot of our older, more experienced girls retiring and obviously working towards a little bit more of a professional, full-time platform," the lock said.<\/p>\n

"And he's done really well with a group of inexperienced, relatively young players to build our confidence, teach us how to be professional on and off the field and to keep us building.<\/p>\n

\"Jasmine<\/p>\n

"I think you can see that with our improvements over the last 12 months."<\/p>\n

Tregonning won't have long to reflect and celebrate.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I'm back at school teaching next week, so I'll get back into that. I definitely want to keep involved in high performance rugby as well and I'll see what opportunities come available," he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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