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Team Australia, in Rio

13 August 2016

9:00 AM

13 August 2016

9:00 AM

It has all the makings of a classic feel-good movie. A selection of young Aussie girls from a variety of unexceptional backgrounds – one’s a mechanic, another a basketballer, another a surfing teacher – find themselves thrown together to form our first ever Olympic women’s rugby sevens team. And then they go to Rio and win Gold.

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