Australia wins women's, students & police rugby league world cups

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Australia wins women's, students and police rugby league world cups
THE COURIER-MAIL

AUSTRALIA'S Jillaroos have won the women's rugby league World Cup at Headingley to end New Zealand's domination of the tournament.

The Kiwis had won the previous three women's tournaments but with Samantha Hammond and Jenni Sue Hoepper starring, Australia won the final 22-12.

Coach Paul Dyer said the entire Jillaroos squad of 23 had contributed throughout the Cup.

``It feels amazing, all the hard work the girls have put in leading up to this World Cup has paid off,'' Dyer

The win was even sweeter for Dyer as New Zealand had beaten the Jillaroos only a couple of days earlier in a group game.

``We had a few players rested and some niggling injures in that game but that meant we came out confident today because we had those girls back,'' he said.

``We did a good job on New Zealand today and I am really proud of the girls, it was an amazing effort.''

AUSTRALIA 22 (J Hopper, T Westera, S Hammond, H Ballinger tries; A Briggenshaw 3 goals) d NEW ZEALAND 12 (S Woodman, C Arnopp-Scanlan, A Gilbert tries)

TEAMS:

Australia: 1.Samantha Hammond* 22. Emma Tonegato* 3. Jenni Sue Hoepper* 4. Joanna Burrett* 5. Jessica Palmer* 6. Ali Brigginshaw* 7. Karyn Murphy* 8. Stephanie Hancock* 9. Nat Dwyer* 15. Heather Ballinger* 20. Alex Sulust* 12. Renae Kunst* 13. Tahnee Norris Substitutes: 14. Julie Youngs* 17. Ruan Simms* 16. Ellanna Walton* 23. Tarah Westera

New Zealand - 2. Sarina Fiso* 20. Geneva Webber* 3. Honey Hireme* 12. Lisa Campbell* 5. Karley Te Kana* 18. Nora Maaka* 7. Rona Peters* 16. Charlotte Arnopp-Scanlan* 9. Sharnita Woodman* 10. Ana Tuia-Pereira* 11. Kathleen Keremete* 13. Akenese Pereira* 14. Kahurangi Peters Substitutes: 24. Kelly Maipi* 19. Simone Panapa* 15. Aimee Gilbert* 17. Amber Hall

STUDENTS WIN FINAL

AUSTRALIA left Leeds with a clean sweep of World Cups after their students turned around a 10-point halftime deficit to beat England 30-16 in the final.

Coach Grant Stephenson said: ``The result is unbelievable, especially the way England started the game.

``To win three out of three today has been unbelievable for Australian rugby league.

``The first 15 to 20 minutes of the second half showed exactly what Australian rugby league is all about. We made sure we didn't go away from our gameplan and we just worked very hard for each other.''

Australia 30 (Matt Waugh 2, Kristian Wonka, Gary Warburton, Casey Bromilow tries; Cameron Breust 3 goals) d England 16 (Will Collins, Billy Griffiths, Alistair Leak tries; Chris Atkin 2 goals)

POLICE GET IN ON ACT

AUSTRALIA beat Fiji 18-16 in the Police final.

Australia somehow held on to wrest the crown from the unorthodox Fijians, desperate defence seeing them home in a frantic finish.

Australia 18 (Andrew Cridland, Matt Johnstone, Sean Jenkins tries; James Bartholomew 3 goals) d Fiiji 16 (Jonacani Eranovanua 2, Maika Navuni tries; Josateki Nasilisili 2 goals)

http://m.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/...-1226679452893

[TITAN PETE]

Awesome job by the girls

[Julius Sezer]

Awesome job by the girls

Always the first to congratulate the girls

[Tamwelg]

Woohoo great stuff. Did anyone watch any of the games?

[DIEHARD]

It actually feels like we support a SPORT and not an entertainment product!

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[DIEHARD]

It's great to finally beat the Kiwis!

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You can watch all games of the Festival of World Cups on the youtube account!

http://www.youtube.com/user/RLFOWC2013?feature=watch

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Students World Cup Final - England v Australia - CLICK HERE

Womens World Cup Final - New Zealand v Australia CLICK HERE

Police World Cup Final - Fiji v Australia - CLICK HERE