SCRUM'S THE WORD: Australia to don indigenous-inspired kit
5 years, 5 months ago

SCRUM'S THE WORD: Australia to don indigenous-inspired kit

Daily Mail  

Australia will wear their away kit against Uruguay on Saturday - a green shirt inspired by the indigenous people of their country. Australia will wear their indigenous-inspired away strip when they face Uruguay on Saturday A culture clash brought an odd misunderstanding between Samoa and Japan on Friday. At their captain's run ahead of Saturday's game against the hosts the Samoan players used their phones to take pictures of the Toyota Stadium - and were admonished by a local reporter for doing so, as he claimed it was not part of Japanese culture. Prop Paul Alo-Emile said: 'We play in clubs in New Zealand and Australia and we are from Samoa and we want to take photos and take as much of this home with us.' Los Teros beat Fiji in the pool stage, and are looking to give Australia a bloody nose on Saturday - and back Agustin Della Corte reckons it's all down to the traditional herbal teas.

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Daily Mail  

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Daily Mail  

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ABC  

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4 years, 4 months ago

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The Hindu  

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India TV News  

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