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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Martin Pegan

‘A huge statement’: Wallaroos to be flown business class to Rugby World Cup

Emily Chancellor
Emily Chancellor and the Wallaroos will travel business class when they leave for the Women’s Rugby World Cup in England. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

The Wallaroos are ready for business. Australia’s 32-player squad have booked their tickets to the Women’s Rugby World Cup in England where they will not only aim to advance from a challenging group but also intend to prove their “worth” after gradual improvements in the backing they receive.

The players will jet off to England next week seated in business class for the first time as a team, two years after players lashed out at RA for inequities between the women’s and men’s national programs and called out differences in how the players were sent on long-haul flights.

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