Summary
Thank you for joining me tonight. It was a fitting conclusion to a tournament that has grown in stature over the past three weeks. Australia gave everything and on another night would have benefited from the rub of the green and celebrated victory. But Japan were dominant for five and a half matches, then showed the fortitude of champions when it mattered most.
Samantha Lewis has filed her match report from Stadium Australia. I will hand you over to her and what is sure to be plenty of reaction and analysis tomorrow and through the week.
Congratulations Japan. I’ll see you back here soon.
As confetti rains down on a rapidly emptying Stadium Australia, Japan’s players, and coach Nils Nielsen, take their turn holding the trophy they thoroughly deserved after a stunning tournament.
