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Samantha Lewis in Qatar 

Meet Harry Souttar, the Socceroos' gentle giant at the heart of Australia's World Cup triumph

Harry Souttar has to duck slightly to enter the media zone where a gaggle of journalists are waiting, recorders already whirring. 

At 198cm – one of the tallest players at this World Cup – the Socceroos centre-back is a dizzying presence in this small room. His standard-issue Australia tracksuit pants don't even reach his ankles. It would not be surprising if he had his own atmosphere.

It's one of the few opportunities to get a physical sense of what Tunisia's players experienced on Wednesday in Al-Wakrah — this impervious break-wall of a man against which the white tide of their attack crashed over and over before ebbing away in defeat.

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