'Change that narrative': Wallabies enforcer's latest honour
The accolades just keep coming for Rob Valetini after the 26-year-old with the trademark big hair continued his dominant form.
The accolades just keep coming for Rob Valetini after the 26-year-old with the trademark big hair continued his dominant form.
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SEAN MALONEY: Strength and honour and an underdog winning over the crowd who were previously calling for their heads.
The 24-year-old has played 31 Tests for Australia since making his debut as a teenager at the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Australia's women have produced a nailbiting victory in the Dubai Sevens final, helping bury some demons from missing out on a medal in Paris.
Ireland lock Joe McCarthy clashed heads with Rob Valetini while making a tackle on the Wallabies flanker in the ninth minute.
Gus McCarthy crashed over at the back of a rolling maul for the clinching try, ensuring Irish rugby's 150th birthday party wasn't spoiled.
Faith Nathan scored her 100th try for Australia as both the women's and men's teams advanced to Sunday's Dubai Sevens quarter-finals.
While the amiable New Zealander remains revered in Ireland for his wildly successful 2013-19 tenure, it wasn't all beer and skittles on the way out.
Australian legend Charlotte Caslick is a three-time Olympian and one of the world's greatest ever sevens players.
Six days after being burned by Melbourne product Sione Tuipulotu, the Wallabies will be desperate to stop another Australian export running riot.