Hong Kong: Australia’s women’s quest to bring home the Hong Kong Sevens has fallen just short, with arch-rivals New Zealand edging their trans-Tasman rivals 26-19 in a gripping contest at Kai Tak Stadium on Sunday evening. Jorja Miller once again proved to be Australia’s nemesis. The 21-year-old looked like being the villain, but in the end the New Zealand weapon in the middle proved to be the hero for the Black Ferns.
After the blonde-haired darling of New Zealand rugby was sent to the sin bin for a dangerous lifting tackle on Faith Nathan, Miller responded with vengeance. She made the crucial turnover when the score was locked at 12-12, before ghosting past a couple of defenders to score twice. “Gosh, I had to put the girls through two and a half minutes of work, so I felt like I had to do my little bit to help us get back on top,” Miller told reporters.
“So, it was nice. “I mean, the card’s never good, but especially in a final and especially against the Aussies. But, man, we’ve done heaps of work at home and I knew that the girls would come out.
“We had six on there, we had to work hard, but to go into that halftime 12-12, we knew that we could work hard in the second half and come back.” So who buys the beers tonight, then? “No one, unfortunately, with Singapore next weekend,” Miller said. “But I know for sure the likes of Gossie (Sarah Hirini) are going to make me pay my whole pay check into the team account because of two yellow cards this w.
