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Caleb Timu, who played two Tests for Australia in 2018, and France prop Sipili Falatea were among a slew of new signings announced by Top 14 side ...

Bordeaux finished third in the regular Top 14 season last term before losing to eventual champions Montpellier in the semi-finals. They lost to eventual champions La Rochelle in the last 16 of the Champions Cup. He played twice at no.8 for the Wallabies against Ireland on their 2018 tour of Australia before spending two seasons with Montpellier, ending in 2021.

This led to Rugby Australia conducting a review into both sides, which saw Tim Walsh return to the helm, swapping roles with John Manenti after taking the men's ...

“Within my coaching style, it’s very important and if you look around teams in history, it’s exactly the same. “When we’re out on the field, everyone wants to work hard for each other, bleeding, crying, whatever it takes together. There’s not one or two people that aren’t so we’re really building that post-Tokyo as a group. You dig your heels in and work out the best plan of approach and who going to help you get there and go for it." "It’s such a close-knit sisterhood so I think that definitely makes us perform better and I think off the field, we love being together and on the field we work so hard for each other," Hayes added. “We were working together, crying together, happy together. “It’s a contact sport where you have to put your body on the line and if you down have that fight for each other attitude, it’s not going to work,” Walsh believes. “It’s such a close-knit sisterhood so I think that definitely makes us perform better and I think off the field, we love being together and on the field...everyone wants to work hard for each other, bleeding, crying, whatever it takes together. The work has continued by Walsh and the team to help take the side to the next level on and off the field. “They’re all experienced and helping to guide us around the field so to have their guidance and support, it is a sisterhood and that’s why we’re playing so well because we play for each other," Maddison Levi said. “I felt like we weren’t working as a team in the Olympics and felt like it made everyone work for one another after that and we worked hard for the first eight weeks after the Olympics. We all felt the same pain as each other and I feel like it brought us closer because I want to help out my friend and she’s going to help me out and that was the vibe.”