From Bunnings raffles to business class: How things have changed for the Jillaroos since their first World Cup

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The Jillaroos who went to the first Women's Rugby League World Cup in 2000 had to quit jobs, take out loans and raise money in raffles to pay for their own flights. But those struggles built the runway that sent the current side on a business class flight to this year's final.

"Having to pay for your shorts and your socks at a World Cup, or having to stand out the front of Bunnings and sell tickets to try [to] raffle yourself over there," Norris told ABC Sport.

Once they got over there — definitely not on a business class Emirates ticket — the team stayed in university dorms and lived as the boarding students did, including a shared lunch hour and rationing hot water for post-training showers."A couple of front rowers in the dorm next to me looked after me, their halfback," Murphy said.

While the team is over in England trying to win a third straight World Cup, the veterans and leaders are also keeping a foot in the negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement with the NRL. "We have invested in the start up and growth of the [NRLW]," a statement attributed to the female leaders of the RLPA read.

 

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From Bunnings raffles to Business class to a Foxtel paywall. Great. Is a Rugby League World cup really on?..and more to the point..is anybody watching it?

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