Fired up by the sight of Wallabies’ WAGs being flown to Sydney last week, Australia’s leading women’s rugby stars have come together to demand a fair go from the game’s top leadership.
Fed-up Wallaroos players have taken to social media to collectively call out Rugby Australia for a lack of investment and promotion for women’s rugby, driven to action by the sight of Wallabies players’ wives and girlfriends being flown to Sydney to farewell partners last week.
“You told us flying anything beyond economy was too costly. Then you flew the Wallabies business class on a trip shorter than ours,” the letter reads. “You said our program would go professional, and our coach would be full-time. How many coaches has Eddie taken to the World Cup? You continually say we don’t have enough resources and yet we all saw the World Cup send off for the Wallabies.
The video was a day-in-the-life reel made by the partner of a Wallabies player, who was one of several “WAGs” flown to Sydney by Rugby Australia last week to spend time with their partners ahead of the Australian squad flying out to France on Thursday.Wallaroos star Georgie Friedrichs commented on the Rugby Australia post: “Rugby Australia .... @wallabies WAGs getting more funding than the Wallaroos team.
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