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THIS weekend is the third event in the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series, in Atlanta, and leaders Australia can draw upon the talents of a couple of code-switchers to ensure they remain the team to beat.
With a big first-up match against 2014 World Cup winners England, Australia will have the advantage of the aerial talents of Chloe Dalton – a WNBL basketballer, who returns from injury this weekend – and the skills of former touch footy player Charlotte Caslick to continue Australia’s series dominance, having won all 12 matches in 2015-16.
Heading into Atlanta without captain Sharni Williams, speedster Ellia Green, Gemma Etheridge and Brooke Anderson because of injury, players like Dalton and Caslick have a chance to step up and cement their place in the side ahead of the Rio Olympics in August.
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