Canberra, Australia – Despite all the exaggeration prior to the game about the world’s most famous rugby player, Ilona Maher could not help her American team win Australia on Saturday in a Pacific Four match.
Australia led 19-14 in the midst and beat the United States 27-19 in the match at the Canberra stadium.
Maher It was, with much, the most popular player on both sides of the game that preceded a male super rugby match between Act Brumbies and Queensland’s reds as part of a double game.
If someone needed to persuade the angle of popularity, the Australian recoil Túinakauvadra provided it.
“I’ve been talking to my friends about this,” said Tuinakauvadra before the game. “This is the first game that come to see Rugby play, but first they come to see Ilona.”
Maher recently played in A short -term agreement for the Bristol Bears In England.
It was the second consecutive defeat for Americans in the tournament and the first victory for Australia. In the opening matches, New Zealand beat Australia 38-12 in Newcastle north of Sydney, while Canada defeated the United States 26-14 in Kansas City.
Maher, 28, helped take the United States to the Bronze Medal in Rugby Sevens in the Olympic Games in Paris. But Vermont’s native has returned to the 15th game per side with the hope of increasing his possibilities of doing the American team for the 2025 World Rugby Cup for Women In England.
Maher is The most often rugby player In social networks and his three -month contract in Bristol he significantly called attention to the English league.
Maher has more than eight million followers combined on Instagram and Tiktok. She was also deputy director on the “Dancing with the Stars” television show.
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