Australia and Fiji Play Women's Rugby League World Cup Semi-Final
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Australia and Fiji played a big rugby league game.
The game was a semi-final of the Women's Rugby League World Cup.
The Australian team is called the Jillaroos.
The Fiji team is called the Bulikula.
They played at Allianz Stadium.
In the fifth minute, the score was 0-0.
Fiji attacked hard at the start.
The Jillaroos defended well.
Many people watched the live game.
The winner will go to the final.
The loser will not play in the final.
Fans sent emails about the game.
The game was very exciting.
People wanted to know the final score.
Vocabulary15 words
- rugby league
- a sport where two teams try to score points with a ball
- semi-final
- a game before the last, biggest game
- Allianz Stadium
- a big place where sports games happen
- winner
- the team that wins the game
- loser
- the team that does not win the game
- attack
- to try hard to score points
- defend
- to stop the other team from scoring
- score
- the number of points each team has
- World Cup
- a big sports event for many countries
- team
- a group of players who play together
- final
- the last, most important game
- live
- happening now, in real time
- match
- another word for a game
- fans
- people who like and watch a team
- points
- numbers you get for doing well in a game
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1. Rugby league 2. 0-0 3. True
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Australia and Fiji played a big _____ game.
The game was a _____ of the Women's Rugby League World Cup.
The Australian team is called the _____.
The Fiji team is called the _____.
They played at _____.
In the fifth minute, the score was _____.
Fiji _____ hard at the start.
The Jillaroos _____ well.
The _____ will go to the final.
The game was very _____.
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