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

"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.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

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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