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"It's a gold-medal game and we're just as physical. We give as much as we get and you're playing for a lot, all the sacrifices you make throughout your career." "For the last two Olympics it's been the US against the Opals, so for us it's the third time around...

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Published inHerald-Sun news-pictorial
Main Author LE McILVEEN
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne, Vic News Limited 23.08.2008
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Jackson, Lauren
Leslie, Lisa
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Summary:"It's a gold-medal game and we're just as physical. We give as much as we get and you're playing for a lot, all the sacrifices you make throughout your career." "For the last two Olympics it's been the US against the Opals, so for us it's the third time around the track," [Jan Stirling] said. "Of course we're desperate. I mean why wouldn't we be desperate? The Opals play the US in a physical pre-Olympics game in which [Lauren Jackson] and [Lisa Leslie] almost come to blows. Taylor comes out with a shiner and her teammates are sore and bruised. Opals accuse the US of dirty play and Jackson warns that "people are going to get broken bones". Leslie dismisses Jackson's tough talk with one word: "Whatever".
ISSN:1038-3433