'I think we made it a bit harder on ourselves tonight'
Australia had no chance of winning last night's Hong Kong's Women's Rugby Sevens. The motivating forces were all with New Zealand (Aotearoa) - a turncoat on the other side and a legend waiting to present the winner's trophy.
New Zealand arrived in Hong Kong this week to find their former Sevens captain - Anna Richards - playing in the green and gold of Australia. Shock, was putting it mildly.
Then, yesterday morning they found out Jonah Lomu would be on the winner's rostrum to shake their hands. The girls were delirious after their 10-0 win.
'Just to meet him is an honour,' said triumphant captain Annie Brown of the former All Black hero-worshipped wherever he went last night. 'It was a real buzz for me.'
So was 'smashing' the Aussies and in particular Richards, whom Brown had faced many times in New Zealand.