Nightmares haunted Aussie ace after horror kick

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Wallaroos fullback Lori Cramer says she suffered nightmares aft a plum punishment footwear that outgo Australia a triumph implicit Japan earlier this year.

Australia went down 12-10 to Japan connected the Gold Coast aft Cramer missed the match-winning footwear effort with 2 minutes to spare.

It was her 3rd miss of the nighttime aft 2 failed effort conversions earlier successful the night.

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However, fractional a twelvemonth on, Cramer had her redemption.

Facing Scotland successful the Wallaroos' 2nd Rugby World Cup excavation match, Cramer recovered herself successful a akin concern with a footwear successful the dying moments to enactment Australia up by 2 points.

All quadrate astatine 12-apiece, Cramer slotted the pill betwixt the posts to enactment Australia retired to a 14-12 lead.

That was the mode it stayed arsenic the Wallaroos secured their archetypal triumph of the Rugby World Cup a week aft going down to the Black Ferns.

Cramer admitted she was awash with alleviation aft kicking the match-winning conversion.

"I thought I was the lone 1 that remembered that," said Cramer with a wry smile.

"Everyone was like, 'good job' and I was like, 'Mate, I've had nightmares astir that crippled since'.

"Lots of experienced players… the backs manager against Japan, helium came up to maine aft the crippled and got astir maine aft that crippled due to the fact that that was a bloody nightmare. I've had immoderate truly atrocious dreams astir that.

"But nary that was truly chill for me, that's my occupation arsenic a kicker and I similar that unit and I similar that occupation and I'm truly blessed I tin bash a occupation for the team."

Australia looked retired of sorts against Scotland successful the opening half, conceding 12 unanswered points.

That could person been much if not for a sterling try-saver by Cramer, who stopped a bursting tally by Rhona Llyod conscionable abbreviated of the line.

"We couldn't fto immoderate much points in," said Cramer.

"We knew that we didn't privation to beryllium excessively galore points down successful the 2nd half, but the crippled program was akin successful the archetypal and 2nd half, evidently the upwind down us, we knew that was going to assistance america and we enactment the shot successful the close hands."

Wallaroos skittle Scotland astatine the effort line

It was 3 quarters of the mode into the lucifer erstwhile the momentum swung arsenic Australia utilized the upwind to their advantage.

Despite copping 2 reddish cards, the Wallaroos enactment 14 points connected the absorption successful the last 20 minutes to unafraid the win.

Cramer admitted subject was a occupation that had hungover since their archetypal lucifer against New Zealand.

"I'll fto the coaches fig retired precisely what that is but I deliberation that is portion of polishing our product," she explained.

Wallaroos descend Scotland hearts astatine the death

"We cognize we're a bully team, we cognize we've got tons of points successful america and we cognize we tin support good but I deliberation those 1 percenters and having truthful overmuch clip unneurotic this twelvemonth has truly helped us."

"No 1 means to bash thing similar that, particularly not aft past week. I deliberation past week astir apt acceptable america up successful a bully way.

"We spoke during the week about, if we get different fewer yellowish cards however are we going to play oregon what are we going to do? So, it astir apt acceptable america up for today."

Australia's adjacent Rugby World Cup Match match, against Wales, volition instrumentality spot this Saturday, October 22 astatine 2.15pm (AEDT).

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