// The Wallaroos bounced back from an ugly defeat to ignite their Pacific Four Series campaign with a 58-17 demolition of the United States in Ottawa. Australia had been trounced 50-0 by world champions New Zealand in their previous match but showed good character to put that result behind them and improve. Winger Maya Stewart scored a hat trick and prop Eva Karpani nabbed a brace for the Wallaroos, who will now turn their attention to a date with tournament host Canada. Watch every match of the Pacific Four Series on the home of rugby, Stan Sport. All matches streaming ad free, live and on demand "We knew that we didn't put the performance out there and we didn't perform the skills and execution that we know we can last week," captain Michaela Leonard said on Stan Sport. "The girls have worked really hard this week in actually driving the standards ourselves and expecting better of each other and challenging each other to do better. "And I think that showed today. Turning around from a 50-0 loss isn't easy, but I think that was true Australian grit. It was great out there for the whole 80. Girls didn't give up and that's exactly what we're about as a country and as a team." READ MORE: 'Disaster': Wallabies bullied by second string Springboks READ MORE: Cricket Australia slams bizarre barber shop rumour READ MORE: Eels gun in hot water after tripping incident in loss https://twitter.com/WallaroosRugby/status/1677782031655387136?s=20 Australia now sit third on the standings with New Zealand and Canada set to square off later on Sunday (AEST). "Great intensity and effort from the girls but execution still wasn't perfect," Leonard said. "We'll be going back to the training paddock this week trying to just clean up some of our shapes to make sure our role clarity is on point. "We know Canada's going to come out with a physical game. We also know they're really strong in set piece so that will be a focus for us in this area and I guess a new challenge to take on next weekend." https://twitter.com/WallaroosRugby/status/1677792737217888256?s=20 For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here The Wallaroos bounced back from an ugly defeat to ignite their Pacific Four Series campaign with a 58-17 demolition of the United States in Ottawa. Australia had been trounced 50-0 by world champions New Zealand in their previous match but showed good character to put that result behind them and improve. Winger Maya Stewart scored a hat trick and prop Eva Karpani nabbed a brace for the Wallaroos, who will now turn their attention to a date with tournament host Canada. Watch every match of the Pacific Four Series on the home of rugby, Stan Sport. All matches streaming ad free, live and on demand "We knew that we didn't put the performance out there and we didn't perform the skills and execution that we know we can last week," captain Michaela Leonard said on Stan Sport. "The girls have worked really hard this week in actually driving the standards ourselves and expecting better of each other and challenging each other to do better. "And I think that showed today. Turning around from a 50-0 loss isn't easy, but I think that was true Australian grit. It was great out there for the whole 80. Girls didn't give up and that's exactly what we're about as a country and as a team." READ MORE: 'Disaster': Wallabies bullied by second string Springboks READ MORE: Cricket Australia slams bizarre barber shop rumour READ MORE: Eels gun in hot water after tripping incident in loss https://twitter.com/WallaroosRugby/status/1677782031655387136?s=20 Australia now sit third on the standings with New Zealand and Canada set to square off later on Sunday (AEST). "Great intensity and effort from the girls but execution still wasn't perfect," Leonard said. "We'll be going back to the training paddock this week trying to just clean up some of our shapes to make sure our role clarity is on point. "We know Canada's going to come out with a physical game. We also know they're really strong in set piece so that will be a focus for us in this area and I guess a new challenge to take on next weekend." https://twitter.com/WallaroosRugby/status/1677792737217888256?s=20 For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here https://ift.tt/4KF9Q63 //
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