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And now we have a couple of hours before we have to do it all again in the final, against France, who have just beaten Great Britain. But I am certain no game could be harder than the Fiji one. No one else could have beaten them. The game we’ve just played, that was like the final of the Olympics.

I’m pretty set in my routine between games. Refuel, shower, recover, nap, analysis. Everyone’s a bit different and we all respect each other’s way of doing things. Some people might go for a quiet walk in the stadium or use recovery machines, but I love to nap, and I’ve learned to be able to nap in the middle of noise. I set my alarm and then I wake up and do

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