Pacy winger Desiree Miller became just the second Wallaroos player to score four tries in a Test as Australia outclassed Fiji 64-5 in Sydney on Saturday.
Miller had a hat trick by halftime at Allianz Stadium before adding the fourth try in the second half to equal the Ruan Sims record against South Africa in 2006.
“It’s awesome,” Miller told Stan Sport.
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Desiree Miller of the Wallaroos scores a try. Getty
“We’ve been working really hard the last couple of weeks and trying to get that connection and I think it really paid off. It was really awesome but the tries wouldn’t come if the girls inside didn’t work. So kudos there.
“I mean, growing up, we didn’t really have this. I didn’t even know females could play rugby. So just to be here and have all these girls look up to us, it’s really special.
“We kept energy and I think if we bring that into next week, we can focus on those little one per centers that we can fix and I think we can put up a good show against New Zealand.”
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It was the first Wallaroos win this season after losses in May to Canada, the United States and New Zealand.
Australia now host the world champion Black Ferns in Brisbane next Sunday.
“The effort that the girls have put in since we started back in January, we’ve been building and Pac Four, we didn’t get that time together but you can see the results now,” Wallaroos coach Jo Yapp said after her first win in charge.
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“It’s an accumulation of all the hard work that everyone’s put in at this point. There’s still so much growth still out there but really pleased for the girls that they got that win tonight in the way that they did.”
Fiji scored the first try in the 12th minute through winger Adita Milinia but it was one way traffic after that.
Australia’s other try scorers were Eva Karpani, Cecilia Smith, Bridie O’Gorman, Tiarna Molloy, Siokapesi Palu and Trilleen Pomare.