CAPTAIN Zach Mercer was proud of his squad’s efforts in Georgia despite relinquishing their crown to New Zealand.
“We are disappointed with the result but we will leave Georgia with our heads held high,” said Mercer.
“We came up against some huge challenges during this campaign and I’m really proud of the boys effort.
“We won’t make excuses, they were the better outfit, we didn’t switch on as well as we should have in that first 20 minutes.
They capitalised on every error, they are an outstanding outfit.”
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