By ADAM ELLIS

DEFENDING champions New Zealand are revved up for their semi-final clash with France after coming through a tough encounter against Australia.
Captain Tom Christie was thrilled with the way his team held firm to see off their trans-Tasman rivals. He said: “What a game – any time we get to play the Aussies it’s like playing your big brother and no one wants to lose, no one wants to give an inch so that was the exact feeling out there. It just just like big brother versus little brother at home.
“It was an amazing feeling out there. A lot of hard work w...