French kids go Ooh La Lah for Kangaroos

AAP - November 07, 2009

Cost of a pair of Kangaroos shorts: $39.99. An Australian training singlet: $49.99.

But for a lucky bunch of Parisian school kids, the mementos were priceless and they hounded the Australian rugby league team like they were The Beatles back together again, desperate for a piece of green and gold.

As the Kangaroos held their final training session in Paris on Friday afternoon ahead of the Four...Read more

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