How rugby star daughter's doll captivated Australia

Monday, October 05, 2015

A dark-skinned doll brought on to the pitch at the end of the Australian Rugby League final has become the talking point of the game.

The doll was carried by the daughter of Johnathan Thurston, captain of the winning team, North Queensland Cowboys.

Thurston is an indigenous Australian, as was, for the first time in the league's history, his counterpart, Justin Hodges of the Brisbane Broncos.

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