When you're the home team, the world can indulge you some rhetorical flourishes. Not content with such prosaic entries as "Men's Swim Team," the Australians have renamed their rosters:
Women's Handball: the Redbacks Men's Handball: the Crocodiles Women's Basketball: the Opals Men's Basketball: the Boomers Women's Hockey: the Hockeyroos Men's Hockey: the Kookaburras Women's Soccer: the Matildas Men's Soccer: the Ollyroos
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