After suffering a 15-0 defeat to England in the Women's Rugby World Cup 2010 semi finals, Australia now play France in the third place play-off at the Twickenham Stoop on Sunday.
Having finished seventh four years ago in Canada, the Wallaroos were already guaranteed of finishing higher having booked their place in a first ever semi final in the last minute of their pool match with South Africa on 28 August, and will now finish at least fourth.
But with an inaugural Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens title under their belt, the expectation was always going to be greater at this year's World Cup and wing Kristy Giteau has her sights set on a third place finish which she hopes will create more exposure for the Game back home.
"We believed we were a team that could be in the top four, so for us it just confirms our status. But we don't want to come fourth, we're hoping to come third and we believe we can get there if we stick to our game plan," explained Kristy, the older sister of Wallaby star Matt.
"We have already had an exceptional amount of exposure back home just getting into the top four. We had an incredibly tough pool that we labelled back home the pool of death, so for us to get into the top four is great but it doesn't stop here.
"If we get into the top three, there will come greater exposure, sponsorship and other avenues such as funding. We are obviously doing it for ourselves as a team, but we're hoping that by displaying how talented we are and the skills that we have that we will draw exposure."
To finish third Australia have to beat Christian Galonnier's France, who themselves suffered a 45-7 defeat to the Black Ferns in the first of the two semi finals on 1 September, having reached that stage with a 23-8 victory over Canada in Pool C.
France always dangerous
Giteau, who scored the first of nine tries in the pool match with South Africa, is aware of the threats any French team can pose, and believes their defeat to New Zealand could make them an even more dangerous prospect to face at the Twickenham Stoop.
"They're in the top four for a reason, so we are playing a team that's truly competitive, truly talented and we've got to present every opportunity with meaning.
"If you actually watched the France New Zealand game, New Zealand worked extremely hard to get their points. When they did score it was through wide phases and constant phases, it wasn't a one-off.
"No points are going to be easy, and we know we're going to have to work extremely hard. We know they've got an extremely physical pack that love to muscle up and their backs are speedy and skilful. So we're going to have to be on our A game to not only contest against but to hopefully get the win."
More than 10,000 tickets have already been sold for the final two matches at the Twickenham Stoop, and two people who will definitely be in the crowd for the Wallaroos' match are Giteau's parents.
In the third and final round of pool matches, Giteau was involved in Australia's match with South Africa, the same time brother Matt was playing the Springboks in the Tri Nations, but the decision of which match the parents would watch was a 'given' according to the elder sibling.
Family on and off the pitch
"It hadn't been brought to my attention until my mum said she was torn and she further elaborated that she was going to have to pick, and I said 'that's a given mum'," explained the 29-year-old.
"It's definitely something that's incredibly memorable and special to both of us, knowing that we're playing for our country and in the same sport. It's just for my parents, my siblings and all my extended family back home - we're all very proud of each other and what we've achieved.
"I've been fortunate to watch a sibling sing the anthem, and I tear up watching him sing the anthem, for me to do it, I now see what he feels when he was doing it all those years.
"My parents mean the world to me and they support us in everything that we do, and to have them here to debrief with them, relax with them or see the sights is really exciting."
Family is also something that runs in the Australian camp. With 26 players living in Olympic-style accommodation at Surrey Sports Park, the camaraderie within John Manenti's side has helped both on and off the pitch during this year's tournament.
Back to the real world
Giteau will be hoping that the 'framily' will help the Wallaroos in their final match at 15:00 local time - a match you can see live on rwcwomens.com if you live outside the UK and Ireland -before everyone heads back in their respective directions.
"We call it the framily - we're the family-friends," she explained.
"We are an incredbly tight bunch of girls. We play for each other on the field and we play for each other as friends not just as players, and that's really important, because when it's a really tight game and a tough game we look across and look at friends not just players.
"I think that camaraderie you don't find in every team and that's definitely credited to our coaches who've built that rapport among the group.
"I think we'll probably all have post-tour depression when we have to go back home and back to the real world where we have to work and do all of those really boring mundane things that we have to do.
"When we go out to play for Austalia, and we talk about it in jersey presentation before the game, we're not just doing it for us. Ideally when we get on the field we're doing it for our other 14 friends and we're all working together to achieve that common goal, but we're also doing it for all the people who didn't get the opportunity to be where we are or are supporting us back home."
