Humour, grace - and Elle - to sell Cup bid

November 30, 2010
By Tom Wald, AAP Europe Correspondent
An ex-NRL club president's daughter, a trailblazer for women's rights from rural Queensland, a former AFL player and a shopping centre magnate.

That is the foursome that Australia is pinning its 2022 World Cup hopes on in Wednesday afternoon's (midnight Thursday AEDT) half-hour pitch to FIFA powerbrokers in chilly Zurich.

Supermodel Elle Macpherson, Governor-General Quentin Bryce, Football Federation Australia chief executive Ben Buckley and Australian soccer's godfather Frank ...

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