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Mrs Byrne said their neighbours were Thai kickboxers and that the woman "continually stamped on my head" while her husband was "ferociously thumped 22 times".

The team faced seven matches in 19 days: a Sydney Select side were thumped 86-0, before an Australian Capital Territory side were defeated 36-0 in Canberra, where the first Test against Australia was also held.

After being thumped 3-0 while failing to muster a shot on target, presumably the Italian is still searching.

His house was fine, he said, as helicopters thumped overhead and a long convoy of emergency vehicles raced by, sirens blaring.

A third meeting this season between heated enemies Baltimore and Pittsburgh, with the Steelers dominating this rivalry by winning eight out of nine before being thumped in the last meeting.