That said, arguably the team's best hope for glory is Stuart O'Grady.

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The team's best hope of glory looks certain to rest on O'Grady's shoulders.

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The grand 19th Century congregational numbers - O Come All Ye Faithful and Angels from the Realms of Glory for instance - are rousing hymns of communal praise.

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