BRISBANE, Australia — Of all the sounds that might charm an ear on a sidewalk at a pub window, here came a ripper. It flowed from inside a half-full bar called the Cauldron, up the street from a stadium that rugby apostles nicknamed “The Cauldron.” It landed about three hours after that stadium staged a 49,000-person stress test of a World Cup quarterfinal that Australia’s adored Matildas won by a hairbreadth. It soothed even as its singers might have lacked both classical training and sobriety.
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