But not these Stingers."I think what's so cool about our team is our connection and the culture that we've built," Abby Andrews told ABC Sport."That tournament in Paris was so up and down; we had so many highs together … I think we were playing to the best of our ability and we were lifting each other as a team."Bronte Halligan, the team's captain, said the connection was built on a genuine shared love of their sport."We just love what we do," she said."We're so passionate about what we do, and we have such a great bunch that enjoys being together day-in, day-out and working hard together We want to put ourselves in really tough competition that gets us better day-in, day-out to be the best in the national team."I'm so proud of all the girls, overseas and in Australia."So the girls in Spain, myself in Italy, other girls in Italy, there's girls in Greece, there's girls over in America playing in the college system, and then there's the Australian League; I think all of that combines together, and we're playing at the highest level ever now."All the girls [in the squad] are up in the top one, two, three teams of every league in every season."I think that that's the most important thing, putting ourselves in really high quality competition which means that then we can perform on the big stage when we come together