MELBOURNE : The thought of playing in front of huge crowds at a home World Cup is surreal for Australia's Clare Polkinghorne, having toiled in the days when women's soccer rarely made local newspapers.Australia's most capped player with 156 appearances, the centre back is set to continue a World Cup journ
MELBOURNE : The thought of playing in front of huge crowds at a home World Cup is surreal for Australia's Clare Polkinghorne, having toiled in the days when women's soccer rarely made local newspapers.
With the 2007 squad breaking through to the quarter-finals, then-18-year-old Polkinghorne may have hoped the China tournament could be the catalyst for Australia to wake up and celebrate their top women as much as the men's Socceroos. Captained by world class striker Sam Kerr, the Matildas no longer need much of an introduction at home.
Polkinghorne, now 34, has been a rock in Australia's backline for over a decade but a hamstring strain blighted her 2019 World Cup in France.
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