Australia‘s captain Sam Kerr said of the Matildas’ opening World Cup match against Ireland in Sydney: ‘We’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time, so it’s nice that it’s finally here.’ She added: ‘To come to this stadium and kind of have the realisation that we really have brought the Women’s World Cup to Australia is a really proud moment for all of us.’ Kerr is keeping her cards ‘close to her chest’ but admitted that her team were very confident and said while ‘we have a lot of respect for Ireland’ the opening game ‘is about us’. Kerr, who has captained the Matildas since 2019, is Australia’s all-time leading international scorer with 63 goals in 120 appearances.
‘We’re really confident’: Sam Kerr’s Matildas ready for Women’s World Cup
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