Australia’s captain will continue to play a part at the Women’s World Cup and the Matildas have proved they can still win without her
It’s the worst feeling. The World Cup is the pinnacle of any playing career. To suffer an injury during the tournament and miss games is just heartbreaking. I feel for Sam Kerr. But then you quickly need to turn your thoughts to the team – football is always more than any one person. I know that Kerr is always contributing, even off the pitch.
I played for the Matildas at three Women’s World Cups. At my first, in 1999, I sustained a knee injury in my first game. Back then, in a tournament situation, we couldn’t necessarily have scans straight away to find out what was wrong. So they just pumped me full of needles, but that didn’t fix it.
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