The euphoria that surrounded the Matildas in recent years has started to dissipate and the latest rankings show how bad things have got for the one-time golden girls.
News Corp Australia
Another week, another radio shock jock mouthing off under the guise of humour, being forced to apologise, and then departing the airwaves.
Lanna Hill
Unfortunately, these are sentiments which are still thriving in some segments of the sports media, and among the broader public.
Caitlin Bassett
Australia’s disastrous SheBelieves Cup campaign finished on a low note two days after a radio shock jock labelled them ‘Year 10 girls’.
Anna Harrington
Former Matildas striker Sarah Walsh says the backlash to Marty Sheargold’s comments about the national team are proof societal views on women’s sport have shifted dramatically.
Ben Smith
The respected sports presenter didn’t hold back, and used facts to back her up.
Cameron Noakes
Embattled shock jock Marty Sheargold’s time with Triple M is over, with the two parties parting ways a day after the DJ’s vulgar and misogynistic anti-Matildas tirade.
The Matildas have suffered another loss, but the eventual return of Sam Kerr from injury should improve them, according to her former Chelsea manager.
Marco Monteverde
Australia went down to the Olympic champions after interim coach Tom Sermanni made four major changes to the team’s starting line-up.
George Clarke
Half a year on from parting ways with Tony Gustavsson, there is still no new coach for the Matildas, who appear stuck in a perpetual state of limbo, caught between two different eras, writes Ben Smith.
Australia has suffered a humiliating loss to Japan in their first match since Sam Kerr was cleared of racially harassing a police officer.
An emerging Matildas star would like the team’s next permanent coach to have some key characteristics.
Sam Kerr will be welcomed back to the Matildas but in what role remains murky after Football Australia said it ‘invests heavily in building the behavioural standards’.
Ben McClellan
A NSW Liberal senator has taken a swipe at Sam Kerr, saying the footballer currently on trial in England should note it was racist to attack white people.
Katina Curtis
The attempt to clear her name has come at a crucial time for the absent Matildas captain.
Joanna Guelas
The Matildas star is accused of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer during a night out two years ago.
Bryce Luff and Ben Downie
The new year is here and for our Aussie sporting teams it’s the perfect time to reflect and set some new goals for the year ahead. Here are some resolutions they might want to consider.
Mackenzie Arnold and millions of Aussies are supporting a move for the Australian citizenship test to include knowing how to make Milo.
Kellie Balaam
Former Perth Glory goalkeeper Morgan Aquino says becoming the first Western Australian to debut for the Matildas since Sam Kerr would be a surreal achievement.
An experimental Matildas line-up has returned to winning ways in unconvincing fashion.
Interim Matildas coach Tom Sermanni says the current international window is a balancing act of putting their best team on the park with without freezing out the next generation of national team players.
Matildas captain Steph Catley and interim coach Tom Sermanni have lamented Brazil’s gamesmanship and physicality going unchecked after a bruising encounter in their 3-1 defeat at Suncorp Stadium.
Clare Polkinghorne’s Matildas’ hometown send-off has ended in a disappointing fashion as a disjointed Australian performance ended in a 3-1 loss to an under-strength Brazil in Brisbane.
The Matildas’ games record-holder Clare Polkinghorne will bring an 18-year career to a close in her home city on Thursday night, but she is more focused on beating Brazil than her own farewell.
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