‘We’re not playing alongside the men, we’re playing in our own competition.’
The Matildas captured the hearts of Australia with their run to the semi-finals, with more people tuning in to watch their heartbreaking loss to England than any other TV show in the modern ratings era.
“There’s an excitement around women’s sports at the moment, so I think we’re utilising that as much as possible, and the group’s pumped.”AFL world erupts after tribunal announces ‘worst decision ever’“I think what was a really big selling area in the Matildas - and not just them but the World Cup itself – is that people took gender out of it, and they just started watching sport.“They watched the Matildas play, and that’s how it was labelled.
“Then as a whole leadership group, it’s about harnessing everything that we’ve worked on as a group and bringing that to fruition as a group.
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