To make the next step - from a team that competes to a team that wins things - some big discussions need to be had, and some big-picture planning needs to take place.
, through to the end of the Paris Olympics, and deserves immense credit for overseeing Australia’s best-ever World Cup performance.
Finish top of that group, or as the best runner-up from all three, and then it’s a two-legged play-off in February for a berth in Paris - probably against Japan, China or South Korea. Which means it is no foregone conclusion that they’ll make it. In four years’ time, Kerr will be 33. So will Steph Catley and Mackenzie Arnold. Caitlin Foord, Hayley Raso and Alanna Kennedy will be 32. If they’re still going at a high level - and they should be - Australia has the bones of a side that should consider themselves as a contender for any tournament they enter.
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