Perth Glory A-League Women's captain Natasha Rigby cites financial insecurity and instability as having played a large role in her decision to retire from the game aged just 31.
Natasha Rigby is retiring after playing 117 games for Perth Glory in the ALW and captaining the team since 2019.
Perth Glory A-League Women's captain Natasha Rigby has cited financial insecurity and instability as having played a large role in her decision to retire from the game aged just 31.She also played in two ALW grand finals for the club, in 2017 and 2019. Rigby pointed to the Women's World Cup as an example of interest in the women's game and called for more investment."We really need to invest in that, and I hope we can leverage off of that and look to see players playing much later on into their careers, instead of having to take a step back because of the implications that the negative financial situation poses.
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