The trio have appeared at three previous World Cups together and ‘know each other’s game inside out’. Now at their fourth they are preparing for a semi-final
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Not long after the Matildas’ historic victory over France on Saturday night, after she had helped take Australian sport to a place it had never been, Sam Kerr went back to her roots. To her 1.4 million Instagram followers, the Western Knights junior posted a photo in quadruplicate. It depicted herself arm-in-arm with teammates Caitlin Foord and Emily van Egmond at each of the previous four World Cups.
This trio, shining treasures of the Matildas’ golden generation, have been rightly recognised as the fuel for Australia’s attack. The whole squad is tight, but the strength of bond between these three is something else. One that has been forged over more than a decade in the fires of international football.
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