When the Matildas run out to 80,000 fans in Thursday night's Women's World Cup opener against Ireland in Sydney, there'll be four Canberra girls enjoying the experience of a lifetime.
Maya McRae, 14, Aisha El Ayadi, 12, Imogen Robertson, 11, and Natalia Cerne, 14, are four of 250 ballkids set to feature at the FIFA tournament in Australia and New Zealand starting this week.