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Anna Harrington

'Fortunate' Socceroo keen to repay coach's faith at WC

Mathew Leckie is thrilled to be preparing for another World Cup after overcoming numerous injuries. (Jason Henry/AAP PHOTOS)

Once believing injuries would never let him reach a fourth World Cup, Mathew Leckie looms as Socceroos coach Tony Popovic's Swiss Army Knife: reliably doing any job, anywhere with brutal efficiency.

A lot had gone wrong for Leckie since his heroics at the Qatar World Cup in 2022, largely due to problematic hamstrings.

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