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Anna Harrington

Matildas to embrace crowd fervour in World Cup opener

Sam Kerr believes the Matildas can handle the hype of a huge crowd in their World Cup opener. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Sam Kerr has urged the Matildas to embrace the noise and hype when they open their Women's World Cup campaign in front of their biggest-ever home crowd.

A sold-out Stadium Australia will be packed to its FIFA capacity of 75,784 for Thursday night's clash with World Cup debutants Ireland.

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