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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Joey Lynch

Record-breaker Sam Kerr moves out on her own after remarkable Matildas scoreline

Sam Kerr needed just 11 minutes to match and subsequently surpass Tim Cahill’s national goalscoring record.
Sam Kerr needed just 11 minutes to match and subsequently surpass Tim Cahill’s national goalscoring record. Photograph: Thananuwat Srirasant/Getty Images

All things considered, the Matildas’ 18-0 destruction of Indonesia provided a somewhat anticlimactic stage for Sam Kerr to etch herself into the record books as the greatest goalscorer in Australian history.

When it comes to points of historical significance, there is generally a romantic desire for a scene you could slap an orchestral score on – circumstances that help contribute to the mythology surrounding the achievement.

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