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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Mike Hytner

Still no Sam Kerr as Matildas name under-strength squad for Argentina friendlies

Sam Kerr looks on at Matildas training
Matildas captain Sam Kerr is missing from Australia’s squad to face Argentina in football friendlies in Melbourne on 30 May and Canberra on 2 June. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The long wait for Sam Kerr’s return to competitive football continues with the Matildas skipper missing from Australia’s squad for upcoming friendlies against Argentina.

Kerr is into a 16th month of recuperation after undergoing surgery on a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament sustained in January 2024, and while she tentatively returned to the training field at her club Chelsea towards the end of the Women’s Super League season, she is not yet deemed ready for a recall to the national set up.

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