It’s the worst feeling. The World Cup is the pinnacle of any playing career. To suffer an injury during the tournament and miss games is just heartbreaking. I feel for Sam Kerr. But then you quickly need to turn your thoughts to the team – football is always more than any one person. I know that Kerr is always contributing, even off the pitch.
I played for the Matildas at three Women’s World Cups. At my first, in 1999, I sustained a knee injury in my first game. Back then, in a tournament situation, we couldn’t necessarily have scans straight away to find out what was wrong. So they just pumped me full of needles, but that didn’t fix it.
