Superstar Sam Kerr‘s 100th game for the Matildas didn’t go to plan this morning, with the Australians going down 3-2 to the Republic of Ireland at Tallaght Stadium.
In what was the first meeting in history between both nations, the Irish were gifted the dream start.
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A Lucy Quinn free-kick hit the post before taking a deflection off Australian goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold for the opening goal in just the first three minutes of action.
It was ruled as an own-goal by the Australian goalkeeper.
The Matildas hit back through young star Mary Fowler, who knocked through a rocketing strike at the top of the box before Denise O’Sullivan reclaimed the lead for Ireland.
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In the shadows of half-time, 18-year-old Fowler notched her second goal for the Matildas, which came courtesy of a big deflection to beat the keeper.
Then less than five minutes into the second half, Quinn headed off a corner to give Ireland back the lead.
The win for the Irish ended a horror seven-game losing streak.
Meanwhile, the loss for the Matildas will be a hard one for the Australians to take in, considering they owned 71 per cent of possession and had four more shots on target.
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