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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Mike Hytner

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Cortnee vine i sometimes forget that i actually play for the matildas - The Untold Story

Cortnee Vine of the Matildas poses during the Australian Matildas Cup of Nations Squad Announcement.
Sydney FC footballer Cortnee Vine will learn if she has a place in the Matildas Women’s World Cup squad on 3 July. Photograph: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

Cortnee Vine needs a new car. Her old one, a modest Kia Picante that made an unlikely star turn in Disney’s docu-series about the Matildas after it broke down on camera, was written off in April. Another vehicle had careered into it while Vine was away on international duty in England, and while she waits for a replacement, the down-to-earth winger is borrowing a somewhat more lavish set of wheels.

“I’ve actually got a supercar at the moment, which is pretty scary,” Vine says. “It’s another impostor syndrome moment.”

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