BIZARRE: 7 - What They Never Told You

Ellie Carpenter gives Matildas World Cup boost with return from injury

Ellie Carpenter says she is ‘grateful’ to be back in action after returning to competitive football eight months after rupturing her ACL

The Guardian - AU · Feb 5, 2023

Matildas star Carpenter back after eight months out

Ellie Carpenter, one of the Matildas' key players with the World Cup in sight, has made a timely return to action with Lyon after an eight-month injury lay-off.

AAP · Feb 4, 2023

Matildas defender Ellie Carpenter returns to action with Lyon in boost to 2023 Women's World Cup hopes

Carpenter tore her ACL last May and was up against the clock to return to fitness for this year's World Cup on home soil.

ABC News · Feb 4, 2023

Australia's Ellie Carpenter stretchered off with knee injury in Lyon's Women's Champions League final win over Barcelona

Australia's Ellie Carpenter becomes a Women's Champions League winner, but she lasts only 13 minutes of Lyon's victory over Barcelona before being carried off with a knee injury.

ABC News · May 21, 2022

Matildas and Lyon star Ellie Carpenter opens up on fear, family and the future ahead of her second Champions League final

Matildas and Lyon defender Ellie Carpenter opens up on her "scary" move abroad, the pressure of replacing a legend and what she's expecting from the Champions League final.

ABC News · May 20, 2022

Lyon defender Ellie Carpenter: ‘I don’t think many people understand how cut-throat it is’

The Australian on being part of a world-class squad, this weekend’s Champions League final against Barcelona and always playing with a target on her back

The Guardian - AU · May 17, 2022

Matildas star Ellie Carpenter makes Champions League history with Olympique Lyonnais

The 22-year-old is the first Australian woman to qualify for two Champions League finals, and just the second Aussie after Harry Kewell.

ABC News · May 4, 2022

Matildas beat New Zealand in Canberra thanks to Sam Kerr double and Hayley Raso goal

The Matildas coast past New Zealand with a comfortable 3-1 victory in Canberra, thanks to first-half goals from Sam Kerr and Hayley Raso.

ABC News · Apr 12, 2022

Matildas leave it late to defeat Ferns

Emily van Egmond and Sam Kerr scored late goals to pull Australia out of the fire in a come-from-behind international friendly win over New Zealand.

AAP · Apr 8, 2022

Dominant Matildas leave it late to snatch 2-1 win over New Zealand in Townsville

It took until injury time, but the Matildas finally turn their dominance into goals as they snatch a late 2-1 win over New Zealand in Townsville.

ABC News · Apr 8, 2022