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Speaker 1: This is the Fits In with Her with Kate Richie podcast.

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Speaker 2: They're the team that captivated a country. We absolutely adore

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Speaker 2: the Matildas. It's the big one tonight, their first game

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Speaker 2: against China. You can catch it on Channel ten and

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Speaker 2: follow the com Bank Matildas on Socials. And this lady, well,

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Speaker 2: it's not just this team that loves her, but Kate

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Speaker 2: Richie is totally in love with that.

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Speaker 3: Alana Kennedy, Welcome, Good morning guys. Welcome.

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Speaker 4: How are you feeling today ahead of tonight.

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Speaker 5: I'm actually just having my morning coffee in bed at

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Speaker 5: the moment.

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Speaker 1: So pretty chill this morning, and we train this afternoon.

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Speaker 3: I'm feeling, to be honest, a little bit left out. Well,

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Speaker 3: Elana and I don't message each other, and I know

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Speaker 3: Kate that you know, through the success of the Matildas,

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Speaker 3: you have been trying desperately to be part in socially.

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Speaker 4: Excepted by Stage five clinger, Alana, does.

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Speaker 3: You slide into the DM still a little bit?

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Speaker 1: I would say so. No. I think it's a I

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Speaker 1: think it's a mutual respect. There's a nice little it's

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Speaker 1: always it's always a nice.

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Speaker 5: Little touch with yeah, Campbelltown love, but also exciting to

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Speaker 5: see may Kate Stater playing football and her enjoyment as well.

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Speaker 4: So I know I was thinking, I know, we spoke

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Speaker 4: to your mom on the on the show during the

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Speaker 4: World Cup. Now is she and was she quite a

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Speaker 4: cool sideline soccer supporting mom or was she? Did you

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Speaker 4: would you rather stay in the car?

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Speaker 5: No?

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Speaker 1: She was. She was good.

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Speaker 5: I've come across a few that I would prefer not

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Speaker 5: to be my mom. My mom was always pretty cool

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Speaker 5: and calm on the sideline. She even managed my team

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Speaker 5: a couple of times, obviously not coach, not coach.

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Speaker 1: But more than the operational side of things. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: she was good.

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Speaker 5: She knew not to scream anything out on the sidelines

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Speaker 5: to embarrass me, because yeah I would.

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Speaker 1: I would come back at.

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Speaker 3: It, see unfortunate. And I'm kind of one of those

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Speaker 3: sideline parents. And I the other day this was terrible.

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Speaker 3: Ted was playing AFL and he dropped a mark and

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Speaker 3: he heard me on the boundary line. He heard me go,

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Speaker 3: oh you so, and he turned around and I was

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Speaker 3: like the onst and then I just went mate ten

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Speaker 3: out of ten per ever, but awesome, you.

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Speaker 4: Already heard the disappointed sign like panis Oh yeah, that

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Speaker 4: was ingrained.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean I watched my nephews play.

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Speaker 5: Football on the weekends when I can when I'm home,

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Speaker 5: and for me it's hard. I always sort of have

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Speaker 5: to just try and sit back and engage in conversation

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Speaker 5: with people.

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Speaker 4: Really you need to go and get the coffee or

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Speaker 4: the bag of lollies at the canteen or whatever. I

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Speaker 4: just do not engage, Alana, do not engage.

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Speaker 3: So Sam kerr Acl, is that where we're at?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, how many more weeks? Like what does it look

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Speaker 3: like from here moving forward?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 1: I think for her it is week to week.

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Speaker 5: At the moment, she's she's taking her time with the

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Speaker 5: rehab and not rushing herself back. Obviously, it's been confirmed

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Speaker 5: that she won't be playing at the Olympics, so I

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Speaker 5: think for her she just wants to be you know,

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Speaker 5: fit and healthy for a season and for I guess

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Speaker 5: the future with the Matilda's. But yeah, I think things

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Speaker 5: are going well for her, and obviously she's going to

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Speaker 5: be a huge miss at the World Cup. But we're

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Speaker 5: just looking forward to having a batch's fit and ready.

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Speaker 4: When you're not fit in that situation, will she still

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Speaker 4: be there?

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Speaker 1: In kind of a support role.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, of course, I think she's obviously you know, she's

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Speaker 5: the captain of our team when she's here, and she's

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Speaker 5: a huge presence and voice in our team. So I

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Speaker 5: think it's important for her to take some time away

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Speaker 5: as well, because it is it is a really tough

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Speaker 5: thing to be missing out on such a big tournament,

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Speaker 5: and especially after the success that we've had and you know,

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Speaker 5: we're pushing for a medal and of course we'd love

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Speaker 5: to have Sammy there. But I think for her, she's

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Speaker 5: still you know, a huge voice within the team, someone

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Speaker 5: that we all look to for advice and you know,

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Speaker 5: direction within the squad. But I think it's important for

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Speaker 5: her as well to just have some time away from it.

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Speaker 1: But no doubt she'll be supporting us at the Olympics.

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Speaker 3: Alana. With the love for the Matildas and the love

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Speaker 3: for soccer and the round ball altogether, all the Australian

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Speaker 3: public are asking for is a show of Ozzie spirit

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Speaker 3: and I reckon that will be enough to drive the

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Speaker 3: whole team and you guys over the line, like we

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Speaker 3: believe in you because we know that you guys are

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Speaker 3: great at what you do and that we've got our

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Speaker 3: best people out there for the games.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean hopefully hopefully that's enough. You could be

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Speaker 1: the time you want to come. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Team, So what is basically saying, Alana is just don't

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Speaker 4: worry about it, just be yourself and the Aussie spirit

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Speaker 4: and support will get you over the line in Paris.

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Speaker 1: From one of our team mottos is never say dying.

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Speaker 5: That is is definitely something that is ingrained in the

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Speaker 5: Matilda's mentality.

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Speaker 1: So you're not fine there. Look, we can't wait to

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Speaker 1: see you at the Olympics, Kate. Will you be at

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Speaker 1: the game yourself?

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Speaker 4: And maybe yes, yes, I will be there, so you'll be.

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Speaker 4: You will hear us and I have to say my

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Speaker 4: I don't know where she gets it from, but my

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Speaker 4: nine year old has a very loud, screaming voice. So

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Speaker 4: we will be their eyes on you, Alana.

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Speaker 5: Thank you. We'll look forward to it. Yeah, it's going

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Speaker 5: to be a huge Like it's crazy to know that

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Speaker 5: so many people are still supporting us beyond the World Cup.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, we appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: Got you mate, that's the easy spirit. You just take

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Speaker 3: it out onto the field.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Alana.

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Speaker 1: Good luck tonight.

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