10:28

The new era for the Matildas began brightly at Leichhardt Oval with Ante Milicic celebrating a comfortable two goal victory over New Zealand. It was far from a fluid performance with players clearly adapting to new instructions but there was plenty to build on at the start of a World Cup year.

Thank you very much for your company, we’ll be back to do this all again on Sunday when a much sterner test awaits in the form of South Korea.