By mark_000au - 20 Apr 2023 1:02 PM
Kerr became Australia’s all-time leading goalscorer last January, with her five-goal haul against Indonesia in the Asian Cup group stage taking her past Socceroos legend Tim Cahill’s previous record of 50.
In the Disney+ series Matildas: The World at Our Feet, to be released on Wednesday, Kerr is shown taking issue with a headline in The Daily Telegraph in which her tally was labelled “not equal” to Cahill’s.
The headline was for a column by former Socceroo Robbie Slater, who wrote that Kerr and Cahill’s records should not be compared, that to do so would “overshadow” the latter’s achievement, and that they should be celebrated separately.
“I cannot believe, in this day and age, that someone could write this, and have young girls read it, and that the Telegraph would actually publish such a sexist comment on the front page.
“It’s not about me ... Imagine a young girl growing up going, ‘Oh, no matter what I do ...’ Anyways.”
“Imagine little girls reading that,” an incredulous Kerr said,
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By maruusa - 25 Jan 2024 2:46 PM
Kerr is right to be angry about these comparisons. She is an excellent player, and she deserves to be judged on her own merits. slither io
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