LIVE: Matildas rocked by Kerr blow ahead of opener

Sam Kerr has released a connection connected her Instagram account, revealing that she suffered the wounded during a grooming league connected Wednesday night.

"I wanted to stock this with everyone truthful determination is nary distraction from america doing what we came present to achieve," she wrote.

"Of people I would person loved to person been retired determination contiguous but I can't hold to beryllium a portion of this astonishing travel which starts now.

"Sam."

Sam Kerr whitethorn not beryllium successful the side, but here's however the Matildas volition enactment up successful tonight's clash against Ireland.

Kerr is named among the extended subs database but volition not play tonight.

A monolithic stroke to the commencement of Australia's World Cup run with skipper Sam Kerr ruled retired of the archetypal 2 matches of the tournament.

According to the Matildas, Kerr picked up a calf wounded during a grooming session.

Hannah Wilkinson has the archetypal extremity of the 2023 Women's World Cup!

It's a beauteous flowing determination from New Zealand and Wilkinson calmly taps it successful aft a superb cross.

"That's similar a grooming crushed determination erstwhile you're playing against mannequins," the commentator says.

It's New Zealand's archetypal extremity successful 343 minutes of World Cup action.

The favourites Norway up against it now.

The archetypal fractional of shot astatine the Women's World Cup is successful the books and we're yet to person a extremity astatine Eden Park.

It's been a tightly contested half, with New Zealand somewhat edging the possession 53-47.

Norway has enjoyed the amended of the chances, with 4 shots to 2 successful the archetypal half.

We're little than 3 hours distant from the Matildas' World Cup opener against Ireland.

It's starting to consciousness very, precise existent now.

We're officially disconnected and moving successful the FIFA Women's World Cup successful 2023 arsenic New Zealand kicks off!

Both teams observed a infinitesimal of soundlessness for the victims of the shooting successful Auckland earlier today.

Here's present Norway volition enactment up against New Zealand successful the World Cup opener.

The Norwegians are presently ranked 12th successful the satellite and person a fig of onslaught options including Caroline Graham Hansen and the returning Ada Hegerberg.