There’s something about Mary – and Sam and Hayley. Caitlin, Steph and Cortnee. Ellie, Mackenzie and the rest of the team. Just ask anyone in Australia who fell hard for the Matildas during the FIFA Women’s World Cup. These were the names that we screamed at stadiums and at TV screens and roared in pubs across the country, along with the biggest rallying cry of them all: “Go the Tillies!” Even those who don’t usually follow women’s football – or any sport – couldn’t help but get caught up in the green-and-gold fever as the national team stormed into the quarter-final against France. In a heart-stopping penalty shootout, the Matildas defeated France 7-6 in the longest shootout in World Cup history. “I get goosebumps just thinking about it,” Mary Fowler tells Marie Claire on the set of her cover shoot. “When I think about it now, it feels like a dream. That moment was such an adrenaline rush.” While Australia ultimately finished a very respectable fourth (the best result by any Australian football team in a World Cup) their impact on the nation was epic. Not only did they smash attendance records and TV audience figures, they also shifted the dial on outdated attitudes about women’s sport. Representing her team for marie claire’s Women of the Year Awards, Fowler reflects on what they achieved: “It’s hard to put into words the legacy we’ve left behind. I think it’s really special that we can get recognised as a team for the work we did and the journey we’ve had together.”
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SHANNEN DOHERTY
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IN THE WILDS OF ALASKA
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Back to EARTH
In its earliest days, the farm bred draught horses for export. Now Tasmania's 1840 cottage Leighton House has been restored as a glorious getaway
ODE to LIGHT
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JEN ATKIN
The Ouai beauty guru is regularly called on by the Kardashians and a host of other A-listers. Here, she talks about hair, her beauty cupboard and how she keeps up her energy levels
A NEW DIRECTION
When she was 16, Jordan Lambropoulos told her surgeon she'd rather die than wake up with a colostomy bag. Today - 10 years, countless operations and 14,000 Instagram followers later - she's proof that a colostomy bag is not the end. In fact, it can be the beginning of a whole new life
LADY LUCK
Rosalía takes her accessories as seriously as she takes her art. The Spanish musician spent three years working on her much-lauded album Motomami, finessing the details and perfecting the finishing touches. And when it comes to her outfits, she's no less specific
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CURTAIN CALLING
Brisbane-born star Vidya Makan steps into the shoes of America's founding mother in the long-awaited return of Hamilton
LEIGH-ANNE
The English singer on colourism, freedom and reuniting Little Mix
