UP THE TILLIES
here’s a reason Matilda was chosen as the Australian National University’s word of the year for 2023: the Tillies were on everyone’s lips. We cheered for “the girls” en masse in the stands at matches, in front of the TV at home and in packed sports bars overseas. The FIFA Women’s World Cup broke the record for the most-attended women’s sports tournament of all time, with close to 2 million fans filling stadiums. The Matildas vs France match became Australia’s biggest TV sporting event in 20 years, and Nike reported that the Tillies’ jerseys outsold the Socceroos’. But the tournament did more than just smash records, it changed women’s
