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Poms, put aside your Ouija boards – Australians do have common sense about Sam Kerr

Short of words and desperate for a donut, a mother country scribe has decided to attack this columnist for his piece on the Matildas star.

  • John Silvester

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Sam Kerr the victim of white privilege? Give me a break

Just when you think you have seen an athlete do something indefensible, you are told it was all a justified reaction to the patriarchy, to the white establishment and to a system of entrenched injustice.

  • Oliver Brown
Sam Kerr leaves Kingston Crown Court after being found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment.

Sam Kerr will probably wear the Matildas’ captain armband again

Football Australia will be looking for maximum mea culpa, and if they get it, she’ll be back as skipper.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Matildas superstar Sam Kerr.

The ballad of Samantha Kerr

This case is the biggest attack on an Australian sports star from the mother country since Bodyline.

  • John Silvester
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Sam’s done ‘enough’: Kerr won’t be disciplined by Chelsea

The Matildas’ star will face no sanction from her club after her court case.

  • Ian Chadband
Nadia’s Uber trip, when the driver got lost.

Who cares if Sam Kerr called a policeman ‘stupid and white’? I don’t

I’ve been in Sam Kerr’s shoes – a terrified woman of colour trapped in the back of an Uber – and I don’t blame her.

  • Nadia Russell
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Why the battle has only just begun for Sam Kerr

Having left court on Tuesday in London after being found not guilty, Sam Kerr is about to meet a new set of challenges.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Sam Kerr arrives in court.

Drunken night out sparks questions about power, privilege and race

On social media and in cafes, many thought the case against Sam Kerr was a storm in a teacup. But inside the court, with two of Britain’s top-flight barristers, it was deadly serious.

  • Rob Harris
Football Australia CEO James Johnson and Commonwealth Bank CEO Matt Comyn in 2021 as they announced that the bank had become the naming rights partner for the Matildas.

One question made the CBA boss flinch – and it wasn’t about profit

Matildas captain Sam Kerr’s legal fight in Britain is a prickly and polarising issue, and it was kryptonite for Matt Comyn.

  • Elizabeth Knight
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You’re free to go, Sam, but the future is unsure

Sam Kerr walked free from court, but her behaviour on the night was appalling.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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