For Clare Polkinghorne, the ultimate team player, that is the least she would have wanted. Emotions, which were stretched to boiling point in a brutal contest at Lang Park, were just as heightened ...

Polkinghorne, 35, who has made 167 appearances for the national team, will retire from Matildas duty in December at the end of Australia’s two-match home series against Chinese Taipei in Geelong ...

Retiring Australian football great Clare Polkinghorne admits her Matildas send-off match won't fully sink in until she steps onto the Suncorp Stadium pitch for the final time.

Clare Polkinghorne preparing for final Matildas game Debut in 2006, has amassed 167 international caps Will play against Brazil in front of home Brisbane crowd ...

Clare Polkinghorne will call time on a career spanning almost two decades when she takes the field against Brazil in December, and says she is leaving "the best job in the world".

Brazil have crashed Clare Polkinghorne's party, beating the Matildas 3-1 in the retiring great's fiery send-off match in Brisbane.. Amanda Gutierres struck in the sixth and 13th minutes - a day ...

Polkinghorne, 35, who has made 167 appearances for the national team, will retire from Matildas duty in December at the end of Australia’s two-match home series against Chinese Taipei in Geelong ...

Clare Polkinghorne, surrounded by her family, lapped up the praise. (Getty Images: Albert Perez) Visibly emotional, the 35-year-old gathered her niece Zoe and waved to the 47,501 supporters who ...

Polkinghorne, 35, who has made 167 appearances for the national team, will retire from Matildas duty in December at the end of Australia’s two-match home series against Chinese Taipei in Geelong ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Football. Followed categories will be added to My News. Polkinghorne, 35, who has made 167 appearances for the national team, will retire from Matildas duty in ...

The Matildas’ most capped player of all-time, Clare Polkinghorne, has announced her retirement from international football.