5. TAYLA HARRIS

Date of birth: 16 April 1997 (age 22)

Height: 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)

Position(s): Forward/ ruck

Career Highlights: 2× AFL Women's All-Australian team: 2017, 2018

Here's one that even the most ardent football-tragic will be well aware of. A marketing move made in heaven for FFA, if we can encourage Harris to become a footballer the sky is the limit.

Another who could add some fight into the Matildas squad, Harris is actually a very successful boxer outside of AFLW, so compared to thumping people, football should be pretty easy going...(watch the video below if you dare).

After this iconic photo made her a household name, Harris was iconoclasted in bronze in Federation Square. So we might need to get a sculptor to make a few adjustments, but we're sure we'll be able to manage.

Maybe just a far bigger statue of her volleying the winner at the next World Cup next to it?

PLUS...

10 ways to explain (to a sexist mate) that women's sport deserves equal pay

Whether you're AFL, football, union, league, tennis, golf, surfing or professional curling, the recent Matildas equal pay decision is a landmark moment for pay equality in sport. But to a lot of people, it seems completely unjustified. Here's what you should tell them.