Cortnee Vine and Caitlin Foord shine as Australia brush aside South Africa

Her first international goal was followed by her second less than 20 minutes later. A wonderful flicked pass from Catley found Foord, who put the ball into the middle and Vine sent a neat back-heel volley in.

Yes, Vine was scoring against a team ranked 54 in the world, 42 places below Australia, but she was lively and potent when called upon.

This was a dominant and rampant Australia performance, but South Africa were far from bad. There is a reason the Banyana Banyana have risen to the top of African football, having won the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations, and the scoreline could have been far more damaging.

In the second half South Africa were tighter at the back but Foord delivered a fourth goal, collecting from Catley before skating free of Bambanani Mbane and sending a shot low into the far corner. Kerr entered for a cameo in the 83rd minute, with the crowd ecstatic at her arrival.

With two minutes of normal time remaining South Africa were rewarded for their battling performance. A goal-kick was pushed past Polkinghorne by the substitute Melinda Kgadiete into the run of Hildah Magaia and the forward, seeing the goalkeeper Teagan Micah bafflingly far off her line, lifted the ball over her and in.