00:00 To represent your country in a World Cup on the other side of the world, that must fill
00:03 you with immense pride, mustn't it?
00:05 Yeah, I think, obviously, anyone who plays football, wants to play at the highest level,
00:10 represent their country on a national stage, and the fact that that's going to be at a
00:14 World Cup, again, you say it's the other side of the world, but still, just to be able to
00:18 put that badge on and wear the shirt with pride is going to be a massive, massive thing.
00:23 Does the feeling of pulling on an England shirt and walking out in front of thousands
00:26 of fans, whether it be at Wembley Stadium or anywhere else, does that ever get sort
00:29 of normal or routine, or does it always give you a little bit of a buzz?
00:32 No, I think there's never like, "Oh, it's a normal thing to do." It's not like you're
00:37 at a club and you're just chucking on your shirt. It's like, you know what, this is...
00:41 Not that clubs not a big thing, but obviously, say you're representing your country, your
00:46 family, everything about it is such a bigger occasion, and I think it just makes it all
00:50 the more special every time that you put that shirt on, and you know that you're getting
00:54 another cap helping your country.
00:56 Obviously, following last summer's success, there's been a few key injuries in this squad
00:59 that we are missing, obviously Leah Williams and Beth Mead, for example. How does this
01:03 squad go about adapting and changing itself to cope with such adversity?
01:09 I think the best thing about this squad is that we have an abundance of depth and talent
01:13 in our team, I think. You can sometimes see some nations where you don't know the strength
01:20 and depth of the squad, whereas you look at ours and we've got that in tons, really, and
01:25 I think, although it's sad that we've got the injuries, I think that we are in a position
01:30 where Serena's obviously tried out a lot of players and she's brought in a lot of younger
01:33 players who's going to be going to their first tournament, so what they lack in, maybe experience
01:38 in tournament football, they can bring in in youthfulness, energy and excitement. So
01:42 I think there's two ways to look at it, but I think this group of players is profound
01:47 of sticking things out and finding a way to win, and hopefully we can take that into the
01:52 tournament and do the job.
01:54 I mentioned last summer there, obviously that was on home soil, it was in England, it was
01:58 fantastic completely. How will that compare, playing a major tournament in England to playing
02:03 one thousands of miles across the other side of the world?
02:06 Yeah, I think it's definitely going to be different for us, the fact that we probably
02:09 were able to get so much family and friends there supporting us. It's not the same case
02:13 getting everyone on a flight out to Australia, but I think hopefully most people have got
02:18 family going out there, which will be nice, but I think it doesn't take away from the
02:22 job that we've got to do on the pitch, and I think ultimately we're there to play our
02:26 best football, make ourselves proud, make our families proud and make the fans back
02:29 home proud and hopefully continue to get behind us.
02:33 And finally, in a place like St George's Park, and obviously we saw the crowds that came
02:36 out to watch England last summer, how much does it show how healthy women's football
02:40 is in this country when you're getting such support, and there's such a build up to a
02:44 tournament like this again?
02:45 Yeah, the support's been huge. I think obviously you look past in the last 12 months the amount
02:51 of media coverage, the amount of investment, the amount of probably big sponsors that want
02:55 to come in and get on board and be a part of the journey that we're on, it's only going
02:58 to grow the women's game even further and help us achieve what we want to achieve.
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